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Yesterday I purchased a heated airer

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MuggleStudies · 03/09/2018 21:14

And I have just set it up in my kitchen and hung some toddler clothes all over it.

Is this going to be a game changer of a purchase?

I don’t really get how it works. Surely only the bits of clothes that touch the warm bars will actually dry any quicker?! Can anyone enlighten me?

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bellinisurge · 04/09/2018 13:47

Cheers @Hoosh

SinglePringle · 04/09/2018 14:10

My Lakeland one has been a game changer.

Put laundry in machine at night, stick the timer on for the load to finish at 5.30am. Get up, hang laundry on heated drier and go to work. Come home to warm flat and dry clothes with little input from me. Marvellous!

I do put a sheet over it. Not sure I understand about ‘layering’ clothes. I lie them flat on the bars.

LesLavandes · 04/09/2018 14:29

To the posters who talk about a dehumidifier, which dehumidifier are you talking about please ?

mrsm43s · 04/09/2018 14:40

I have a Lakeland one, and also the cover. It costs 6p per hour to run.

I layer things flat on the bars, and hang shirts off of the corners, and then put the cover on.

A small load of lightweight stuff will dry in just a few hours. Fully loaded (about 3 loads) will take 12-15 hours to dry.

I love mine, and wouldn't be without it.

CheeseAndOnionIceCream · 04/09/2018 15:22

I bought one 2 years ago,and I haven't regretted it for a moment. I live in a flat with a small balcony that has a rotary airer that I use in the summer. But I was struggling to get stuff dry in the winter months as I hate putting clothes on radiators because of the condensation. I live alone so admittedly I don't have a massive amount of laundry,I can just about fit one load on the airer,and it's usually dry within 12 - 18 hours. That is an improvement,as before I had damp washing hanging around for 2 or 3 days. I can't say that it's made a noticeable difference to my electricity consumption either.

StupidFly · 04/09/2018 15:31

I have a heated airer, it was about £50 from Argos, it came with a cover. I dont really use it that much at the moment but will when it gets colder. I also have a dryer but only use that when I wash the bedding (which is not very often, got health problems)

Most of the washing is hung in the bedroom on normal airers, there is a dehumifier in there. we have had it for about 10 years, it an Ebac, was expensive to buy but has done well. It makes a huge difference to drying the clothes with that running all the time.

VanillaSugary · 04/09/2018 21:36

The best dehumidifier I have ever bought was from Homebase and cost about £60. It's a big white brute but it sucks up 3 litres of moisture in about 12 hours. The smaller prettier ones are useless.

PerkingFaintly · 04/09/2018 22:50

I use this little Meaco 10 litre dehumidifier and it's marvellous: www.meaco.com/dehumidifier/home-dehumidifiers/meaco-10l-small-home-dehumidifier

Works well in a small 3-bed.

Hoosh · 05/09/2018 09:25

Perking where do you have it? Does it work for upstairs and down even though it's only in one place?

mamahanji · 05/09/2018 09:38

I have a meaco 12 litre dehumidifier. Pretty pricey at £160 I believe but we seem to have damn houses so it makes the world of difference for my asthma and for things crying quickly.

Growingboys · 05/09/2018 09:44

I have a Lakeland one and love it. Good for handwash type things that I don't want to tumble, eg cashmere, expensive silk skirts etc.

We have ours in the spare room and it makes it lovely and warm too. (I know that's not the point)

PerkingFaintly · 05/09/2018 10:19

The dehumidifier is advertised as doing the whole house if left somewhere central like a hall, but we don't have a suitable space there, so use it alternately at two extremes of the house.

Mostly it sits upstairs at the far end of the house, with the laundry.

But in winter it also spends maybe one night a week in a niche in the living room where the wall has a damp problem and air doesn't naturally circulate.

Over the first year it dried the walls significantly throughout the house. Our hygrometer shows the house's ambient humidity dropped from around 80% relative humidity in the winter to below 60%. So even local spots like the damp niche benefit from the general dryness.

We mostly use it in the heating season, so as PP says we benefit from the by-product heat too.

redsummershoes · 05/09/2018 10:34

dehumidifiers state for how many cubic meters they are good for. so square meter x ceiling height...

DGRossetti · 05/09/2018 10:42

For dehumidifiers, I have to big up a UK firm - eBac. They come with a 5 year guarantee, and we had ours repaired (P&P free both ways) earlier this year after 4 years sterling service.

We just leave ours on 24/7, when the windows are closed. It does freshen the whole bungalow up.

PerkingFaintly · 05/09/2018 10:59

Yes, the dehumidifier stops by itself when the humidity drops or the tank is full. So you can leave it switched on 24/7.

DGRossetti · 05/09/2018 11:38

Yes, the dehumidifier stops by itself when the humidity drops or the tank is full. So you can leave it switched on 24/7.

Ours has a "smart" mode which is (somehow) supposed to "learn" the needs for dehumidifying - it's supposed to work best left on 24/7 (it cuts out when the tank is full).

flamingofridays · 05/09/2018 11:41

I bought one Monday in a fit of rage as id hung out a load of washing and it started raining and our tumble drier is shit.

Seems ok so far but only used once! Think it said on box it costs less than 5p an hour to run.

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