Lakeland Heated Airer - worth it?

[GemmaRuby]

Do you have the Lakeland Heated Airer? Is it good, so you have the “deluxe” or non-delux one, and do you use the tent thing?

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I bought one after it was recommended on here but it only dried everything around the bar area and everything else was still damp! I took it back and they gave me a refund.

I got one after seeing people rave about them, mainlton here, but also in the press.

Useless. It only dried stuff that was in contact with the bars even if I covered it. It is now a huge white elephant. I have gone back to my trusty old airer with occasional use of the tumble dryer in winter and poorer weather.

The tumble dryer can dry a load for 50 or 60 pence in an hour or an hour and a half. The heated airer costs 5 - 6 pence per hour to run and is on overnight, so between 10 and 12 hours. Even after that length of time there wou still be damp in large areas of the stuff on it.

So it's a no from me. Didn't work for us and was a waste of £99.

We have the John Lewis version. I looked at both. Hal on Eid much sturdier. Worth every Penny. Use it daily

Ooh thanks, hadn’t thought to look at other brands - I’d only heard of the Lakeland one from MN and assumed it was the only one.

The tumble dryer can dry a load for 50 or 60 pence in an hour or an hour and a half. The heated airer costs 5 - 6 pence per hour to run and is on overnight, so between 10 and 12 hours. Even after that length of time there wou still be damp in large areas of the stuff on it.

This is exactly how I see it - unless you really have no space for a tumble drier at all they don’t save any money unless you actually hardly ever switch it on in which case a normal airer is 1/4 of the price and would work just as well!

We have ours on for 4 hrs in the evening , shuffle things around occasionally snd stuff is dry in the morning

And it's carbon footprint isn't just the electricity , it uses far fewer material and complex components which have very high carbon footprint

We have one and couldn't be without it. It's been on constantly since Friday evening but its dried 5 loads of washing.
But we don't have any outside space, a tumble dryer or any heating so it's the only thing I have to dry washing.

We've had ours about six years, our house is cold, it's great with a dehumidifier too, things dry super fast, I don't lay them flat just hand each over two bars, stick a sheet half way over. I can get DS school hoodie which is heavy cotton and double thickness on the hood dry in two hours.

I really like ours, but we are only a family of 3, put clothes over the bars and a duvet over, it works great for my needs

trying29 Could be Lakeland?

www.lakeland.co.uk/24670/Dry%3ASoon-Mesh-Shelf-Duo

You'd be better with a tumble tbh.

Totally worth the money. You need the cover or else it doesn’t work very well. I’ve not needed a tumble drier for last 10 years. Saving money and hopefully kinder to the planet. Takes a couple of hours to dry stuff. I need it in winter months. In summer I dry most of my things outside (Scotland).

I use the cover too. Doesn't dry things evenly. Takes ages. The bottom rails are in ineffective as there it's no heat from below rising to dry the underhanging parts of the garments. Ordinary airers placed next to a radiator work better.

I use mine all the time and love it - I lay clothes flat across the bars, put king-size duvet cover on top, and open a window. I use it mostly to finish off stuff that I've been drying outside.
Having the heated airer on also heats a room whilst drying clothes, so I use it in my office if it is just me at home

I love mine. Half my clothes can’t be tumble dried, so they go onto the Lakeland heated airer overnight (cover on) next to a dehumidifier (which I had already). Dry by morning, and the airier goes away again - so there’s no laundry left around the house to dry.

It’s not a tumble dryer alternative, but it is a great alternative to laundry racks stood for days in a bedroom or living space.

I have one and I really like it.

It's not some kind of magic solution, and doesn't dry clothes instantly.

I load it up with 2 or 3 full loads of washing, put it on overnight, put the cover over it, and near on everything is dry in the morning. So overall, I think cheaper than a tumbler.

Maybe its in the way its loaded? I put socks and pants flat on the bottom tier, but piled up several deep. Tea towels get laid over the pile of socks and pants. Lighter items get hung vertically from the bars, and then heavier items laid flat over the top. Shirts and hoodies get hung from the upright posts (middle on my model, but I think the newer models have posts on each corner), can hang several shirts on top of each other, but only one hoody per post as they are thick (hang by the hood). Then cover with the cover and leave overnight. In the morning, remove cover and take off all the dry stuff. Leave anything that has any wet patches over there and it'll dry off as it cools down.

Love ours, always on. Stick clothes on over night and dry in morning, children love putting on warm clothes! Also great for drying art projects.