Heating is off, Fridge Freezer turned down

Mstty

@Ultrasonic that's why I was looking at some faster options indoors like an electric heated indoor dryer but never trust Amazon and other reviews lol.

The wife simply will not budge on tumble drying towels and bedding though. 
 

Ultrasonic

Mstty said:

@Ultrasonic that's why I was looking at some faster options indoors like an electric heated indoor dryer but never trust Amazon and other reviews lol.

The wife simply will not budge on tumble drying towels and bedding though. 
 

I just use this sort of thing, rather than anything that requires electricity. How much washing you have and how fast you want it to dry will be a factor though.

comeandgo

For all the difference in electricity used I’d never let my freezer go above -18.  

MattMattMattUK

Mstty said:

@Ultrasonic that's why I was looking at some faster options indoors like an electric heated indoor dryer but never trust Amazon and other reviews lol.

Either get an air rack like Ultrasonic suggests, plus a dehumidifier, or a dehumidifying air dryer (it has a tent thing over the top). A good one will probably cost you £150 which you will save in about five months from not using the tumble dryer. 

Mstty said:

The wife simply will not budge on tumble drying towels and bedding though. 

I would show her just how much she is wasting by using a tumble dryer to dry them, but it could easily be £300-500 pa.

markin

In pollen season we use the dryer for 10min on cold to get the pollen off, but then maybe badly sensitive people would not be able to give it a shake outside before bring it in.

Ultrasonic

MattMattMattUK said:

Mstty said:

@Ultrasonic that's why I was looking at some faster options indoors like an electric heated indoor dryer but never trust Amazon and other reviews lol.

Either get an air rack like Ultrasonic suggests, plus a dehumidifier, or a dehumidifying air dryer (it has a tent thing over the top). A good one will probably cost you £150 which you will save in about five months from not using the tumble dryer. 

Everyone is overcomplicating this IMHO. I use JUST an airer as I shared a picture of. A dehumidifier is not necessary as far as I'm concerned.

Mstty

MattMattMattUK said:

Mstty said:

@Ultrasonic that's why I was looking at some faster options indoors like an electric heated indoor dryer but never trust Amazon and other reviews lol.

Either get an air rack like Ultrasonic suggests, plus a dehumidifier, or a dehumidifying air dryer (it has a tent thing over the top). A good one will probably cost you £150 which you will save in about five months from not using the tumble dryer. 

Mstty said:

The wife simply will not budge on tumble drying towels and bedding though. 

I would show her just how much she is wasting by using a tumble dryer to dry them, but it could easily be £300-500 pa.

Been monitoring the tumble dryer just so I was sure over the past month and various settings and did it again today just to confirm whilst the heating was off. It's using 1.8kWh for on the eco setting and dries a full load in one hour. So even at the new 29.24p rate that's 53p per tumble. Currently on 5 times a week as she uses the rack similar to the one shown by  @Ultrasonic for stuff that can't go in.

So it's £137.80 a year for the tumble. I was impressed actually.

If I take the tumble away my Guinness budget will be under threat 🤣🤣

Coffeekup

I had someone buy me a ceiling clothes airer for my birthday last summer and fitted it at the top of the stairs where heat loves to be as it rises. Clothes towels all dry in a couple of hours (if I have heating on) or 6 - 8 hour's if I don't.

https://sheilamaid.com/collections/sheila-maid-new

On a side not about hay fever my I used to suffer bad with it all through my childhood to my early thirties and it would effect my asthma. I spent more time outside after getting made redundant from an air conditioned buildings that I had worked at over the years. The last few years I don't really suffer with it now, my theory is I have acclimatized to it, as hiding away from it made it worst when I was exposed to it.

Zandoni

I wouldn't run my fridge and freezer that warm, it's not worth the risk of food going off quicker.

Mstty

Thanks for all the input, it does make we wonder why there are warmer options for both fridge and freezer if they are deemed unsafe? So set it as the pic below

Mind you my nan will tell me stories of how they stored food and it didn't do them any harm🤣🤣 92 years old so maybe she has a point