Talk to me about heated airers.....

[hayal]

I'm considering purchasing one.

If you have one in your home, would you replace it if it broke?

Was it a waste of money or one of your best purchases?

If not, do you think owning one would be no better than a normal airer next to the radiator?

Thank you

I had one and didn't rate it much. Clothes only dried where they touched the bars unless you lie them all flat across which means doing a smaller wash or layering them up to fit them on.

It broke and I replaced it with a dehumidifier which I put next to 2 x clothes airers and sometimes a clothes rail and close the kitchen door and it's all dry by the morning. Bonus if the heating is on anyway 👍

I find the most effective way to dry clothes inside is an old fashioned pulley airer in the kitchen on the ceiling. All the warm air rises and everything is dry in no time. It also saves cluttering up floor space.

I've got the Lakeland one. It lives in the conservatory. We have a lot of clothes that are non tumble dryable. If it broke it would still be under guarantee but I use it all the times so would replace it.

It works better with the cover. Before buying it I used radiator airers and the entire house was always covered with washing. I ran out of radiator space. If I put a load of washing on the heated airer before I go to bed most of it is dry by the morning.

I use a dehumidifier. I put 3 airers full of clothes and even wet boots etc in utility room. Door closed. All dry by the end of the day.

To be fair to it, my main problem with it is space, we have a small (Victorian) house with no utility, conservatory or spare room, the dining room is the thoroughfare to the kitchen and the kitchen is narrow with a low ceiling (annoyingly this means we can't have a ceiling airer because you'd be walking through hanging clothes all the time). We have the tumble dryer in the shed but there is no space for an airer there either. So it is in DS's room while he is at uni (don't need it over the summer) but that is cramped too. But the short cord, fiddly controls and flimsiness really are poor.