Please be aware that that water can contain a lot of particles out of the clothes. It’s better with a heat pump dryer as that has a better air filter to protect the condenser.

Also I recently fought some smell in my dryer by first spraying some diluted isopropyl on the condenser and then letting it dry out completely before closing up the maintenance hatch again.

I do believe bacteria can grow in the humid part where condensate is being collected - for a heat pump dryer even more so due to being warm but not hot.

When my daughter washes she’s using fabric softener when washing - and I can smell that in the water collector after she uses the dryer. So the softeners perfume definitely is in the condensate.

But yes, I use it for plants, too. But (due to the particles) never in the clothes iron.

And this is why we not only need to reduce our dependence on China in the long run but also our dependence on the US.

There’s just no way a sovereign state live while depending on US monopolies.