Tumble drying straight out of washing machine

[BigDahliaFan]

How many people tumble dry washing straight out of the washing machine? And how long does it take?

I put small stuff straight in but will hang up larger stuff to mostly dry inside. Outside when it's not horrible weather, which it mostly has been this year.

Majority of the time we just hang up the stuff and let it dry. Sometimes we let the dryer kick of straight away (washer dryer).

What should be the benefit of hanging things up first and putting them to the dryer later?

In winter or when it’s wet mine goes in the dryer straight from a wash and only the things that would get ruined by it are hung up. When it’s lovely and sunny or dry but windy it all goes out on the line.

On my bedding and towels get tumble dried during the winter when I cannot dry them outside and don’t have the space inside.

All of mine gets hung either outside or in the house. I put towels in the dryer to soften them, in winter that's until they are dry, in the summer it's for 15 mins before hanging them.
It's usually just me in the house though, so I don't have loads of laundry, maybe 1-2 loads a week and towels once every 2-3 weeks.

I give it an extra spin when it's in the washing machine which helps. I only hang it up if it finishes washing in the evening as I don't have the tumble dryer on when we are sleeping then pop it on in the morning which warms the place up.

Do a mixture, depending on weather, health issues, type of washing IE towels v clothes! Have solar panels/battery, so does feel slightly different making use of tumble dryer......

I don’t have a tumble dryer and never have had one, and hang everything up to dry. I have one of those pulley racks inside for when the weather is bad and put heavier things like jeans or hoodies on radiators in the winter if they are still a bit damp after hanging up.

We went for a higher load washing mashing as we could do large amounts in one go. When they go straight into the drier it takes between an hour and two depending on the thickness of what has been washed.

Hang most things out to dry or on clothes rack. Will throw a pile of socks and underwear into dryer in Winter which takes an hour. Everything else l pop in dryer for 15 minutes so no creases..then no ironing.

I tumble dry nearly everything. I do it straight from the washing machine. So I've done a load of sheets this morning, just put them into the tumble dryer and they'll be dry enough to put back on the bed in about 50 mins.

Always put it straight in the dryer unless it’s delicate and can’t be tumble dried. Why would you hang stuff up until mostly dry then put it the dryer? Isn’t that just creating work for no reason?

My dryer. A cheap Beko has a sensor and tells me when things are dry, usually about 45 mins straight from the washer. But linger for towels.

DH does our laundry and he takes it out of the washing machine and puts it straight into the dryer. It takes 60 mins for a sports wash of football like tops and 90 mins for everything else. I leave him to it as I do the cooking.

Cuts down on energy usage.

I'd read that if you put a dry towel inside the dryer with the wet clothes- it all dries quicker.

I dry everything outside, or inside on an airer with dehumidifier.

How can you afford to use the dryer so much?

If it's dry and sunny or breezy then everything goes outside on the line. If it's not then into the dryer. I have a 1600 spin on my washer, so I get as much water out as possible. Full load usually tumbles dry in about 45 mins. Towels take an extra 5-10.

I tumble dry everything (mostly) because I live in a very rainy part of the UK, and don't like damp washing around the house. It's cheaper to run my energy efficient tumble dryer than to run a dehumidifier for hours. I close the door and can do other stuff. It saves hours of time and inconvenience. It's worth it, imo.

Most of the time mine gets hung up outside then finished off in the dryer if it needs it.
I do tumble dry straight from the washing machine in winter though, only stuff that is safe to tumble dry. I have a heat pump dryer and it takes 2-3h for a big load or towels. Less for bedding

We do an extra spin then stick them in the dryer

In winter I tumble dry towels and sheets only for the two of us. The rest goes on radiators.

The rest of the year if I cannot hang outside ie is raining then I use the tumble dryer but not for socks or they occasionally shrink.

I don’t use a tumble dryer.

I iron the stuff that needs ironing straight out of the washing machine, then put it on a clothes horse to finish drying, along with the ‘not ironed stuff’ and a dehumidifier on.

I prefer to trumble dry stuff rather than having it hanging wet around the house...DH prefers to air dry it a bit first (but doesn't like putting stuff outside on the line because he gets very bad hayfever).

It's a quandry. When he's not around I just stuff it in the turmble dryer and line dry as well

I always do this, I thought that was the point? It takes ages, usually a couple of hours

Sounds like hard work!

In good weather I peg everything out on the line, straight from the machine, if it's not good enough, I stick it straight from the machine into the tumbler. Nothing complicated!