cost of tumble drying???

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Please answer an ongoing argument in our household. I always thought tumble drying was £££ and hardly use it- dry outside instead when poss. My DH says TD it is not expensive . Who is right? I thought is was about 50p or £1 ish for an hour long cycle.

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I never use one. I have airers and radiator racks and bannister rails to hang all my washing on. And a lovely hanging rail in the airing cupboard for things like shirts and dresses.

Can't answer how much they cost but they are going to cost more than hanging stuff up to dry, however little they actually cost!!

I have a clothes horse/airer, but it is simply not big enough for sheets, towels, shirts, socks etc etc! With 4 of us here, the weekly sock total can be 28 pairs, let alone undies and bedding etc etc.
I line-dry but after 2 weeks of snow the TB has had to be used.
PLUS I can't stand washing all over the house- looks so untidy and causes so much condensation.

I suppose it does depend on how much space you have. I don't have any washing downstairs, can't stand it, but I do have two lovely horizontal bannister rails (have 3 floors) that are big enough for sheets etc.

I also have a multi-peg hanger, a little like this one that is great for things like socks, knickers, nappy liners etc. and saves huge amounts of space. you can also get retractable washing lines that you can set up over the bath (or wherever - my mum had one in the kitchen!)

Anyway, hope that helps.

It is about 50p, and therefore costs about £2.50 a week for me to run mine.

I consider it well worth the money.

I've gone back to using mine again because of the bad weather and the fact that I ended up with all my available radiator space covered in clothes and stuff and no heat in the house.

Well worth it I say at least over the winter

Measured it on the OWL monitor and depending on size and contents ( eg big fluffy towels take ages, kids clothes much less) it is between 25 and 50 p a load. Worth it to me not to have the house full of wet clothes...

Ours costs 49p per hour to run but probably takes about an hour and a half ... I have an electricity usage counter thing plugged into our mains so know exactly how much things cost

the kettle costs about 69p per hour to run (but as it's only on for about 40 seconds it doesn't really)

the oven costs a scary amount, and it doesn't matter what temp it is .. it's something like 60p per hour (electric fan oven)

washing machine is about 35p per cycle

www.amazon.co.uk/Owl-CM119-Electrisave-Mk2-Electricity/dp/B000LQ79Q6

The Owl is fab, I have one too. My tumble drier is a sensor drier and I do use it a lot.

Depending what I am tumbling (bedding takes far less time) it works out about 35p per load, well worth it to me.

We are a family of 4.

i use ours twice a week in winter and i worked out its about an extra £10 a week on electricty bill

to me its well worth it, washed 60mins and dried 60/90mins