indoor airers

caitybabes

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8500746/Trail/searchtext%3ECLOTHES+AIRER.htm

I've got one like this and it holds loads (more than one load of washing). I don't have the minky one (looks v expensive to me) but mine was from spain. The design is excellent though, the legs fold in and the wings fold in so it folds flat.

miss_corerupted

caitybabes wrote: »

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8500746/Trail/searchtext%3ECLOTHES+AIRER.htm

I've got one like this and it holds loads (more than one load of washing). I don't have the minky one (looks v expensive to me) but mine was from spain. The design is excellent though, the legs fold in and the wings fold in so it folds flat.

Lidi's will have these in tomorrow £8.99 if you have one near. I don't know what the quality is like. I shall be going to look as its wide enough for towels etc

mumoftwo

Depends how much space you have really and how much you wash. We are a family of 4, 2 teenagers and we have an Ikea airer http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00176080

and we also have a Lakeland heated airer, which is brilliant and very economical with electricity:
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/21736/Dry-Soon-Heated-Tower-Dryer

MaggieBaking

The best ever is the Hangaway from Lakeland http://www.lakeland.co.uk/2180/Hangaway

I bought it to help with my ironing, which I still don't do However, clothes come straight out of the washer, get hung up to dry and then go straight into the wardrobes. As it dries the clothes are crease free! It's amazing.

When I didn't have a tumble drier I used the Hangaway for clothes, radiators for underwear and hung up our sheets on trouser hangers on the curtain poles to dry them. Now I have a tumble drier, I still use it for all our clothes, so great not to have to iron!!

Flibsey

I have the victorian style one.

dreamyd

We've never had a TD (very small kitchen, and too expensive to run).When we moved into our house, we put up a double curtain rail in our main room downstairs from which we hang washing on hangers. We also use two collapsible airers which are often on the concrete outside our back door. That way, if we're going out, or the weather looks dodgy, I can whip it back in. The washing has a good blow through, and smells fresh without all of the chemical overload from fabric conditioners.

anguk

I've got one of the Lidl fold-out airers, it's big enough to get a full load on including towels, you can dry things flat on it, it's very sturdy and folds up flat.
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_24020.htm

Flora_Poste

The Lakeland heated airers as mentioned above are really worth the money. It will take a full load of washing and costs about 3p an hour to run and you dont need it on for long. I put the washing on it at night and leave it on for about 7 hrs and it's almost too dry to iron in the morning. Great for all the undies and socks that take days inside in the winter.

It's another way of keeping off the heating too. I used to need the radiators on to dry stuff as much as anything but we can manage a bit longer now with cardies, blankets and the heated airer.

mummybearx

I have one of these - http://www.poundstretcher.co.uk/deluxe-3-tier-airer.html the I put at the bottom ofthe stairs

and also one like this - http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8505387/Trail/searchtext%3EAIRER.htm but mine is a 3 tier not a 4 tier. this goes at the top of the stairs

Won a tumble dryer 2 weeks ago, so far have only used it once, and that was for the sheer novelty factor lol

YORKSHIRELASS

Good thread.

I have been looking at the Lakeland smart pole which seems a good idea. I like drying things on coat hangers as the air flow around them seems to get them dry quicker. I sometimes use the shower rail in the bathroom or curtain poles but I could put the smart pole in front of the fire on a night.

In winter I often have to dry an adult football kit - 13 shirts take up a lot of room on a traditional airer.

Oh and if you do use a traditional airer do you peg your clothes on it? I find you get more on this way and you can spread things out more, especially kids clothes and smaller items.