Lakeland heated airer

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Are these any good / useful? Especially this time of year

We are a large family of 6. Currently have the utility room as a laundry room with washer, airers, tumble dryer and dehumidifier. So each morning I do a wash, put in on airers with dehumidifier on and shut door. 24 hours later things are slightly damp so I finish them off in the tumble dryer as I need the airers free for the next load. Also need to tumble dry from scratch all socks, pants, wipes etc as too fiddly and time consuming to hang up. Also tumble dry sheets from scratch as too big for airers. Also tend to to one other tumble dryer load from scratch eg pyjamas. also tumble dry uniform as need to get it all washed dried and our away between Fri night and sun night. 25 shirts a week plus trousers jumpers pe kit etc. basically heavy tumble dryer use. In summer we use approx 200 units of electricity per month, this time of year it's 450.

Basically despite having a dedicated laundry room I am drowning in washing.

I'm wondering if I had a heated airer with a cover on upstairs would that help me get on top of the washing? They are currently on offer. But I'm worried that it might make upstairs even more damp (old large damp house) and also make it more cluttered. It would have to go on the landing. How big are they in real life it's hard to gauge from the website? We currently have a dehumidifier running approx 8 hours a day upstairs to keep on top of the damp so don't know if the heated airer would make it worse?

Doesn't it cost more to run a dehumidifier for 24hours than just putting it in the tumble dryer for a cycle? Missing the point I know.

Possibly but it's not on overnight. So maybe 18 hours a day. I don't like to tumble everything as can shrink stuff and things like joggers and hoodies take ages in the dryer

Does everyone need to wear a clean shirt everyday? Could nothing be worn for a second day?

We have one. It's great.

You can buy them cheaper from their eBay refurbished store.

I've got loads of laundry, and I've got the biggest drysoon heated airer from Lakeland with the cover, and I love it. I start things off in the tumble dryer for twenty minutes and transfer it to that before bed and it's dry in the morning. I have it in the kitchen and it means the room is warm when we come down. It's big, but that's life, I'm definitely glad I got it for sure.

I've never understood the love, gave mine away, You have to keep rearranging everything to get stuff properly dry and they are not small.

We love ours. Put a cover on it and if we lay it all out carefully it’s all dry in 6 hours.

we have the standard size but if you go to Lakeland branch they have them all set up and there’s at least 3 different sizes.

not had any issues with damp and had it for years. ours is on the landing.

nor sure it is a huge energy cost saving compared with a tumble but it doesn’t ruin your clothes!

Clean shirts a necessity for DH and DC every day. They already rewear jumpers / trousers/ skirts etc

I hated mine - didn’t work for me at all. Just dry where bars were and then half wet unless you dried about 3 items at a time. Also always in the bloody way. Sold mine thankfully. We have a heat pump dryer and it is amazing - dries everything, doesn’t shrink anything and isn’t that expensive to run. No moisture in my old cottage from the Lakeland etc

The key is not to ram it all in, it needs a bit of breathing space around the clothes, especially jeans etc. You can hang shirts on hangers and hang them in there, the shelves fold down. Do it!

Fair enough!

Dehumidifiers cost pennies compared to
tumble dryers. I bought a heated airer from Lidl it was around £40 for the price I'm happy with it but I wouldn't invest £100+ on a bigger one

We have a DrySoon Deluxe and it's great for things that can't be tumble dried. We do a 3/4 load of our washing machine and are careful not to put too many trousers etc in the same wash. I spread it out so there's a free rung between each item. It's taken a while to get the configeration of racks right for our washing but it now works well. The bottom rung is useless if stuff is hung on it as it doesn't get any heat from below, so we use the top two rungs only for hanging.

What works well for us is doing a 3/4 load every evening and drying it overnight (takes 12hrs). All the dry stuff goes in a basket and we sort/put away on Saturday mornings. Obviously if I get some put away mid-week, that's great but unlikely if I'm being honest.

I only tumble dry underwear, towels and bedding (and don't tumble dry at all in the better weather). We're a family of four (two adults, teen and older primary age).

We have a heated airer and love it! We don’t have a tumble drier.

If I hang washing at 9am it’s dry by 6pm, otherwise I can hang a load overnight. We have ours upstairs in the spare room. We keep the window open if we’re in. The room does get a bit damp while it’s in use (even with cover on) so we close the spare room door while things are drying to contain the damp to one room. Once the washing’s dry, the room is lovely and warm and not damp at all.

Thanks for everyone's replies lots to think about. Does anyone have any real life pics so I can visualise scale?

I absolutely love mine. I've had it for 10+ years and never had a problem with it. Heats the room too

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Thanks, what version is this eg mini normal deluxe. It doesn't look too much bigger than a normal airer but obviously looks bigger with the cover on. I'd definitely get a cover

Looks like the standard version which is what I have.

Honestly you need the cover (or drape a bedsheet etc over - great if you've washed bedding!) otherwise it doesn't work nearly as well and you get the issue as a pp said where it only dries on the rungs.

I also have the mesh shelf for underwear which is brilliant as well. I use that on the bottom tier. Don't bother hanging stuff on the bottom tier as it won't dry as well.

I love ours, couldn't be without it.
I do tend to use it more for kids clothes, uniforms etc rather than big items like DH's hoodies etc.. they will dry as well, but take longer especially if they're touching stuff on the next tier down.

Aldi have them in from tomorrow. Comes with cover.
I've been dithering about the lakeland one, so seeing the Aldi one has made up my mind!

Oh that's interesting! I'm looking ta the Lakeland one as they have good returns policy. Although it says the aldi one has 3 years aswell. It looks to have less bars than the Lakeland one though. We have an Aldi dehumidifier we've had for at least 5 years probably 8 and it's still going strong!

I have had a Lakeland one for 10 years and have just bought a second one. No space for a tumble drier and no central heating. Absolute game changer for me. You work out the best way to hang things overtime. Had my washing on the line today outside and it is now on the airer for a couple of hours.

Sent mine back. I really don't get the hype. To stand a chance of drying anything, I had to lay things flat across the rungs which means only a few items (one Tshirt per layer). If I actually put a realistic amount of clothes on there, they took over 24 hours to dry and had that horrible damp smell. Not noticeably quicker than just using the normal clothes maid. We had the top of the range model and the cover.

I love ours and we only use the tumble drier now for sheets/towels. We got the large size and cover - I put washing on when I get in from work, load it after tea and leave the cover on overnight. It's always dry by morning unless something like thick jeans.

Your clothes don't shrink and it's honestly one of the best gadgets I've ever bought.