Heated airer drying time

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Considering getting a heated airer.

We have had a dehumidifier set up but have recently moved house and it doesn't seem to work as well here. Perhaps because I can't shut the door of the room it's in.

How long does your heated airer take to dry a load of washing? I don't know if I can justify the price but it's just taken nearly 2 days to dry this load with the dehumidifier.

I stick our clothes in the unused guest bathroom, turn an oil radiator on for a few hours and shut the door

Anyone got experience of "dri buddy" they look like a big tent and you hang the clothes on hangers inside? I mean they would take up a big space but do they work? Do they cost a lot to run?

I have a tumble dryer but also only use it for towels and bedding as shrinks clothes! I hang washing outside if possible or use a normal airer or radiators but when it's raining several days but not cold enough to put heating on clothes just stay damp!

It's from lakeland, and the cover def makes a difference.

Wouldn't that be because you have a cover on it and therefore nowhere for the moisture to evaporate to?

Well sell it then and buy one that works instead of Jerry rigging inferior solutions with airers and dehumidifiers

I bought a John Lewis one 3 weeks ago after posting for advice on here.
I still use my tumble dryer for underwear, socks, towels, and bedding but dry everything else on the airer.
It's been great as it's not cold enough to put the central heating on, and I can still dry washing indoors.
I don't overfill it, have the top racks slanted for the thick joggers, and hang a large school jumper on the bottom, so it's also touching the sock part.
I think you have to be quite strategic on how you place the items, but it dries them really well.

It's just taken nearly 2 days to dry this load with the dehumidifier

I dry my washing on a normal clothes horse, no heat and no dehumidifier, and it is still perfectly dry within the day. Window open in the room. I know that will eventually change as the weather gets progressively cooler this autumn, but it’s still air drying weather for a while yet imho.

How much does a dehumidifier and a heated airer cost to run for 24 hours?

They’re more expensive to run than a tumble drier. And less efficient.

It takes ages. You have to keep moving stuff around to get dry all over. I use mine occasionally for smaller items but with a family of 7, I have too much washing to dry it on that. It's good for hanging the kids uniforms on of an evening, then in the morning they only need about 15 mins in the tumble dryer. I think they're ideal for single people and smaller families who don't accumulate as much washing.

Bloody useless. Gave mine away.

It dries in one short stripe only and tips up all the time.
The rest of the load has that horrible wet washing stench after 3 days because it doesn’t dry any other bit.

Radiators in winter, line in spring/summer/autumn.

We've got a cheapy one from Lidl that we use for drying stuff that can't be tumble dried. We use it in the spare room with the door closed and the window cracked open. Most things dry in about 12 hours including DH's jeans if i put them over a couple of rungs.

I have a Lakeland one. Dries two large loads of washing overnight with the cover on. I don't open the cover or move anything around at all. I imagine if I was constantly opening the cover and fiddling around it would take longer for stuff to dry as all the hot air would escape.

I prefer it to a tumble dryer as it doesn't damage clothes, and everything can go on it including delicates.

It depends what kind you have. The Lakeland dry soon ones with the covers are brilliant. Will dry a load in 13 hours. The flip out ones from places like Aldi with the plastic covers aren't very good as the heat doesn't move around the clothes in the same way!

13 hours x 9p for the heated airer.

Ive just found a recent Ideal Home article that says it costs About £1.20 for a complete tumble dryer cycle (or 50p if you’ve got a heat pump one).

Hmmm.

Anyway, I will still use my unheated airer for a bit. By winter, I’ll use my two tier over the radiator racks in my utility room (DP and I devised this unique system ). My central heating comes on anyway so might as well use the heat as much as I can.

I used a heated airer and throw a sheet over it, then a dehumidifier as well

Lakeland, its ok , not as good as expected

Lakeland heated airer + dehumidifier dries things pretty quickly. I don't have a cover, but I do have these in a relatively small utility room. Love them.

I love my heated airer and it dries stuff quickly, without the foosty smell you get if things take too long to dry. I had a wee Lakeland one for years, used a sheet in lieu of a cover. It eventually broke so have upgraded to a big one with a special cover

I've got a heat pump dryer and I don't like to use it for some things as I'm concerned it will make my newer bright or dark garments fade.

My heated airer is crappy from Amazon with no cover atm and is not much different to a non heated one.

I have the Lakeland dry soon pod which is the equivalent and mil had the Lakeland cabinet both are the same principle the blow out hot air. I use mine for things that can’t be dried in my heat pump tumble dryer. I find it pretty good.

I have a Lakeland dryer.

It can take 2 days to get a load dry.

I have the cover and space things out but it is really ineffective and difficult to get in to hang things over the bars too

Have the Aldi and Lakeland one. Both with covers. Excellent and dry clothes cheaply and quickly. I have a big utility with an extractor fan which I think helps. Had the Lakeland one a few years and it's as good as new, bought the Aldi one last week for £35.

Mines absolutely useless. Put a load on it at about 10:30 this morning, just went to check it and everything is still wet apart from a nice dry line across everything where it’s been folded over the heater bars.

I find it dries SLIGHTLY quicker if I put a sheet over it but it’s pretty crap.

I use mine with a dehumidifier and today got a load dry in about 6 hrs including a duvet cover (I use this as the ‘cover’).

The two together are brilliant.