Heated Airer, worth it?

Rosa_Damascena

I should say, I also have the Aldi airer and it's nowhere near as effective as the Dri-Buddi.

SIRENS

My airer arrived yesterday, I plumped for the one with the cover and extra bits, I unpacked it to make sure it was working, and was quite surprised at the size of it and the heat it generated, it will be plenty be enough for us, 

Rolandtheroadie

Borrowed a Dry-Soon to try recently, and used an energy monitor on it. Put a full washing machine load on it, don't think I'd get 15kg on it as there's not the hanging space probably to do with the size of the clothes (4 adults and 2 teens that are approaching 6ft). Left it for 6 hours, most of it dry but with damp lines here and there. The 6p an hour claim was about right, think it was at about 57p when I gave up.
 Over to the tumble drier. Ours seems to be a smart one, goes by the moisture content left in the clothes so even when set at 1:50, it can finish sooner than 1h50, if that's what it stands for.
Just dried a couple of loads there with the energy monitor plugged in. 1st one 50p, second one 52p and done in a fraction of the time. 
 For us, the Dry-Soon isn't a viable option.

Edit: - Above is based on a 22p per unit price

Rosa_Damascena

Rolandtheroadie said:

Borrowed a Dry-Soon to try recently, and used an energy monitor on it. Put a full washing machine load on it, don't think I'd get 15kg on it as there's not the hanging space probably to do with the size of the clothes (4 adults and 2 teens that are approaching 6ft). Left it for 6 hours, most of it dry but with damp lines here and there. The 6p an hour claim was about right, think it was at about 57p when I gave up.
 Over to the tumble drier. Ours seems to be a smart one, goes by the moisture content left in the clothes so even when set at 1:50, it can finish sooner than 1h50, if that's what it stands for.
Just dried a couple of loads there with the energy monitor plugged in. 1st one 50p, second one 52p and done in a fraction of the time. 
 For us, the Dry-Soon isn't a viable option.

Edit: - Above is based on a 22p per unit price

Good review. Covered pods are far more efficient, for obvious reasons. I rarely use my Aldi heated airier but the Dri-Buddi is a different story.

sammyjammy

Useful tip is to do another spin, my 28min wash only uses a low spin so doing an extra spin really makes a difference if the clothes can't go out on the line

B0bbyEwing

Rolandtheroadie said:

Borrowed a Dry-Soon to try recently, and used an energy monitor on it. Put a full washing machine load on it, don't think I'd get 15kg on it as there's not the hanging space probably to do with the size of the clothes (4 adults and 2 teens that are approaching 6ft). Left it for 6 hours, most of it dry but with damp lines here and there. The 6p an hour claim was about right, think it was at about 57p when I gave up.
 Over to the tumble drier. Ours seems to be a smart one, goes by the moisture content left in the clothes so even when set at 1:50, it can finish sooner than 1h50, if that's what it stands for.
Just dried a couple of loads there with the energy monitor plugged in. 1st one 50p, second one 52p and done in a fraction of the time. 
 For us, the Dry-Soon isn't a viable option.

Edit: - Above is based on a 22p per unit price

Superb. Thank you for taking the time to not only check that out but also post up the result.

I find often people will say things are cheap or cost a lot but they don't actually look in to how cheap or how expensive something is. They go off what he said she said & regurgitate it. 

I think we're probably all guilty of it at some point. I said the same about the shower too until I ran a test in the last week or so to find out exactly what it did cost to have a shower here: 9pence. Ok it's on a per shower basis and I know if my sister came round and had a shower we'd probably be talking about £9 but still, it surprised me.

My wife has been talking about these heated horse things. I didn't instantly dismiss but I had my reservations so wanted to see what they were about for the full picture.

As mentioned, the damp will be in the air so you're wanting windows left open - which lets warm air out/cold air in. This doesn't happen with a TD. Also you may or may not want to run a dehumidifier. If you don't have one then there's the up front cost. If you do have one then there's the running cost to factor in on top of the heated horse & then you may also still have the window open a little or not.

So while some see it as TD vs heated horse, there's a bigger picture to that.



Regards your energy monitor - I wonder how accurate these are. I'm a skeptical person naturally so while it may not be accurate on one device, I'd be more willing to believe that it could at least give an accurate comparison between two devices. 
Are you able to input your unit cost in to this energy monitor? Otherwise I don't see how accurate it'd be. I only ask as my wife has mentioned getting one as they tell you what stuff costs. I questioned how, unless you can tell IT what your energy costs.

Katiehound

Just to point out that some of the heated airers come with a cover so that humidity should not be a problem.

TDs also create humidity unless the extracted air is piped outside.

marcia_

Katiehound said:

Just to point out that some of the heated airers come with a cover so that humidity should not be a problem.

TDs also create humidity unless the extracted air is piped outside.

 So wouldn't the clothes take longer to dry or still be damp on a heated airer? 

Katiehound

marcia_ said:

Katiehound said:

Just to point out that some of the heated airers come with a cover so that humidity should not be a problem.

TDs also create humidity unless the extracted air is piped outside.

 So wouldn't the clothes take longer to dry or still be damp on a heated airer? 

Sorry, I don't know.

A friend of mine bought one from LL a few years ago, complete with cover. She just puts it in the spare bedroom when the weather is inclement and the washing won't dry on the line.
Speed of drying was not a consideration here- rather the possible condensation.

Floss

Katiehound said:

TDs also create humidity unless the extracted air is piped outside.

My washer dryer is a condenser so doesn't create humidity