Would a heated airer be useful?

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I've just moved into a house with underfloor heating which is lovely, but this time of year I'm really missing radiators for things like wet clothes when you get in, finishing off drying clothes when the weather is rubbish etc. We have a tumble dryer but it's a condenser and even though it's meant to be a very good one (Neff) it quite often doesn't completely dry clothes.
My standard airer seems to have gone missing in the house move so I was just browsing for a replacement and wondered if a heated one might be worth it. Any advice/thoughts welcome.

I love mine! I rarely use the tumble dryer any more. As long as you've got space I'd do it!

I have just sold my heated airer to a student. It was rubbish, I had the Lakeland one. I tried the cover, frequently rotating / flipping clothes, carefully had the t shirts flat over a few bars etc. I tried everything and it just wasn’t good enough!

I’ve gone back to a better condensing tumble drier and a basic non heated airer near a radiator

We have the John Lewis heated airer and love it. I chose it for the additional shoe drier thingies. We're a family of runners and wet trainers are a regular feature.

I find it works better when I cover the whole lot with a sheet. Keeps the heat in. If I don't then what often happens is that one strip on the clothes is dry and hot and the rest is cold and wet.

Thanks! I could fit one in the utility but it would get in the way of the back door. My next conundrum would be whether to get a tall one which would fold flat but cover part of the window, or the longer ones which could fold up and sit under the window

Ah see I used to put my airer next to the radiator but now we don't have any!

Yes, drying soggy shoes is what I miss most about not having radiators!

I suspect if your airer is sitting on a heated floor then the rising heat will dry just as quick as the heated version (they really don't get all that hot - I guess quite reasonably for safety and all that shiz )

Love our Lakeland one. It has three levels and stuff dries best nearest the top and when covered in a big sheet. It’s nowhere near as fast as a tumble dryer but it is also more gentle and is great for “help got to dry the pe kit before tomorrow” and “put the trainers underneath to dry them out”. I use it as well as a normal airer (next to each other in one room as the warmth from the heated one helps the normal one a bit too).

Also if we only have a bit of stuff we half open it so it’s flatter against the wall.

We got a small cheap one a few months back. It dries much faster than a normal airier, I put the washing on it in the evening and it’s mostly dry in the morning I just rotate everything first thing and turn it off before we leave the house. It’s ready for the next lot of washing by the time we get home in the evening.