Are Heated Airers worst the money?

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I'm thinking of getting one for all delicates that can't go in the dryer but also especially to dry bedding. I have t all over the house as I never get it completely dry in the dryer and it takes forever.

Any thoughts?

Yes definitely worth it imo. But get one with a cover, otherwise it's pointless and clothes don't dry very quickly.

I love my Lakeland heated airer. I have had it over 15 years now and I use it all the time. They didn't make covers when I bought it, but I always just throw a sheet or tablecloth over it. Worth every penny. It dries 2 loads of washing in a few hours.

I have a Lakeland airer but it contributes massively to our damp problem so try not to use and have gone back to a tumble drier.

I've given up on mine. No matter what I did I just ended up with still-damp clothes, bar a thin strip where the fabric was actually in contact with the heated bit.

I have the Lakeland drysoon with cover. Look on eBay as you can get refurb ones cheaper. Definitely works better with the cover. Only problem is we found it caused/exacerbated damp so we use it in downstairs loo (which is tiled) with window open now.

I love our Lakeland one. The trick is to lay all the clothes flat on top of each other, not dangle them off each rung like you would on a regular airer.

Mine wasn't worth the money. I tripped and fell on it and it broke.
Ordinary airers are good enough imo.

Love my Lakeland DrySoon.

You need a cover.

You need to lie the clothes flat across the whole shelf.

I try and only use it in the winter months but it works spectacularly well.

Love mine.

Definitely get a proper cover

We leave it in our office/spare room with the door closed andwindows on locked vent and no damp issues at all. And it dries two loads a night.

Or, use a conventional airer in conjunction with a dehumidifier. Ideally in a closed room. Removes the water from the air and if you angle the airflow at the airer you get warm dry air blowing on the washing helping it to dry. I've no idea what power output the heated airers are but I calculated it cost pence in electricity to run our dehumidifier overnight.

I've got an old washing machine that only sounds at 1000rpm. I hung 4 sets of bed sheets and duvet covers on my heated airer at about 5pm yesterday. This morning when I got up at 6am they were dry. That would never happen on a normal airer.

Definitely worth it, but only with a cover!

I have a drysoon I bought refurb from eBay, love it. I have a tumble dryer which I really don't like using unless I have to. We have a cover for it and find it dries fine using it as a normal airer. You can also only put it half up vertically which still offers loads of drying space and sits flush against the wall so doesn't take up much space.

It's great for this weather when can have windows open for damp but can't dry things outside. Bedding dries v quickly on it too.

IIRC was about £100 for dryer and cover.

I do the same as Weathergirl1

I only use my Lakeland one as an airer, we rarely turn the heating on. It's such a faff putting the cover on. It is well designed though

Bought a mid price one - took up too much space and didn't really dry well except for where it touched. Ended up selling it for fraction of the price I paid and it was interesting that there were loads featured on the FB marketplace

Now I use an ordinary airer near a window overnight and finish with a ten minute tumble dry to soften/freshen

it's great.
ours is in the drafty any unheated conservatory sheet plastic lean to
it's not a miracle thing. but I can dry 10 pairs of jeans over night.

I have a Lakeland one, and I think they’re crap. I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong.

They take forever to dry anything, even with a sheet over the top. How can you lay things flat with only the 3 shelves? 4 adult sized people in this house, so adult size clothes.

Trousers are too long and dangle onto the shelf below, which stops the stuff on that shelf drying properly.

Just don’t feel the love at all

Mine is a gods send.
You do need a cover as others have said and there is a nack to laying the clothes on it, very much trial and error.
Some people find it better to lay clothing across the bars, others find it better draped over each bar (as I do).
I have never had any kind of damp problem from using it in over 13 years.

I hang Tshirts, trousers, underwear over all the bars, shirts on hangers round the outside. Put a big table cloth over the top and secure it sides, back and front with clothes pegs. Everything is dry in a few hours. Also it keeps the room warm so no radiator needed. It holds 2 loads of washing.

Love mine.

I allow two rungs per item (adult clothes).
Usually keep the bottom tier free or put very thin clothes on that tier.

Trousers/jeans are hung on the outer two rungs with the legs hanging down. If I have more trousers to dry and airer is full I drape them over the top tier.

Shirts get put on hangers and threaded between the rungs, hung on the metal bar at the top.

The whole thing is completely covered with two old kingsize duvet covers so no gaps. Bought mine before the cover became available.

No damp issues, I leave the bedroom door open and when its finished drying I open the window.

Love mine. Don't bother covering as it doesn't seem to make much difference how I use it - everything laid flat, with the dry air coming out of the dehumidifier pointing at it. I hang one of those peg hanger things off the top to one side for underwear, directly over the dehumidifier, too.

I'm not a fan. It's ok if you don't have a tumble dryer but we've barely used ours since we got the tumbly.