I've got an LG combo, 7kg/4kg. It's ok. Love it as a washer.. and it dries ok, but I'm not impressed that it uses so much water to dry and seems to take longer to dry than my mum's 'normal' drier. We only got a combo coz we're renting and it's just easier re space.

I try not to use the dryer much anyway... which was another reason we went combo, coz I just don't use it that much. But I have found it very handy in wet weather like we've just had. Never ending drizzle! LOL. So my routine became sorting out my loads into what I can wash & just hang up inside, and what I can wash/dry (mostly socks & undies & the odd towel or something). And I must admit I love it doing washing & drying all at once. I get it to do it overnight too so a load is washed & dried by morning!

I think mine was only about $1300 5 years ago? I'd say prices would have come down now, and the technology improved in that time too. There wasn't a great deal of choice when I got mine either, so I don't know how it compares to newer ones or other brands.

If you plan on doing a lot of drying tho, it can be a pain that it's a combo, coz it takes up the machine. Like... if you want to be drying at the same time as putting another load of washing on, you just can't .. obviously But for emergency drying it's very handy to have.