Electric clothes horse vs tumble drier

B0bbyEwing

Alnat1 said:

My tumble dryer has a sensor so auto stops when clothes get to requested drying level, can choose ironing dry to wardrobe dry with a few between. When it starts a high number of minutes show and this drops down fast as the sensor works out the "dampness". Once it's dropped down to 20 minutes you know that's the time that's really left. I think most dryers now have this function.

I used to get home from work to the smell of cooked clothes with my old dryer, hubby turned dial round to 120 mins and forgot to keep checking. Also ended up with very tiny or wide t-shirts!

Ah. Would be handy to have that feature.

One for the future maybe, but for now it makes little sense to replace the tumble drier just for a more efficient one with handy sensors (yep I know you didn't suggest that I should, I'm just saying).

One that we currently can't agree on is tumble drying approach. 

Wife thinks it's more cost efficient to do 2 half loads than 1 big load as the 1 big load takes forever for everything to dry.

My argument is by the time you do the 2 half loads, without breaking out your timers & your damp meters, you're probably in & around the same time it takes for the full load,

Spies

After seeing how much water my new heat pump tumble dryer extracts from the damp clothes, I'm happy to not be air drying in my house any more.

Astria

I know you went on to talk about in winter time which is fair enough.
but as you weren't the only one to mention this time of year, I felt the need to respond to it & say that I specifically said on page 1 I'm talking about winter/wet time, not summer time. Summer isn't even a question as that's taken care of. The

clothes go out on the line & when the line is full, the rest go out on the clothes horse & that goes out in the back garden too.

You expected me to go back and read page 1 before replying?

In autumn/spring when it's wet but warm (I'm thinking 15c plus), the washing normally goes in the conservatory with at least 1 window open. It's typically still warm enough to dry the washing in 24 hours and doesn't require a dehumidifier. The washing is only dried properly indoors when it's too cold in there.

B0bbyEwing

Astria said:

You expected me to go back and read page 1 before replying?

Well not the page, but the OP would've helped, rather than just the thread title  

Percypeeved

SAC2334 said:

Percypeeved said:

How about an old-fashioned spin dryer? 2800RPM, approximately 30 watts a cycle or just pennies a spin. Polycotton sheets and synthetic fabrics come out nearly dry, and heavier cotton fabrics take much less time to dry, whether using a tumble dryer or air drying.

Thanks for that tip, I m onto buying one .That is really a fast spin ! Theres a little used White Knight on sale near me for £45.
New they are over £130 .

.My spin dryer on my AEG washing machine really bangs around unless its perfectly balanced and has a max of 1200 spin .Might be years left in it yet if I don t let it spin 

I have a White Knight 3.7kg spin dryer, though I wish I had got the larger model as I cannot fit my big bath towels in it.

j2009

I have the lakeland dryer and in my experince it is much more expensive than my tumble drier.

The tumble drier uses 1Kw give or take to dry a load and I run it at night. The heated rack is usually on for at least 24hours to get everything dry the problem is unlike the tumble the clothes don't move around so the moisture takes longer to get out. I think my clothes rack cost me about £30 a month to run (on old prices 2-3 years ago), tumble is nothing like that... but was a much bigger outlay.

Other may have a different experience of course as maybe it depends on lifestyle/routine etc

TheGardener

@[Deleted User]  - absolutely brilliant post - Thank You.