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.

Every day.
I'd cut back on a lot before I'd stop using the dryer. I'm time-poor and not hanging things outside that still won't dry (-7 here today).

Yes my everhot is currently costing me £7-£8 a day depending on when I take it out of eco mode.

My bills are similar to yours.

Yes, not for everything but the bulky items like towels really need it. I am using a drying rack and the airing cupboard too but just can't keep on top of it all otherwise.

Phew it's not just me!

Ours comes out of eco at 6am till 9pm otherwise there's no point in having it on, we have started using it as a kettle and a toaster and put those appliances away.

Mind you we used to have an gas fired aga so glad we don't have that anymore!

We have just bought a heat pump dryer as we aren't using the heating enough to get washing dry. We get all our washing done and dry and put away within one day, family of 3 and all wear items more than once so 3 big loads including towels and bedding.

I really haven't noticed a big rise in the bill since we started using it but it's is one of the most economical models.

We have Economy 7 so I put it on overnight when I need it.

Yes we are. No way would I be able to dry
bedding and towels without.

I used to do at least one wash a day , two on towel days and bedding days , so ive stopped with the second wash on those days . However I use the tumble drier each time at the moment .
in the summer months things go outside but once it stops drying by the end of the day we move back to the tumble drier . Normal size wash is dry in an hour and ready to be put away . Towels/ bedding take longer but well worth it .

I also really dislike the damp smell that comes with clothes that have taken days to dry , so for me it’s worth the cost . Obviously I appreciate I’m lucky in that we can afford to run it , but I would rather swap out having the heating on for an hour over having damp clothes out all day if it came to it . Also October and November were particularly mild here , so we luckily built up credit in our energy accounts more than expected which will cushion winter .

I use mine all year round. I hate line drying and can’t be fucked hanging up socks and knickers.

We use ours several times a week. Although we are temporarily a house of 2, when the sons are here, it runs every day.

Don’t they freeze?

Everything is frozen and snowy round us.

My washing doesn’t dry at all on the line. It often feels damper (&smells worse) after it’s been hanging outside a few hours. We both work out of the home so we can’t reliably take it in and out if it rains.

I live in an old house with old windows that is prone to condensation and mould so for me using the tumble drier at a cost of (£1.50 per load x 7 = £10.50 pw) is worth it, as a preventative measure. I can cut back in other area. I get not everyone can though.

Yes, I do 2 wash loads a week and use the dryer for 30 mins each load. Then on airer overnight to finish off.

So far no electric bill to pay for the last 3 months as the £66 government grant more than covers our bill.

Using mine nearly every day. I've got a newborn that has perfected the poonami so there's constant washing.
My electric bill was £100 last month, gas only £20.

Yep. I figured for me the cost of using it compared to the expense of having to fix issues caused by damp and condensation was negligible. I have a north facing, damp garden too so no way anything would dry outside.

I use mine for every wash. Modern ones don't cost that much to run, especially if you got a heat pump one. Our consumption actually went down over the period we bought and started using it (I am sure due to other changes we made, but it shows it can't have added too much).

Yes, use it when required as that is what it is there for.

Use an airer & dehumidifier a lot of the time (not a new thing, been doing it for years as it is so effective) but if there is too much for the airer in one go or there are multiple loads then the tumble goes on.

I've discovered that my drier doesn't need to be on for very long to dry stuff! Bed sheets, duvet cover and pillowcases dried in under 50 minutes last week. 3 towels dried in 50 minutes too which surprised me as thought jeans and heavy stuff will take longer so put them on an airer first. . My OH had a condenser drier that he put on until the drier felt the clothes were dry - sometimes it was going for 3 hours which is ridiculous! My old washer drier did the same.

Might be worth checking if you're over drying the clothes? I also sometimes hang slightly damp items in the airing cupboard to finish off rather than tumble drying them.

Yes we are. We're a family of 3 and have a prepayment meter and the tumble dryer is used for towels, bedding, uniform, underwear and all children's clothes.

It costs about £1 per 7kg load.

We're ending each day (prepayment) for electricity on about £3 with laundry, cooking and WFH...

I'm using mine. Family of 4 and I can't get drying without it fast enough. I try to line dry as much as possible. Until the cold snap, I have put everything out. Towels don't try completely so they go into the tumble dryer afterwards. But most clothes are dry if I get them out by around 8am.

The poster might be on the south coast. No snow here. I haven't put washing out however. I don't if it's below 5C.

Yes still using mine, it's the only way I can keep on top of the washing! I have a 6 month old, a 2 year old and a 6 year old that can't eat without getting food down himself. There is literally no way I could hang it up, I'd have no where to put it. The small amount of clothes that can't go in the tumble dryer are on the airer for about 3 days until they're fully dry and that's bad enough.

Absolutely yes. I will not give up using my drier unless I am literally penniless. I am always amazed on here how few people have one, it’s not what I see in my own life at all.

Yes but our 21-year-old one finally died beyond repair this spring so we got a new heat pump one that uses dramatically less energy than a traditional one. If the sun is out even on a freezing day I dry things on an airer in the front room as the room is south facing and the window is massive so it actually can heat the room really well despite having the window open for ventilation. If anyone is looking to buy a new dryer I'd absolutely recommend the heat pump variety.

I'm still using mine. I'm another with a north facing garden which barely gets sunlight in winter so it's not worth hanging it out. My smart meter tells me it costs 78p an hour to run. Dries things fully in 70 mins usually.
Trying hard to reduce the number of loads though, and I'm bringing things out while still slightly damp and putting them on the airer overnight.I have some mini airers that hook over the radiators which are useful for things that can't be tumble dried.