Spin Dryer help / recommendations?

Mrs_pbradley936

moggins wrote:

I don't know much about these but I do know you don't have to spin it for long, about 3 - 5 minutes I think?

I'd like one too but we don't have the room.

I don't think the make them anymore. My sister-in-law has been looking.

moggins

They do still make them, we had a long thread about these last year and we tracked them down. I'll have a look and see if I can find it.

moggins

I haven't found the thread but I have found the dryer.

http://www.currys.co.uk/martprd/store/cur_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1622353050.1157382267@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceaddikggifhkcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=145386&category_oid=

Icemaiden

I inherited mine from my grandma about 10yrs ago. I put a washing up bowl under the water outlet and spin for about 5 minutes. If you fold the clothes when loading they don't come out creased. Cuts drying time down by loads as the clothes come out nearly dry.

Penny_Watcher

You need to load the wet clothes evenly otherwise the drum bangs against the side of the housing. Also tuck a tea towel or pillow case over the top of the load so that the laundry doesn't attempt to escape and get caught in between the drum and the housing/lid. In t'olden days you used to be able to buy something that looked like a flat rubber side plate with holes in it specially for putting into the top of your spin drier to stop 'escapees'.

vivaladiva

I know someone that has one of these - she swears by it. You never see washing drying round her house and I don't think she has a tumble dryer.

justin138

I swear by mine too! I very rarely need to use the tumble dryer. I put everything in folded neatly (in fact it nearly does the ironing for me) and I usually get around 3/4 litre of water out after a 1200 spin in my WM. I have the original plastic round thingy, but my spinner is only around 15 years old, so it's quite new really

Bambywamby

My nan used to swear by these spin dryers. She would leave the items in for as long as it took for all the excess water to drain away so you were collecting a mere dribble.

Have fun x

newleaf

I used to have one before I had an automatic washer (that dates me!). I used to wash by hand, then spin and peg out. As someone else has said, you need to put things in evenly and tuck a towel over them to stop them getting trapped. Spin until water stops trickling out of the spout, then remove items promptly and give them a good shake to get rid of the worst creasing. If you can peg out in a good breeze you shouldn't need to iron anything - unless you're one of those folk that can't bear not to!

jobbingmusician

Another thing. A flatmate told me when I was young and foolish that it was a good idea to spin things after you'd handwashed them, before rinsing, then to rinse them. Her reasoning was that you had less soapy water to rinse out of them - it still seems sensible, to this day!