Outside drying - line or rotary?

[FessaEst]

Today's bright weather has made me think of putting washing outside again to dry (instead of these infernal indoor airers up all the time!).

We have always had a line across the garden, as I like the look of a load of clothes strung out (and my Mum never had a rotary so I subconsciously thought that's what real mummies had!). However, the recent winds have damaged our fence and while DH will get it fixed, he feels a heavy washing line will not help in the future.

Do you have a rotary drier, do you find it gets stuff dry as well as a line? Which one have you got/where from?

I hate whirlies......it either all hangs there damply or blows crazily round three times and then the biggest thing ravels up and it all festers till you give up and put it in the dryer.

and they are never big enough to hang a duvet cover on properly.

we have a rotary drier and the stuff on the inner rings of it do not dry as quickly as the stuff on the outer rings. We arent supposed to have lines in our garden so do use the rotary on if we are putting stuff outside. It was there when we bought the house and the sticker on it says it is from homebase. Could you not use clothes poles for the line rather than attaching to the fence?

Line, if you have the room. Things dry a lot quicker

Rotary is easier to concrete in.

Lines are harder to do - you need two holes and they have to be bigger with more concrete.

I have a rotary but like Seona says, the stuff in the middle doesn't dry.

I prefer lines.

Oh... Just me who loves her rotary then...

I get more space n the garden with the rotary, I fit much more on mine (even if some dry slower) and its a spear thing not concreted in. (Brabantia one) .

Rotary driers are ugly things.

And I accept I cheat my line is between two fair sized trees, so I don't have the pole problem.

Pretty unanimous then, will speak to DH about securing the fence and look at buying a new line.

(Seona our garden layout makes using the perimeter fences the only sensible option - additional poles wouldn't really work)

Should add, our patio already has a hole in it that I assume is for a rotary, so would just use that if we went for that option.

Clothes etc dry more quickly on a line.

I have both I use the line for bedding and towels Rotary is huge and can get four big drum washloads on it I love both :)

I binned my rotary dryer for a line strung across the garden about 4 years ago and it still never fails to give me pleasure to see the washing out!

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