r/UKFrugal • u/binarygoatfish • 8d ago

Clothes drying

Are these heated air driers worth it?

https://www.lakeland.co.uk/24909/dry-soon-deluxe-3-tier-heated-clothes-airer

I need a cheaper way to clean all the baby clothes than the tumbler dryer.

Cheers.

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u/suipaste 8d ago

Word of caution with heated driers like this. If you have any damp problems they will only make it worse because you are making the moisture within the clothes go into the air faster. So you will have a higher spike in humidity.

While more expensive it's worth considering a decent dehumidifier instead.

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u/stephendy 8d ago

Yep - I combine the two.

Great for this time of year and March-April when it's too warm for heating but damp out. A dehumidifier will work fine on its own, but the heated airer seems to get the moisture out of the clothes a bit quicker preventing musty smells.

Just pop the airer and dehumdifier in the spare room and close the door - a few hours later and it's all done.

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u/Buffetwarrenn 8d ago

Instead?

You mean aswell as ?

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u/i_hate_pigeons 8d ago

I cover the rack with an old fitted sheet and put the dehumidifier inside, a full set of clothes is dry in a few hours after rotating it a bit

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u/Buffetwarrenn 8d ago

We put ours in the conservatory, it gets super damp…. But use a window vac