What airer do you use?

Burlesque_Babe

My trio concertina Minky finally broke its second hinge today when it blew over in the wind yet again and is consigned to the bin.

I am looking to replace it - I don't have a tumble drier and use the airer for towels, tea towels, undies, outside when the weather permits. I hang clothes as they come out of the washing machine on hangers and then on a rail in the bedroom near the window.

Do you have an airer - and would you recommend it?

It needs to be big enough for towels for 2, and if it could have lots of sturdyness (I live on a windy hill! ) all the better.

I do have a washing line but the path to it is erm, a bit overgrown, up some steps and gets very boggy in the lightest of rain and I have a weakness in my leg which makes the steps tricky

I have seen this



but it is £74 :eek:

I'd be looking to try to spend no more than £20 at an absolute maximum .

thankyou

nearlyrich

I just bought an airer inTesco for a fiver this weekend it's got two arms that can go up or nearly straight...tried to find a picture but I am struggling.

jess444_2

Hi,
I got a wonderful airer from Ikea last year. It is very tall, has 8 fold out airing sections and hold tons of washing. It can be folded so that only half is used and folds completely flat for storage. I am not sure wht it is called and I dont have an Ikea catalogue at the minute, sorry. I do know it was about 29 pound which I think is a real bargain. If I can find a picture I will post it.
Jess

Burlesque_Babe

The ikea one sounds good.......I'll do a bit of digging - thankyou xx

sparkleworld

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8500870/Trail/searchtext%3ELIGHTWEIGHT.htm?storeId=10001&referredURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.argos.co.uk%2Fstatic%2FProduct%2FpartNumber%2F8500870%2FTrail%2Fsearchtext%3ELIGHTWEIGHT.htm&jspStoreDir=argos&referrer=COJUN&cmpid=COJUN

Taken from Hot uk deals credit to clondikemike!

is this suitable?
HTH
Regards
*Sparkle*

Pooky

The Ikea one is here...(if it's the one I'm thinking of) I did look at it last time I went but it did look a little flimsy, although the drying space looked good...

I had a look and found this one in Argos which is similar and looks a lot more sturdy.

Failing that - what about this one that looks like the one you pictured but is a bit cheaper.....

HTH

Burlesque_Babe

a good few ideas there, thankyou

I like the idea of a wall mounted one - I'd seen a couple I like but it's whether OH would put it on the wall for me - don't ask - i'm capable of using a drill and it's my house not his, but Ithink he'd whinge.......anyway......:rolleyes:

I do like that Minky one in Argos............£43 is a bit out of my price range though.......:(

It's a tough call and a bit of a pain that it broke because it's chucking it down and I washed bedding yesterday which is now just sitting in the washing machine :rolleyes:

MrsBartolozzi

I use the ikea airer Frost, it's got a lot of space for hanging things and I like it, but it is a bit unsteady in high winds unless there are a few heavier items on it - towels for instance (I peg them on for extra safety).
I couldn't see the one Jess mentioned, sorry, maybe they have discontinued it .

Burlesque_Babe

well, I have spent my pennies

I bought this one from Robert Dyas

http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/P~134544~Minky+X-Winged+Airer

I had to go to the bank this morning and the shop is 2 doors away. It was marked as 19.99 in the shop but went through the till at 14.99 which was a nice surprise as it was an impulse choice and I hadn't checked out their website (where it is already reduced).

It has its first load on now. I'm hoping the fact that the arms can be flat if needed will help with the blowing over issue - we'll see