Dehumidifier V Dryer

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How do you all dry your washing in the winter?
It is only October and I am so fed up with wet washing hanging all over the house for days on end. I have decided I am not having it this year, for starters I think drying clothes round the house for days gives your clothes a horrible damp smell. Also really not good for your health having wet clothes around the house for days.

I can’t decide on buying an up to date dryer that is cost efficient or a dehumidifier. I am thinking a dehumidifier will be cheaper in the long run but a dryer I can put the clothes in straight from the washing machine and not have to have wet clothes hanging round the house at all.
Looking for the best solution if you could all advise me please on how you fry your washing in the winter.

I have both. You need a smallish room with a closed door for a dehumidifier, unless it’s a big one.

I put bedding/towels in tumble dryer and dry clothes on clothes horse with dehumidifier.

Well we have a dehumidifier because we already had one and dont have space for a tumble dryer. Even if we had space for it, I think they're more money to run but also I would want a proper nice vent for it, not one of those things that goes out the window. Plus the cost of buying and installing it

And even then, theres lots of things that cant go in a tumble dryer or people put them in and their clothes get ruined after a time

So no, I wouldnt have one

OH leaves the dehumidifier on for much longer than is necessary, I did some washing yesterday, hung it up without using it and its of course dry. If he had done that washing yesterday the dehumidifier would have been on all day and probably at night as well, not necessary.

We have a utility room where we hang the washing though, its not heated and it has a roof vent for air. Might be different in a spare bedroom of course.

I have a dehumidifier and it definitely works. The laundry is dry overnight.

I haven’t noticed a difference in my bills but I don’t use it that much.

I really really hate how clothes that have been in a dryer feel and smell. They never seem the same.

Get a dryer, it’s life changing. No more house full of washing, no more damp patches on clothes where they were touching something or folded. No more hanging up every item, turning it, checking it… less ironing too.

We don’t have a dryer. We have a dehumidifier in the utility room. We put it on the clothes drying setting. I don’t put it on long enough to dry them completely but just to get them past the thoroughly damp stage so there’s no risk of getting stinky. Then by the next morning they’re dry anyway.

This is what is pushing me more to the idea of buying a dryer, I find it so time consuming hanging clothes on an airer, especially when you have time of underwear and socks etc.
Can I ask what type of dryer you have? I like the idea of the more modern heat pump type.

We have a Bosch heat pump dryer. It’s great. It does take a very long time as it uses lower temperatures. Ours is in the garage so it doesn’t bother us. It would annoy you rumbling on for hours in the house unless you run it when you are out.

heat pump dryers use lower temperatures so are suitable for lots of items that couldn’t go in a normal dryer

I have a dryer but can’t put everything in it - I don’t tumble dry socks, jeans, anything with a print. Expensive clothes that are labelled ‘do not tumble dry’ I just don’t risk it.

I put the airer outside even if it’s cold - if the path is dry your laundry will dry (albeit slowly). I am also considering getting a dehumidifier to speed up air drying.

I have a dryer but we have so much laundry that can’t go in it. Plus it’s £1 a load!
I’ve bought a heated airer and a dehumidifier.
so far so good and the clothes are nice and flat. Reduced the tumble dryer use right down.
I am very regimented about laundry though - it’s all done on Friday nights and can sit on the airer on Saturdays and put away Sundays.

i can smell work colleagues who dry their clothes around the house. Mildew is extremely pervasive.

I use my dryer a lot, at least 10 cycles a week. It's a 4 year old Samsung Heat Pump. I just checked the energy monitoring stats on the app.

One load from my 10kg washing machine generally uses 0.8 to 1.2 kwh, so costs from 20p to 30p to dry. (I also have solar panels, so it costs me even less.)

I do have a dehumidifier too, but would choose the dryer if I had to pick one for a family's laundry. I lent the dehumidifier to my student son for a year as it is perfect for a singles or couples laundry. I didn't miss it too much, but am happy to have it back. It dries out football boots brilliantly!

The dehumidifier uses less energy, but takes hours longer, so works out about the same cost to dry a load. I do like using it in the colder months though, as I got the type that also warms the room up brilliantly.