mini tumble dryer or dehumidifier?

savingqueen wrote: »

dehumidifier for us - much cheaper to run and can use it if no washing to dry as well. ours has a dry clothes function (2 heats) which is great but is does take longer than a tumble dryer. I think less wear and tear on clothes too and will dry things that you are not meant to tumble dry. Also can carry it around from room to room to suit. It warms the room its in and one of my cats loves sitting near it. Not sure about leaving it on when out, I am very cautious like that and wouldn't but I do leave a slow cooker on.


ps the filter needs regular cleaning (very quick to do) just as tumble driers do. oh and dehumidifiers take up less room - do I love mine? oh yes!!

Such as waterproof sheets?

Yes, I thought after I posted this morning, 'Leaving it on while you go out probably isn't the best idea...' I was more thinking 'I could have the dehumidifier on downstairs while I was having a shower upstairs/putting DS2 to bed/popping to the corner shop leaving the boys in the house', none of which I do at the moment.

jk0 wrote: »

Hmm. My tenants still managed to make their flat damp by drying clothes indoors in spite of having my dehumidifier there.

How about a washer dryer? These are in most of my rentals, and what I use at home.

But did they use the dehumidifier...?

I thought about a washer dryer, but -
a) the washing machine is still in good working order but nearly 12 years old, so I wouldn't get much if I tried selling it, and a good washer dryer would cost more than a compact dryer or a dehumidifer;
b) I've got a washer dryer at work and it's not as efficient at drying stuff as my mini tumble dryer;
c) on the days when I have eighty-six thousand loads of washing mainly caused by DS2 wetting the bed and creating 3 washing machine loads and aided by school/work uniform being needed, I would be tying up the machine for ever to get each load done, whereas with separate machines, I can have a load in each.

Finefoot wrote: »

What about a condenser dryer? It can be put anywhere.

How easy are they to move around though? The bedrooms and bathroom are too small/full of existing furniture, so it would have to be in the kitchen (or the living room, and there's not really room there either), but due to the fun layout of the house, I could either plug it in where the table is, or where the existing compact dryer lives, in front of the radiator. The compact dryer overlaps the radiator by about 6 inches and is small enough to pull well forward of the rad, maximising the warm air circulation. A full size dryer would block more of the rad and extend further into the room.

Thinking about it more, with savingqueen pointing out that the dehumifiers can be moved about the house easily, that's what I need, because then I can put it in DS2's bedroom to dry off his mattress as well... And of course any other room that needs it.

Thank you everyone for your help