Those Lakeland drying thingies? A query?

[nkf]

Am tired of laundry. Am specially tired of it not drying and of seeing it. This is what I hope I will be able to do with the laundry.

Put a load on in the evening after work. Open up the dryer, set it up, put wet clothes on, go to bed, take off dry clothes in the morning, close dryer down, go to work. Repeat until children leave home.

Will it do this for me?

[nkf]

Oh go on. I know it's boring, but I want to know.

[SwallowsInSpring]

Yes it will. It takes up a fair bit of room and the cord isn't long so you'll need somewhere roomy with a plug socket nearby. Some very thick things might not quite be dry but for example I would place jeans so the waist is on one of the heated rails rather than hanging down iyswim.

[nkf]

But can it close down easily. I don't mind it taking up room so long as I don't see the clothes drying.

[madasa]

It goes up and closes down within seconds....love mine

[nkf]

Thank you.

[Deflatedgirl]

Does it cost much to run?
Do you feel safe leaving it on overnight/when you go out? I wouldn't leave tumble drier on in these instances.

[madasa]

Blurb says it costs 5p an hour to run.
I am happy to leave mine on overnight but I turn it off if going out (might be just me being overcautious though)

[Shwmae01]

Had mine for 7 days now and am a convert . No more tumble dryer noise or condensor tank to empty. Stuff does take a while to dry but its no problem. I do switch off overnight and when I go out. It does feel a little flimsy for the money IMHO - so not sure how long it will last. Easy to fold down and store.

[fussychica]

I'm very happy with mine. Folds down in seconds and I store behind the door in the spare room.

[iamadoozermum]

Love mine. Top tip we were given was not to hang stuff down from the rails but fold flat onto the rails and to pile several things on top of each other. Which we do and it seems to work. It also makes the kitchen warm so we can turn down the radiator in there. Would highly recommend.

[bishboschone]

Can you link please?

[BrownSauceSandwich]

We've been using ours for a couple of years. Yeah it sways a bit under very heavy stuff, but it's tough enough to take it. I'll admit that we have forgotten it at times and left it heating for 24 hours. Not exactly the point of this marvellous money-saving device, but I'm not at all worried about it setting the house on fire. We now have a countdown timer for the plug socket, so we hit the button and it switches off the power after 1.5, 3 or 6 hours.

[icecubed]

Had mine a week love vvv much no more washing hanging round its fantastic

[JKSLtd]

I've just ordered one so very relieved to read no disaster stories

[whethergirl]

What's the difference between one of these and hanging on radiators? (apart from best part of £100?).

Not that I actually use radiators to dry my clothes because:

1. I hate seeing clothes on radiators all over the house
2. I don't like the way it makes the clothes stiff.

Do the clothes go 'stiff' with the Lakeland dryer?

[madasa]

My clothes haven't gone stiff.

I can't hang clothes on any radiators because my DP is on a one man mission to rid the world of radiators and makes cases for them all. They are beautiful but leave me nowhere to dry clothes in the winter....hence the heated airer.

[JKSLtd]

Mine has arrived and is plugged in and working :)

I like the look and feel of it - more substantial than the normal airer I have been using.

I've only put half up for now as I wanted to see how that fits in the corner of the kitchen and it seems pretty solid.

[MrsPear]

I leave mine on overnight (I use mine if the washing doesn't get dry on the outside line during the day) and the kitchen is really warm in the morning. I don't think we will be needing the radiator on in there in the winter. Another tip is to throw a sheet over which keeps the heat in.

[erikab922]

I suggested it to my SIL, she's had it for a year now and absolutely LOVES it.

[LamaDrama]

If the cord isn't long, can you use an extension lead? Or isn't it at floor level?

[JKSLtd]

It is at floor level so afaik you can use an extension lead

[poocatcherchampion]

we have ours on practically 24/7. it takes more like 24 hours to dry a wash if you don't rearrange it IMO.

we put a wash on to be ready in the morning and then I take off the previous wash and put the new lot on.

2 in nappies it is perfect!

it feels flimsy but is very durable.

[CountBapula]

Have you all got the double layer or triple layer ones?

[poocatcherchampion]

triple