AIBU to use my tumble dryer for all washing now?

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I bought a new tumble dryer on Sat after using a really rubbish one for a few years. It didn't work well and I ended up with laundry on clothes horses all over my flat. Even with a decent dehumidifier running 24/7 it led to mould in some places.

Finally decided I'd had enough when it took 7+ days to get a pillow dry and ordered a condenser tumble dryer. It's amazing and gets stuff dry in no time at all. My laundry also doesn't smell faintly musty any more.

I can technically hang washing out but the washing line is by the bins and there's rats in the courtyard too.

Aibu to ditch the clothes horses and just use my tumble dryer exclusively? It'll be about three loads a week including bedding.

And after the clothes have dried on the close horse don't forget to put them folded up in the chest of draws. 😆

Thank you for the laughs I needed this today.❤️🤣 Had the crappest day yesterday.

CLOTHES horse 😄

I love a good mishearing - I do it a lot!

And for stuff that doesn’t tumble dry well, I tend to lie such stuff on the top of the dryer - the warmth from the machine is enough to get a cashmere jumper dry from damp and enough to dry off trainers that have been around the washer.

How on earth do you generate so much washing?!

I don't have one for various reasons, cost being one of them, but I admit it's a pain in the winter getting everything dry. ☹️

It will add a lot to your electricity bills.
Pillows always take days to dry,surely that's only a once every 6 months or so job.

I used mine everyday for everything except knickers.

Yeah, perfectly normal for flat-dwellers. Or people with hay fever who don't want pollen on their clothes, or people who aren't home for at least one full day a week and able to be there to bring it in if it rains. Or people who just can't be fagged hanging it ALL out and then bringing it ALL in (me). Just clean the lint filter regularly and never leave it running when you're out.

I bought our first tumble drier for 20 years, at the weekend. I've been drying everything outside on the line, or indoor on the clothes horse, or radiators, for all of that time.
I used it for the first time this morning, because it's pissing down. My life has changed. I adore it. The towel are fluffy. Uniforms are soft and not crusty. I had everything processed and put away in a few hours.
YADNBU.

I use mine for absolutely everything. Take clothes out when dry but warm and fold them immediately — the only things that need ironing are DH’s cotton shirts and he irons them himself. (They are actually fine but he’s fussy. I never iron anything. )
It’s excellent, a Miele, not cheap but I've had it since 2010.
When we bought it the salesman said to DH - ‘this will see you out!’ And it might just happen…

Honestly I don’t even know although I don’t do washing on the weekend and it piles up. 2 little people, 4 beds to change weekly towels and it’s just a crazy amount 😂 my husband can’t wear anything twice either which is annoying!

You will ruin clothes that have the ‘do not tumble dry symbol’. I have friends that insist on tumbling everything and their clothes don’t last. Even cotton things that say tumble on a low heat do tend to shrink. A lot of man made fibre will effectively melt at high temperatures.

A heated drying rack with a cover can be the answer to more delicate things (you can vary the temperature). Lakeland does good ones.

Haven’t rtft but try a dribuddi

Right?! I can have stuff washed, dried and out away in a couple of hours rather than a couple of days and it's been a massive relief. I feel so much more organized and my flat isn't full of half dried washing constantly.

no shit sherlock?

She said AIBU to tumble dry ‘all washing’ - so yes, it’s unreasonable, as you’ll ruin some of it 🤷‍♀️

Yep! I can only tumble certain items (towels, leggings, jeans etc) and wouldn’t dare risk my handmade skirts or my kids shirts and dresses. I cannot stand it when things I love shrink.