Tumble Drier or Heated Airer

[MrsCK]

Looking for a bit of advice. We are expecting DC1 and have been advised to get a tumble drier for the newborn stage. is this necessary or would a heated airer suffice? DC1 is due in January.

Thanks!

I have a heated airer and found it to be perfect I tended to do a load of laundry late after noon then pop it on the airer and left it on over night did the trick for us :)
Also acts as a second radiator in the room makes it lovely and warm for first thing in the morning :)

Ps we use disposable nappies think using reusable might be a different ball game

I have the Lakeland 3 tier heated airer and would always choose it over the tumble dryer. Better for your clothes, the environment and your wallet. We use it with a dehumidifier (meaco. £70 on Amazon) and it gets a full load bone dry over night, clothes stay soft and the room gets lovely and warm.

I bought the Lakeland 3 tier heated airer 5 yrs ago when pregnant with DS now 4. I've used it constantly for the past 4 winters (and other times like today when it's chucking it down) and it dries the clothes well and is cheap to run. And you can just use it as a normal airer in the summer when it's warmer.

We used disposable nappies so I don't know if it would work with washing nappies to but it coped fine with the newborn and weaning stage of going through loads of clothes.

Fantastic, thank you so much for your replies. We will definitely go with the heated airer option. We have one now, very old but does the job. Looking to get the Lakeland one...I'm glad to hear it's a good enough substitute for a drier!!

Have you looked at the dri buddy (think it's called) much cheaper than a dryer but works really well much quicker than aired.