next up.....tumble drier balls

maxmycardagain

do they work?

Katiehound

I think the answer to this one is likely to be... next up.... get rid of the tumble drier!

CapricornLass

I imagine they do.  I've always used tennis balls myself and that has worked.   There are one or two items of clothing which will require pummelling while they are being tumbled dried, and indeed have to be tumble-dried as opposed to line dried, but such clothes are few and far between for me.  Whether they enable clothes to dry faster, I just don't know.

Scrimps

Katiehound said:

I think the answer to this one is likely to be... next up.... get rid of the tumble drier!

Eh? They break driers or a point against tumble driers?

Katiehound

Scrimps said:

Katiehound said:

I think the answer to this one is likely to be... next up.... get rid of the tumble drier!

Eh? They break driers or a point against tumble driers?

Tumble driers definitely aren't MSE! with the cost of electricity now I suspect most folk will be 'putting them in mothballs!'

superstylin

We've got some of the wool balls that are meant to naturally soften clothes, lessen wrinkles meaning less ironing and hasten the drying time...absolute load of balls. Made no discernible difference but I still use them because I paid £8 for 4 of them and I do t like to waste my money 😄

Scrimps

Katiehound said:

Scrimps said:

Katiehound said:

I think the answer to this one is likely to be... next up.... get rid of the tumble drier!

Eh? They break driers or a point against tumble driers?

Tumble driers definitely aren't MSE! with the cost of electricity now I suspect most folk will be 'putting them in mothballs!'

I know, they're expensive, some people are still choosing to use them though or will live in a unhealthy damp house with indoor drying.

As much as I obsess over the weather I had to use it in Saturday because we wernt forecast any dry days for at least another 5 days and I had school and work uniforms to sort out. Condensation and black mould is already a problem in this house despite daily venting.

So if drier balls do help, I'd love to know rather than being told to get rid of the tumble drier.

ZsaZsa

I only use my TD rarely as have a heated airer for when the weathers rubbish. Like superstylin I can’t tell the difference with them (I have the hard plastic knobbly type) but because I’ve paid for them I keep using them 😂

elljay

ZsaZsa said:

I only use my TD rarely as have a heated airer for when the weathers rubbish. Like superstylin I can’t tell the difference with them (I have the hard plastic knobbly type) but because I’ve paid for them I keep using them 😂

I just use my tumbler to 'finish off' clothes that have been line dried if needed.  I think I gave the balls to the dog to play with in the end as I didn't find they helped and also I hated the noise they made rattling around in the machine.  I've looked at one of those heated airers - especially the covered ones -  but wonder where does the water go?  Does it come with some sort of reservoir to collect it?  If not, how is it better than radiators for condensation etc?  

Drying clothes in the winter is a pain, I have some that have been on the line since Saturday and they can jolly well stay there until dry!

ZsaZsa

@elljay I have the Lakeland one which I really rate, have heard mixed reviews about the cheaper ones. I have it next to a window opened a crack to let the damp air out, and drape something bigger like a towel over the top to help trap the heat. I really only use the TD when I have to; catching up with holiday washing or when the children have been poorly etc

CapricornLass

Yes, I have a Lakeland dryer too, which I think is well worth the  money.  My son has one, which I bought as a Christmas present for him one year, much to his bemusement.  It took precisely one wash-load to be dried overnight on it for him to be well and truly converted to it. 

He lives in a small flat with no balcony or garden, so drying outside isn't an option for him, and there's nowhere for him to keep and run a tumble dryer.