Anyone still using their tumble dryer

[LovelyNanny26]

We are a family of 3 (soon 4) and the washing never ends in our house.Our toddler is constantly messy and covered in food.I would like to wear and outfit more than once but due to my toddler it is impossible and my husband works in construction.I was drying my washing outside but nothing was getting dry and caused condensation on the windows.I have finally caved in and bought a Hoover mid range dryer and Oh my god it is amazing.How I have managed before one I don't know.Are they really so bad like people portrait them to be.Anyway it will only be used during winter months.Can't wait for the spring to come.

I’m using mine much as I always have which is to finish stuff off after it’s been on the airers for 24 hours or outside for a day. I tried not using it at all but with the house so cold things still weren’t fully dry after 2-3 days and were smelling musty.

I’m using mine. I’ll pay it off in the summer ! Can’t be doing with damp washing everywhere causing damp.

I have two heated airers and a tumble dryer. I use the dryer for light things like shirts and underwear that is a pain to hang. Also quicker to iron shirts when they are tumbled as they have fewer creases.

We are spending about £15-£20 a day on electricity (the heating is oil) at the moment though so it is pricey. And I only use the tumble two or three times a week for a 90 min timed spin.

I mostly hang things over the airer but the dryer is still my get out of jail free card when the laundry takes over the house or someone needs something urgently.

Oh and I pay the bill every three months, no DD which I much prefer as I know I'm only paying for what I'm actually using now. Roughly £900 a quarter.

When it’s this cold then I have no choice. It doesn’t dry outside and Ds lungs can’t cope with the extra dampness caused by drying too much indoors

We are using ours but otherwise we just can't get things dry. We have a heated airer but we seem to have more washing than that. And we live in a hard water area so if we don't tumble towels they are unusable.

I also worked out to dry things on the heated airer it was having to be on for 20 hours plus causes condensation. Ours is a heat pump dryer and usually does a load quite quickly which I'm sure works out about the same minus the condensation problems.

Yes. We still use ours a couple of times a week. Mainly to get all the pants and socks dry.

I keep a close eye on the electricity meter but have included some tumble usage within the target and budget over winter.

We are using it a lot less than we used to, though.

I do, my smart meter tells me it's cheaper to use than turning the heating on and the litre of water I pour down the sink is not clinging to the walls and ceiling causing damp and eventually mould.

I am but I'm hanging stuff outside first, which I would normally have given up on by this time of year. I've been pleasantly surprised by how dry they get even on a cold day like it is now. They get about 75% dry and I finish off in the tumble drier. It's probably cutting down the tumble time by at least half..

Me too but energy prices will rise another 50% in April, so be careful about paying it off in the summer.

Nope.
We now use a dehumidifier - the desiccant type as it drys down to low temperatures. We live in a large drafty old house & our bills were already massive before this recent rise.
The dehumidifier stops damp as well from building up inside.

We don't have one and it's just as well as doubt we could afford to run it anyway. Family of 3. Me and DH can wear clothes more than once (not underwear obvs!) unfortunately the teenager can only wear an item of clothing once! Need to work on that one!

Using my washer-dryer most days. I am refusing to use my electric heaters as they're ridiculously expensive, so the washing on the airer takes a while to dry. I usually have a load of washing to do every day/every other day so don't have time to wait several days for the airer to be free!

Energy prices are not increasing by 50%. The energy prices are increasing so that the average user will pay an additional £500, in April, from £2500 to £3000. That is an additional 20%. Although that doesn't assuming the increase will be spread equally distributed over gas and electricity - but it should be in the region

Tell them you’re each allowed one load per week, and stick to it!

But they’re not going to charge me more for the power I used in the winter, it will be April onwards.

This winter so far I have managed with only using the drying for finishing things off.

that said I have an airing cupboard of sorts which is very warm in the evenings when the boiler comes on.

I have to use mine. Economy 7 so I set the timer. I live in an old house so drying washing inside is a nope. I do two extra spins so it comes out far less wet.

I'm trying not to, just big sheets and towels go in. I can't get towels to dry without ending up smelling musty the first time you use them

I have a new heat pump dryer A+++, its very economical to use and I use it a lot.

Yes, it’s better for our situation than condensation from drying clothes indoors.

I use it for towels and bedding in the winter, never for clothes

Do an extra spin in the washing machine first.

I use mine for towels and bed linen, occasionally for other things. I wouldn't want to be without it.