A question about the Lakeland heated airer

[CashmereHoodlum]

I have been looking at the heated airer, and as I understand it, to dry the clothes you need to lay them flat across the bars. Does that then mean that if I buy the three tier airer I can only dry around three tops at a time? I am trying to figure out how much I could fit on it and get dry overnight.

I have read about people putting a sheet on top of the airer like a tent but I am a very clumsy person and I know that won't work for me. I currently tumble dry everything (year round) unless it can't be tumble dried, but I find hanging things on my gateleg airer and draping things around the boiler to be a hassle. The lakeland airer is going to have to be very user-friendly if I am going to use it regularly. My dryer is a very efficient model, so mainly I am doing this to preserve my clothes as I don't believe constant tumble drying is good for them. Unless the clothes dry very quickly it won't be any cheaper for me.

Can somebody who owns this fine invention explain it all to me please?

I currently have my Lakeland airer filled with folded items which I turn over from time to time and change the shelf as the top gets hotter.

I have also put a layer of bedding on top to make a tent, and for good measure I have the cover over that with the bottom of the bedding tucked into the bottom shelf. On top of the cover I have draped a layer of lightweight clothing. I have a lot of laundry at the moment due to the weather, not good enough to hand washing outside and too warm to dry it on radiators.

Some of it will go in the tumble dryer but it never seems to feel dry. I have dryer balls and they create a lot of fluff so am anticipating bald towels shortly. I am not keen on the dryer we have but I didn't get to choose it. If all condenser ones are like this I won't get another one.

Can you use the Lakeland heated airer in a cold garage will it dry? House isn’t big enough for it. Thanks