Dare I say it…

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I don’t like line drying my clothes. There, I’ve said it. Everyone is going nuts about a hint of sunshine and getting the clothes out but I’ll be honest, I hate the way they smell after being hung outside. Each to their own, and all that…but, what’s your unpopular opinion?

I love the smell of line dried washing and the smell of woodsmoke and bonfire and bbq

I'm not sure what this outdoor smell is. Mine don't smell of anything when I hang them outside!
My clothes are a crumpled mess after tumble drying, yet everyone says how it's great for saving on ironing. What am I doing wrong?

My clothes are the same when I tumble dry them! I love getting my washing out on a blowy day…blows all
the creases out and they’re lovely and soft!

Love getting my clothing hung outside. Fresh breeze! Beautiful ❤️

I like the end result but I cannot understand the excitement about it because it is just another job that falls on my shoulders to do 😑

Very droll. Although surely you’re not suggesting that spending hours toiling by a stream is on a par with the effort required to walk out your back door and hang out some washing?

No, and it wasn’t directed at you. It was in reply to the sanctimonious poster who suggested we should be saving the planet. But only by not using a tumble - a washing machine is fine even though it uses water and electricity.

Or not wash them at all and smell like a butt

A strong stance boldly taken in this protospring time of anticipation when you know many of us are skipping out with laden baskets on our hips, aprons aflappin' like a 1950s rural documentary from a simpler time.

That's a good idea @TomeTome

I dont put mine outside too many spiders

Mm, and their willies. And it might get darked on.

Nope don’t care about that but my washing line always has huge spider webs on 🤷‍♀️

Even better!

Same the smell makes me feel sick

I don't mind line dried clothes, I don't find they smell any different. My clothes don't smell of anything generally as I use unscented laundry detergent sheets and don't use fabric conditioner. However I rarely end up line drying, during prime drying season I have hay fever so don't want my laundry covered in pollen and the rest of the year there is a high risk of rain (I live in Ireland). I do get pissed off if I hang stuff out, it gets rained on, it has to be spun again in the machine and then tumble dried anyway.

I also don't really get the whole 'loving' line dried clothes. I'm happy to do it as an energy efficient thing when I can but if someone else did my laundry for me I would not be able to tell how it was dried by feeling or sniffing it so have no preference from that point of view.

You'll prise my tumble dryer out of my cold, dead hands!

I love my tumble dryer and will not give it up.

But please do explain to me, someone, how I can get my tumble dried clothes not to be creased up lumps? This is why I don't like tumble drying, yet others like it because it makes their clothes wrinkle free! How do I achieve this? 🤯

I use felted wool dryer balls and take the clothes out as soon as the dryer is finished and give them a good shake. Some fabrics still need to be ironed but on the whole most things are wearable.

Oh, and don't overload the dryer. Two small loads will take the same amount of drying overall but will come out looser and less tangled than one big load.

Thanks @BlackAmericanoNoSugar I'll try your balls (so to speak!).
I don't tend to overload, and do try to unload when warm. Maybe I'll also try a slightly shorter cycle.

I like the smell, but can't be arsed to hang everything up- it is much easier to bang it all in the tumble dryer.

Tumble dryer also keeps things nice and soft. Only downside is it shrinks things

The reason I’m excited about sunny dry weather to hang my clothes on the line is two fold:

a) It’s a much easier, quicker (free!) way to dry clothes for me because I don’t have a tumble drier and

b) It’s a sign it’s the summer and fuck me I love the summer. ☀️

Maybe that’s what the people you’ve encountered are thinking too op!

It doesn’t go much deeper than that for me.

Although, because I line dry during all the warmer months and have been for years, I I consider myself a pro at it 😂
I still maintain there are ways to stop your line clothes smelling of hamster, going stiff and needing ironing!

I can’t help with the spiders, bird poo or sudden downpours though. It’s not all good news.