Heated clothes airer- is it worth the money?

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I've just been reading another thread about ironing and it's got me thinking I do too much! I've seen a few of these heated airers on Amazon and wonder if it's worth the money and does it stop clothes being creased ?

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DameDiazepam I have one of the heated drying rack ones which is quite rubbish actually, doesn't dry stuff much quicker than on a normal airer but I think the Lakeland ones are different?

It's brilliant, with 3 kids I'd get the 3 tiered one if I was you. Can't say that it stops the need for ironing but for drying it is brilliant.

I have a Lakeland three tier one with a cover. It is excellent, I find a load dries over night easily. We’re very pleased with it.

Oh I want one but its such a lot of money. I do have an older tumble dryer and I wonder if the airer needs to be on for such a long time if it's cheaper. Have any clever mn-ers worked it out? I dont iron but like the idea we would all look less creased.I have a small utility room with a small ceiling rack and has it has the boiler, freezers and fridge in there things dry pretty quickly.

I am starting back to work soon and like the idea of a mad laundry day and getting it all done in one day rather than a load a day as I currently do and a clothes airer constantly in use. Next question..... where can I buy the machine that puts it in the actual drawers for me once it is dry!

I think the Lakeland ones are different?

My friends' ones are the Lakeland ones so I'm really not convinced.

I think people like to think they're not using a drier but I very much doubt it's cheaper plus you have all the water going into your home which I want to avoid.

I'd rather put the money towards a decent tumble drier user

I bought one from aldi and Its a bit rubbish, the clothes dry in exactly the same time as the non heated airer stood next to it.

Oh you still need to iron

I was very excited there

I have the lakeland one and we keep it in our garden room, which is also my office. So warm office and dry clothes. Win/win.

Sounds like an alternative to a tumble dryer rather than an addition.
I don't iron, I hang things to dry.
Trousers in their creases, shirts on hangers.
And I am a prissy washer.
Use fabric softener.
Correct detergents for delicates.
Correct loads (not sheets with clothing, jeans separate, towels separate)
Don't over fill the machine, beats the crap out if your garments.

We have a washer drier and a heated airer. The tumble setting on our machine is so rubbish we only use it for drying underwear as I can't bear it cluttering up the house. I put jeans/towels/sheets over the bannister on the landing and they dry beautifully overnight, dresses and cardigans go on coat hangers in the airing cupboard and everything else goes on the heated airer. I hang it out one morning and put away the next. I do ALL the laundry on a Saturday ready for the week ahead-I only do loads in the week if necessary

It seems I'm a prissy washer too

I live in a little flat and bought the Lakeland heated dryer about a year ago. I also have the posh cover. I saved hard for it. And it's been brilliant!
You have to open a window to let condensation out.
I "iron on demand" but because you can dry clothes flat on it, it sometimes cuts ironing time.

We have the Lakeland three tier one in a smallish utility room which also has a maiden rack on the ceiling. The room is therefore v warm and thugs dry quite quickly. I don’t like chucking everything in the dryer as I find it shrinks and wears the clothes. Things def dry much more quickly on it but you absolutely still need to iron most things (though I pay someone to do my ironing, and washing for that matter ). Aside from anything else gives you loads of extra drying space. I would buy one! We have a utility room now but when we lived in a flat with no utility room and were drying things on radiators everywhere it would have been a total lifesaver, especially with tiny baby clothes!

My 3 tier lakeland one is my best ever gadget. It's kept in our very small utility room and stuff dries fast on it, by which I mean 5-6 hours. I make sure that I shake everything out and hang them as neatly as possible and then I don't need to iron. Not that I would anyway

I don’t find a condensation issue but had it in a big, high, cold kitchen until we moved and now it tends to live in the tiny utility room. You do need to throw the sheet or cover over it, but as long as you do that it dries a couple of loads overnight. I don’t think about the fire risk but then I do tend to set all the machines going before bed and I know that’s a MN no-no .

Can’t comment on the cost, I thought it was 5p per hour but I much prefer it to the tumbler so cost isn’t a factor for me.

I've got a decent tumble drier but it's in the garage and I hate going out there at night with the spiders! I also think tumble drying clothes does trash them eventually so save it for underwear/towels/bedding. So this would be in addition to a tumble drier for stuff that I would line dry in summer.
Think I'm going to go for it come payday next week!
User- if you find an answer to someone putting it all away please let me know as my household think a fairy does it

Ah ok Dame I'd thought they were heated differently and therefore better, glad you said that as I was thinking of investing in one!

Yes. Get the 3 tier Lakeland one. Just order it now.

I would marry mine if I could.

I've had mine 4 years! Lifesaver - I bought the cover when it came out a couple of years ago. I find it dries clothes in about a day, though in the winter I'll also hang some things on hangers on my high curtain rail in my kitchen diner plus put towels/ bedding on the tall radiators in the kitchen too.

I don't have a tumble dryer no room in the utility as I used the space for my spare (read alcohol) fridge ! That said , when my ancient washer conks out I'm considering whether to invest in a tumble dryer , even if just for towels and bedding. Thoughts? And any recommendations for a low priced high quality washer dryer please?

But are they bulky to store when not using?

love mine. can dry 8 pairs of jeans over night without them shrinking 2 sizes.

The racks drop down flat and you can fold it. I put mine in the loft for the summer ( unless it's pissing down which is usually is in Manchester 😫) . I usually only move mine out of its home in the corner if we've got friends coming to stay. In the winter it dries even quicker as it's parked next to a floor to ceiling radiator.

There's usually a discount code knocking about somewhere if you google.

Check e bay/gum tree as people often buy them and them resell if they haven't used them much.