Do you use all the space on your rotary airer?

[cornflakegirl]

I have a bog-standard whirligig washing line with 3 arms, and 8 washing line bits in each section. When I hang washing out, I only hang it on every other line, so that there is more space between the washing to help it dry faster. I?ve always done this ? it?s the way my mum does it. Am I needlessly limiting the amount of washing I can hang out?

Surely not if your machine is full each time. I also hang on every other line with a four arm rotary and my machine is usually at capacity.

I use everyother section too, but i do have a long line which i fill up first as usually have at least 2 or 3 loads a day to dry.

no i don't have enough pegs

if i did i would do as you do and use every other "rung" otherwise things can't blow properly

Wow that's a lot of washing!

Im sure my kids put clean washing back into the wash as im always doing it, have 3 loads out on the line now and another in the machine. I have 3 children and one big kid

I have a 4 arm one. It has a large capacity. I use every other line. I have a large capacity washing machine too.

Oh, good - I'm glad it's not just me! I was looking in the Argos catalogue at driers, and they all said they held 3 or 4 average - and I can only fit 1-2 loads on mine. And I wasn't sure if it was random marketing stuff, or if I was actually mad!

i use every row of line cos it is a £9.99 one so not the biggest

I used one of these on holiday once

really it made me completely dizzy

I can only go in straight lines

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eh?

if folk only use every other rung (which I do too) - Why do't the manufacturers just make them further apart?

I use every line, but put small things like knickers and socks on one row and longer things like trousers on the row next to it

Rotary dryers are rubbish, get yerself a proper line!

If they put them further apart it would reduc ethe number of metres of space they could 'sell' you. The fact that they are so clsoe together than you can only us ehalf of it is not their concenr once you have bought it.

I have nothing to attach either end of a normal line too...so am resigned to rotary dizziness for year to come.

Tigana, you have to move house then!!

Have only just moved here!!
It is worth the dizziness!

tigana can you cn buy posts as well as line but if like me you've only a small patch of garden you're stuck!!

I would love a whirlygig!

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i have fantasies about a Brabantia whirly gig.

expat, you need to get out more...

I use all the lines (ie I don't leave spaces between the lines of clothes) and my clothes all get perfectly dry. Might take longer though, never tried it the other way.

As with BlueDragonfly, my only limitation is in the peg department.

Garden is all on terraces. A normal line would take up all a whole terrace. Not willing to lose whole terrace just for drying washing! Would also block view of the remaining terraces, unless it was on top terrace. Rotary will use up maybe 1/3 of a terrace. And can be folded to take up significantly less. It has to be a rotary.