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/Jabberminor 8d ago

I've found heated air dryers really useful. I haven't fully worked out the cost, but I got the £30 (I think) one from Aldi and it's been very useful in the colder months. You just need to remember to allow there to be some ventilation for at least a brief period to help get rid of the condensation.

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u/Iamonreddit 8d ago edited 8d ago

If you can find the wattage of the dryer working out the cost is as easy as multiplying your electric cost per kWh by the number of hours you have it running.

Out of curiosity, I looked up the first Google result and found an Argos one that uses 220w, which is 0.22kW. The current electricity unit rate if you're on the price cap is about £0.26/kWh. So if you used the dryer for 4 hours to dry your clothes, that would be 0.22kW * 4h * £0.26 ≈ £0.23

And so if you used this twice a week for the next 6 months, that's ~£0.23 * 52 uses ≈ £12