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Any recommendations?

Seems to be a good solution to save on heating costs and everyone appears to be having the same idea judging by stock levels.

Looking for something under the £75 mark.
 
I'm going to completely shatter your budget, I bought the Aldi one last year for £40 or so and I returned it as while it was good it doesn't actually hold that many clothes. A normal load is fine but your duvet covers etc just wont fit well.

I returned it and bought the Lakeland heated airer for £180 and it is infinitely better. It's got a cover with it as well so everything dries a lot quicker when you put the cover on it.
 
SideWinder said:
Any recommendations?

Seems to be a good solution to save on heating costs and everyone appears to be having the same idea judging by stock levels.

Looking for something under the £75 mark.
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Addis Heated Wing Clothes Airer - at Lidl UK

Addis Heated Wing Clothes Airer - This heated airer from Addis uses less energy than a tumble dryer and is quicker at drying laundry than a conventional
www.lidl.co.uk www.lidl.co.uk
 
The one linked above has no info on electricity usage to heat the elements. Have you actually compared to a tumble dryer cycle and done the maths?
 
Yep a condensing tumbler drier on warm, not hot, for two hours uses about the same as the 900w version on the JML Dribuddy, but does it faster and can hold more.
 
Was considering one of these but I'm starting to think a dehumidifier with a clothes drying setting will be much more effective.
 
Journey said:
Yep a condensing tumbler drier on warm, not hot, for two hours uses about the same as the 900w version on the JML Dribuddy, but does it faster and can hold more.
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Looked up that dri buddy. lol at the "space saving" benefits they speak of. Yeah I'll just whack a great big ugly thing slap bang in the middle of my open plan downstairs room. Can barely see it.

 
Tumble dryers cost a bomb to run yeah, but they exist because they dry large loads of clothes pretty well in our damp, cold country. It's just a necessary evil sadly for a lot of people. :( As a large family, we can't realistically dry all our clothes in good time with a dehumidifier and clothes horses. Clothes would literally be littered everywhere throughout the house. Then theres the cost to buy the dehumidifier and still run it. It still dumps moisture into the air and takes a long time to dry. I hate seeing and hearing our tumble dryer running as I know it's just £££ but what can you really do. We have a condenser one and having measured the actual cycle, it wasn't as bad as I actually thought it would be.
 
jaybee said:
Tumble dryers cost a bomb to run yeah, but they exist because they dry large loads of clothes pretty well in our damp, cold country. It's just a necessary evil sadly for a lot of people. :( As a large family, we can't realistically dry all our clothes in good time with a dehumidifier and clothes horses. Clothes would literally be littered everywhere throughout the house. Then theres the cost to buy the dehumidifier and still run it. It still dumps moisture into the air and takes a long time to dry. I hate seeing and hearing our tumble dryer running as I know it's just £££ but what can you really do. We have a condenser one and having measured the actual cycle, it wasn't as bad as I actually thought it would be.
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Yeah tbf we coped (somehow) for 7 years without one, but the new house doesn't lend itself to clothes horses and dehumidifiers everywhere. Using the tumble dryer since getting it a few weeks back has took a lot of "clothes washing" anxiety away. And it is run at night/early hours to use the cheaper $/kwh rate.
 
I upgraded to a heat pump last year. I'm still making use of hanging clothes out on sunny days, but tested it recently and was pretty shocked to see how little energy it's using - was about 300w. I used it last winter, but didn't have a smart meter then.

The problem with any internal cloths dryer (heated or otherwise) is that the moisture has to go somewhere. If anything, you'd need a heated cloths drier and a dehumidifier -which would use more energy than a heat pump tumble dryer.
 
Yeah sorry I meant we had a heat pump one as well, not condenser. I measured the cycle and it surprised me how good it was. I can't remember what it was though. I've written it off now as just use it as little as we can and move on with life. Only so much you can do. In the summer we peg out washing and use clothes horses.
 
Had a Minky and it was absolutely pants - clothes took ages to dry and the room ended up like you were in the tropics. A decent dehumidifier and a bog-standard clothes horse works a lot better although, big loads still get the tumble dryer as it's more cost-effective.
 
you know dries clothes really fast, a USB fan and they must use like 2watts or something.

I washed a pillow recently and put a fan facing up under my clothes rack, worked a treat
 
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We've got a Lakeland one - it's not bad but you need to buy the cover which is extra if you want it to do a better job. It's a bit of a faff to load as well as if you wedge it against a wall, you can only get to the front 50% easily.

That said - dramatically cheaper than a standard tumble dryer.
 
Deep said:
I'm going to completely shatter your budget, I bought the Aldi one last year for £40 or so and I returned it as while it was good it doesn't actually hold that many clothes. A normal load is fine but your duvet covers etc just wont fit well.

I returned it and bought the Lakeland heated airer for £180 and it is infinitely better. It's got a cover with it as well so everything dries a lot quicker when you put the cover on it.
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We bought one from Lakeland a couple of weeks ago, with the cover. Excellent bit of kit, although yeah, £180...
 
When we were doing the building work I had a 5mx5m marquee in the garden that once lined out could hold more washing than we had, so if you want to save money and don't mind frosted thongs in the winter, then that's what you need :cry:
 
aVdub said:
When we were doing the building work I had a 5mx5m marquee in the garden that once lined out could hold more washing than we had, so if you want to save money and don't mind frosted thongs in the winter, then that's what you need :cry:
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To be fair it's not a terrible suggestion, we hang in our conservatory and will keep doing so until it stops drying. It can get pretty warm in there as long as the sun's shining. Keeps the mositure out the house and don't need to worry about rain
 
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