Heated Airer?

Before last year I would have laughed at this, but...

Have you guys used one of those heated airers for drying your laundry? If so, do you like it? Is it worth the money?

I will follow up on the weekend. We just bought one because we don't have space for a dryer, should be delivered today or tomorrow!

*edited to add - we went with the Lakeland 3 tier deluxe one, says it will dry in 3-4 hours and has been top rated in the indepent reviews I looked up.

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Have always wanted one!

I always see Lakeland recommended when this topic comes up. 

I’ve never considered a heated airer before but given that I did some laundry at the weekend and then spent the next 2 days rotating the clothes between the airer, radiators and airing cupboard to get them dry, maybe it would be a good investment!


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I’ve never considered a heated airer before but given that I did some laundry at the weekend and then spent the next 2 days rotating the clothes between the airer, radiators and airing cupboard to get them dry, maybe it would be a good investment!


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Mine started smelling musty so that was our motivation. Plus wanting to be able to do more than one load every 2 days!

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I put my clothes on the clothes horse, put my space heater under it and throw a sheet over the whole shebang.  I don't have room for another thing. This works well for me.

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My BIL has a Lakeland one and really likes it.
When I lived in a damp old flat, I would have loved one. It took me a 100 days to dry things out in there.
We have built in dryer to our Bosch washing machine that does the trick for us. (Not American dryer standards, but does pretty darn well)

Yeah, our washer has a dryer too, but it just sucks down electricity. Plus, some stuff just needs to not be in a tumble dryer.

Lakeland is a good store - 3 year warranty on everything. I'm on their mailing list and they've been hawking them this week. My kitchen now has the dryer going, two accordian-type drying racks full of clothes, and one of those hang-it-on-the-radiator dryers that is over the kitchen door with knickers and such hanging off it. (I don't run the radiator in the kitchen.) When it's particularly chilly and damp it takes forever for stuff to get dry, and it does sometimes get a funk before it does dry and I end up washing it all over again.  I may keep an eye out for good sales, as if memory serves we're coming up on a prime "sales" period soon. (The other being in like June.)

Margo, let me know how it works for you?

It arrived yesterday and I'm in love. The cover is just sheet material, but anything thicker would keep the moisture from getting out. I had to de-stink everything from the manufacturing chemicals but that was easy. I tested it out with a pair of jeans and a really thick sweatshirt with a fur lining. The jeans were dry after 3 hours on the rack w/ nothing else and the sweatshirt was almost dry. Trying a normal load this afternoon

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Thanks!  I tend to slouch around the house in sweatpants and a t-shirt (or sweatshirt, depending on the season), and don't go out a lot, so I don't tend to generate a lot of laundry. The Daughter, however, is a clothes horse and has a different outfit for every possible mood/weather/occasion. And enjoys wearing them. (She just got two amazing dresses from Lindy Bop on a good sale - made me wish I was 40 years younger so I could wear them!) And makes quite a bit of laundry.  Perhaps I'll see about getting the heated airer while they are on sale.

Does it fold up well for storage, or ...?

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Thanks!  I tend to slouch around the house in sweatpants and a t-shirt (or sweatshirt, depending on the season), and don't go out a lot, so I don't tend to generate a lot of laundry. The Daughter, however, is a clothes horse and has a different outfit for every possible mood/weather/occasion. And enjoys wearing them. (She just got two amazing dresses from Lindy Bop on a good sale - made me wish I was 40 years younger so I could wear them!) And makes quite a bit of laundry.  Perhaps I'll see about getting the heated airer while they are on sale.

Does it fold up well for storage, or ...?

I have a friend who works for lindy bop and I love their dresses!

I never folded up our airer,  this is taller because we went for the 3 tier one. So it's tall but only a few inches wide. It is a bit heavy, we went with the version that includes small casters.

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Yeah, their dresses are very well made. The Daughter sews, and could make her own, but when LB has a sale on it's way cheaper to buy the finished dress than to get all the fabric and notions (and pattern).

Thanks for the review on the airer. I'm on the fence - it'd be really nice to have, but I don't have very much storage so it would have to be put away in the boiler closet. Will do some more checking.