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Dri Buddy or Lakeland Heated Airer?
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With regards to damp, I put my Dri buddi in the hall. Don't get bothered with the steam that way.
Aldi dryer is working for how I plan to use it, towels and bedding. Towel is half dry already after couple of hours- in past on normal airers would have taken all day!Paid off the last of my unsecured debts in 2016. Then saved up and bought a property. Current aim is to pay off my mortgage as early as possible. Currently over paying every month. Mortgage due to be paid off in 2036 hoping to get it paid off much earlier. Set up my own bespoke spreadsheet to manage my money.0 -
We use a normal airer next to the radiator and a dehumidifier. Works like a dream with most things dry overnight if put out before we go to bed (we don't have the heating on over night) We got the dehumidifier after we discovered we had dry rot in our porch that has invaded the floorboards in the hall and I noticed that we had a lot on condensation on the windows of our well insulated house in the mornings.
Can't fault it - very efficient and certainly cheaper than the tumble dryer. If you use eco balls to wash with even the towels are soft and fluffy dried this wayThere was also a report in the news about houses becoming damper and less healthy with mould spores etc on the increase in houses where clothes were dried on airers and radiators. If you put in 'drying clothes indoors mould' into google and look for the Daily Mail article they report this piece of research.
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Rotaire dryline useful for outdoor drying as has umbrella device over washing line.Washing not completely dry in autumn and winter but sufficient to reduce use of further energy to a minimum0
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Another vote for normal airers plus dehumidifier. We put all the washing in the bathroom of our flat with the dehumidifier overnight and this works beautifully. We've got 3 over-bath airers and 2 smaller ones that hook over the outside of the bath, and hang sheets over the door. We get 2-3 loads dry overnight in this way.Debts 2004: £6000..............................................Aug 2007: £0!!!!0
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I have just ordered the Lakeland airer too. If ordering don't forget the code for £50 worth of wine from Naked Wines...if you usually buy wine or want to stock up for xmas it knocks the price of the airer down!!
actually the naked wines deal is what finally got me to order the lakeland airer as i'd been considering it for years but i'm in a new flat now and have gas vs storage heat so i didn't want to have to run the radiators for ages just to dry the clothes. i also have absolutely no outside space (on the high street) and whilst i can open the windows on both sides of the flat and put my airer upstairs when it's warm that's not an option now
so anyway, needed some alcohol as i'm hosting christmas at my new flat this year but i am not much of a drinker so since i needed to solve my heating problem and the voucher would solve my christmas problem well i had to go for it didn't i?
anyway i'm very glad i did, it's been great though i do find i can really only do one load of laundry on it at a time, possibly two if i'm leaving it on overnight but the key other than covering it i've found is to lay things flat and layer them up rather than hanging them
seems counterintuitive i know but i actually started doing that with the old regular airer and the storage heater at the old flat after reading about it as a tip on the lakeland site for the heated airers a few years ago and it works, the heat gets trapped, it has more contact points on the fabric and it slowly spreads out and through to the other fabric and dries it too. also with trousers i lay it over the top then pull the legs down under a rung and back up again futher along so it's contacting the bars on both sides, that helps a lot, also good for sleeves and hoods etc
i've layered a few fleeces and a tshirt and some socks and pants then on top, and so on each level and had great success.
as mentioned it does gently take the edge off the cold in a room too so it's in the bedroom and i do a load of washing and hang it out at about 8pm then by bedtime it's comfortable in the room and i have a fair sized room.0 -
Good idea, I will try layering on mine, because as you say it does limit the load size....and mine are always huge with 5 at home.0
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Have just bought the Lakeland Dry-Soon three tier airer and am delighted with it. Reading the comments on this thread prior to buying it helped me to decide which drying method to go for and, once bought, using a sheet as a cover has made it work even better so thanks to everyone for their input. Now, please can anyone give me some tips on the best way of drying a superking duvet cover? Thanks!0
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Another vote for the lakeland one - DD asked for one for Christmas the year before last - been an absolute star - you do need to put a cover over the top (bedsheet) - drys stuff overnight and does take the chill off the room at the same time. One side folds flat against the wall so doesn't take up too much room - just brilliant0
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How long do they take to dry things though,if laid flat?
Ds is a mucky pup and I'm washing his school uniform,including blazer and tie (yes,he's that bad lol) daily.I don't have a tumble anymore (was tempted but hate them) so end up drying on radiators every single day -uniform along with other clothes.
It's tedious and costs quite a bit having the heating on just to dry clothes!If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?0 -
How long do they take to dry things though,if laid flat?
Ds is a mucky pup and I'm washing his school uniform,including blazer and tie (yes,he's that bad lol) daily.I don't have a tumble anymore (was tempted but hate them) so end up drying on radiators every single day -uniform along with other clothes.
It's tedious and costs quite a bit having the heating on just to dry clothes!
Hi there, if laid flat it should take overnight to dry but I wouldn't put heating on just to dry clothes. I really recommend the heated dryer. I bought the smaller one which should be just fine if you are just drying one set of clothes.0
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