JML Dri-Buddy - any experience?

ixwood

A fan blowing at the hanging washing or a dehumidifier would speed up drying.

cavie

I'm thinking about getting one. Argos doing it for £58.71 + £5.80 p&p Internet only though.:j

Smartuk

Hi. Having read through all of this, I started looking around for best prices and found an advert for the "Tornado Dry Mk II" which appears to be exactly the same thing but for considerably less - normally £55.99 now on offer at £47.59.

Has anyone any feedback on one of THESE? A casual observer might easily think the two products are identical...

noapron

I've just seen one advertised on a shopping channel and Immediagtely thought one might be good to dry my dd's endless supply of hoodies which won't go in the tumble dryer. And a quite a lot of the rest of her clothing e.g. jeans which again won't go in the td. The presentation did suggest that mpm td clothes could still be put in the Dri Buddi - so you could say, the DriBuddi has a slightly different function to a normal td. At the moment I use a system of rack over the small radiator and an over the door hook which takes about 6 hangers, and if I put up my airer too, (which also has hanger hooks on it - Asda v. good), then with the radiator there, it still takes a good day for anything thick like jeans to dry thoroughly.

I'm not sure the dri buddy and the like would use less electricity than the td. According to the web a td on a 122 minute cycle uses 4.5 Kw (and as we know everything on the web is the absolute, unvarnished truth). The Dri buddy uses 900 w per hour. If it takes about 5 hours overnight to dry stuff which admittedly would not go in the td, it would be the same energy consumption (4.5/900 _ 5). I must admit I am tempted - it wouldn't get used everyday, but sounds like one of those things which would be invaluable when you did need it. We have two enormous trees less than 2 feet from our garden wall which although providing lovely shade during a hot summer, are disastrous for clothes drying in the autumn/winter outside as they tend to shade out most of the scant sunshine. At the mo I use the td overnight on economy 7, and would do the same with the dribuddi but it would stop the utility looking like well, a laundry room. .

I suppose what I'm interested in is if they actually work. And I'm not too worried about condensation because even drying clothes on a radiator causes it.

amtrakuk

I've had a dribuddi for about 6 months... It took a bit of time to learn how to "drive" it. Hanging shirts etc on to hangers was not really an issue although it is suggested using wooden or metal hangers as it avoids the risk of plastic ones potentially becoming soft.

I think i have become more adventurous with mine, filling it fuller means a longer drying cycle. for a load that consists roughly of 6 shirts, 3 pairs of "office trousers" etc takes about 2-3 hours. Heavier things like fleece and jeans, I hang in the normal way (Fleece on a sturdy hanger and jeans folded over a hanger) dry but the where they are in contact with the hanger always seem to remain damp - perhaps a study metal hanger will resolve?

Underwear I put over one of the empty hangers, or hang wherever I can. Socks I got a collapsable plastic hanger with dangling plastic clips. This means I can at least sort them out of the washer.

Heavier things like towels and sheets, I either drape over the "tree" or if don't need them immediately hang them over the bannister on the stairs.

The principle rule is, the heavier the item the longer it will take, a load of shirts, underwear socks etc, will take about 2-3 hours, a full heating cycle being about 3 hours. Heavy items like towels, dressing gowns, coats, will take substantially longer than 3 hours.

If you want quick drying and have the ability, a tumble dryer is more versatile and faster. The dribuddi fills in the gap between a tumble dryer and a free standing clothes horse with the benefit of reduced ironing.

conrail

I have recently purchased a Dri Buddy, I am having problems drying towels,
can someone please advise me on what settings I need, the towels either come out rock hard or still damp. the manual is completely useless
all help and advice gratefully received

debbiet6

:hello: :question: I want to get a good drier 4 my daughter,shes just had a baby, 9 wks prem, and moved into her new house, as its now winter in kent:rotfl:I want to gt her something that will help her,as her heatings not workin proberly,and she dosent want wet dripping clothes everwere,and givin little Ellie a cold,
I seen both adverts 4 the Dri Buddi and the Air o Dry,
can anyone advise me on witch on to get.
thanx
Debs,:)

sandran_2

hi the lakeland heated clothes airer on an earlier post looks great to me and has very positive reviews on their site .Has any one any experience of this product ?.Thanks

karen24_2

I hang my clothes on one of those concertina airers and put a dehumidifier on dry clothes mode next to it. The socks I hang on one of those peg things which I hook on the edge of the airer. My clothes dry really quickly and it cured my condensation problems too. My tumble drier is going because I hardly ever use it and the space it uses can be better used for something else.

sparkiedoll

I have been thinking of getting on of these hence reading the thread - I have just seen them for £49.99 in my local Tesco so no p&p and clubcard points too!
I didn't get one but am tempted even tho' I have a TD...