Tumble Dryer Sales Fall

ALIBOBSY

I must admit i couldn't manage without my tumble drier, espcially in winter. But there are 6 of us including a toddler and a baby lol.

This time of year is great though as i do use the line as much as i can. Sometimes even on blustery/rains the sunshine then rain again type days I stick the stuff out for as long as i can and finish off in the dryer. i sometimes hang stuff out to dry overnight and again finish off in the dryer-this means i get the best bit of using the dryer, the fact that lots of stuff especially the little ones stuff comes out ready to fold and put away so no ironing hurrah! Plus towels fluff right up.

So this time of year don't use it very often, but really struggle in winter and just haven't the space to have loads of wet washing hanging around-I have one of those extra large washers and it is on all the time. Kids and OH have work/school clothes and home/leisure clothes so at least 2 sets per day most days, and the baby and toddler can sometimes go though 3 or 4. Plus bedding/towels etc.


Ali x

lil_me

I use mine when I have to and with bed wetting/day time accident sons it's more often than I like but I peg whenever possible, we tried to manage without when the last one broke but oh my no we couldn't

THIRZAH

I line dry as much as possible but do use my tumble dryer if the weather is bad as hate having racks of wet clothes around the house.

The tumble dryer used to be brilliant when DDs came home from Uni with a large case full of washing at the end of term. I could get the whole lot washed, dried, ironed and in the airing cupboard in a day.

seafarers_wife

Triggles wrote: »

How do you like that heated airer? I looked at those and contemplated buying one, but never did. Still browse at it occasionally. LOL

i like it, not used it much as try to line dry as much as possible, but i tend to shove an old sheet over it like a tent and it seems to help things dry quicker. not that fussed with it for jeans or towels but its still quicker and easier than having them on the radiators.

its going to get a baptism of fire this year though when baby arrives and OH is home this winter.

smeeinnit

I only ever seem to use mine in the summer, when its chucking it down with rain and I need to get stuff dry, never use it in the winter.

Going4TheDream

Mine has been relegated to a spare bedroom now and removed from the kitchen where it was too easy to be tempted rather than walk to the garden and hang it out. I will use it in the winter as I have my heating on for limited time being at work all day and it would take forever to dry otherwise, fortunately there is only me and my OH so maybe 3 or 4 loads a week.

ELACLA

I have one but never use it for clothes even in winter
this time of year i like to line dry
but i give the towels a few minutes in there to soften them up
in the winter i must admit i do use it a lot more
mainly because i dont get home from work till 6 and oh 5-30
so its damp again not worth it

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Having lived in a flat with no outside drying place and a terrible damp problem, I have no intention of ruining by new house by allowing washing to 'dry' (ie, get stinky) sticking it indoors when it rains.

I will dry things outside in good weather and the rest of the time, I will unashamedly use the tumble dryer.

A cost of £70 a year is cheaper than washing clothes repeatedly because they smell bad, cheaper than redecorating because there is mould destroying the place, cheaper than being ill permanently due to mould spore allergies, chucking clothes away because they have picked up mould that won't wash out properly, not getting on so well at work because your clothes smell musty, having people move away from you on the bus because you smell musty and not being able to keep dustmite infestation down by washing on hot every week, as it is impossible to dry linen weekly.

Justamum

I line dry as much as possible, but I wouldn't be without my tumble dryer for those days when it's pouring down. I have one airer for inside and struggle to find a place to put it where people won't fall over it. Things take days to dry on it, so I'm not ashamed to use my tumble dryer when I need to.

Justamum

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

A cost of £70 a year is cheaper than washing clothes repeatedly because they smell bad, cheaper than redecorating because there is mould destroying the place, cheaper than being ill permanently due to mould spore allergies, chucking clothes away because they have picked up mould that won't wash out properly, not getting on so well at work because your clothes smell musty, having people move away from you on the bus because you smell musty and not being able to keep dustmite infestation down by washing on hot every week, as it is impossible to dry linen weekly.

I agree with this. My SIL always has wet washing hanging up in her lounge. My nephew is asthmatic, and my brother was diagnosed with asthma after living in those conditions for a few years. When they came to decorate and stripped the wallpaper off there was black mould behind the wallpaper.

If I can't hang it outside it goes in the dryer.