Do you tumble dry all your Baby's Clothes?

babyblooz

I use the tumble drier for about five minutes, as the heat makes the creases fall out of the clothes, then I quickly put them over my very old fashioned overhead wooden clothes airer. Once they are up there, they dry overnight and most times they don't need ironing at all, except maybe a pure cotton shirt say! I square it with myself by telling myself that if they were dried on the line, they would mostly all need ironing, so what I spend on the tumble drier, I actually save on the ironing, and as I hate ironing, it's no contest really!:D

daveyjp

Tumble dryer for everything all year round - using low energy bulbs and switching off things when not in use compensates for using it.

Baby clothes are so cheap and children grow out of them so quickly if something gets ruined it's not the end of the world.

geekgirl

I am lucky enough to have a rayburn and I have a pulley airer above that. It is amazingly quick to dry clothes. It is so lovely when my grandson comes over and we tuck him into lovely warm PJ's.
I don't use a tumble drier at all and have never owned one.

PasturesNew

I've never used a tumble drier. Never owned one.
I use an airer.
No radiators, not allowed to hang things outside.
I have to time washing carefully as the clothes take about 3 days to dry, like to be here most of that time (so Thu night's best for it) as I like to wipe the windows down and ensure it's all ventilated and I can turn the things on the airer quite a bit. Also can't cook smelly things while airing or everything smell so cooking. So no onions to be cooked while washing is drying.

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sarymclary

I use an airer in the corner of my 'middle' room (got a thru' end terrace, with front/middle rooms knocked thru'). I also have solid fuel heating, so the fire is in there and the amount of heat pumped out 24hrs a day is enough to dry a couple of loads of washing a day if I'm dilligent and remember to do it. When I have lots of heavy washing like jeans and xlarge towels I do use the tumble drier to take the majority of moisture out. I use a condenser drier, and use the water collected to water plants in the garden.

One of my best friend's has a tumble drier she inherited with her built in kitchen units, and refuses to tumble dry her clothes or her baby's clothes because she's convinced it's creates 'bad electricity' in the clothes! I assume she once got a bit of static, but at 41ys old you'd think she'd have worked that one out for herself?! When she told me I was rendered speechless, and thought she was having a laugh, until I asked if she was serious.

She uses an airer in the 2nd bedroom, but as she lives alone it's not a prob (unless I'm sleeping there and it's in my room).

Hapless_2

tumble dry only when the airers are full or the weather is bad or something is needed urgently.

Buttonmoons

Don't tumble dry Primark kids pyjamas!! I did that and DD looked like she was wearing half masts and a crop top! I don't really mind cause it's just cheapy. I'm normally good for not tumble drying something it if says not too (esp my clothes )

I have an airer that gets used for things that can't be tumbled, I don't have access to outside,which is a shame because nothing smells better than wind dried clothes!

Krystaltips

Things that can't be tumble dried get lined up on the radiators... Good underwear, DD's tights, Things with motifs on and most of my tops... Everything else (including vests... Who cares if they shrink a bit, they only go underneath...) gets thrown in the drier during the winter... Will go on the line in the summer... Apart from towels, these always get tumble dried to prevent the sand paper effect... Although we got some lovely soft egyptian cotton ones as a wedding present so might try those on the line once the snow stops and the sun comes out...

nadnad

i try not to tumble dry anything - they are so expensive to run -even with ours being A+ rated. I hang things outside even in the winter - as long as its not raining you'd be surprised how quickly things dry outside. If it is raining I use an airer, we dont have radiators (underfloor heating) everything dries pretty quickly.

galvanizersbaby

I use my radiators and an airer in the winter and washing line in the summer.

Don't have a tumbledryer and when my children were babies wouldn't have used it as they had some really nice expensive clothes and they would have been ruined (not very MSE I know but clothes are my thing! )

I blame my mother entirely for my never having a tumbledryer as she uses hers a lot and you can't risk leaving any item of clothing there as she will shrink it two sizes too small given half the chance!