Heated clothes dryer

I use one of those concertina dryers (unheated) in a large tank cupboard with a dehumidifier. Everything dries within the day or less.
A friend has one of the heated dryers and loves it, but she says that things tend to dry with a line along where the heated bar goes - she's more of an ironer that I am so probably more fussy!
The damp has to go somewhere and I feel that I'm better off with it being inside my dehumidifier rather than being evapourated into the room as it would be with a heated dryer.

I have a large Lakeland heated airer with cover and it’s great. I’ve had it 4 or 5 years now. I have a washer/dryer, but try not to use the tumble dryer but too often due to the cost. So I use the airer. I have it turned on with the cover over , then at night I turn it off and remove the cover. Most things are dry by the next day.

Purchased one recently from Dunelm but not really impressed. Seems to take ages to dry clothing and you have to move things round a bit. Think I will stick to finding a good sunny day in the winter and get the washing out on the line!

All my sons have the Lakeland airers plus covers and they’re excellent. I used to drape a duvet cover/sheet over the middle son’s airer to create the heated cupboard effect, but found it got dangerously hot. In the end, I bought them a proper cover and it’s wonderful. Can be left on all night quite safely. Great for any clothes, but especially for their children’s clothes. Takes quite a few hours to get everything dry though and sometimes entails removing smaller dried items and spreading out the larger/thicker items to finish off.

I have the large Lakeland one and it's not useless at all. It doesn't of course dry like the tumble dryer and will take hours but So much cheaper, I think 12p an hour and warms the room at the same time. I throw a clean old sheet over it - you don't need an expensive cover. If I have a load of wet towels, blankets etc then I use the dehumidifier at the same time.

Depends what you get I suppose! Mine is just like a heated airer...next to useless as it's all heated rails. Can't dry a lot at a time....

So where does the water go when you use a heated drier? Surely into the house atmosphere at some point, and that won’t do the house any good.
At least with a dehumidifier you empty the water down the drain. And it’s amazing how much water they suck out of the air.

I bought the John Lewis Dryer.
Fabulous and kitchen is warm too.

I bought a three tier one from Lakeland last week- not impressed! It’s going back today! I’m going to try a de humidifier next!

I have a £49 one from Aldi (bought a few years ago). It’s very efficient for drying small loads, so I don’t do big washes.

Heavy duty trousers etc go into the tumble dryer up for 20 mins or so and then finished on the heated dryer. Sheets too and then over the banister

No humidifier, I open the window a crack.

I don’t like using the tumble dryer to properly dry everything, too harsh on fabrics.

I’ve got.a small one but can’t really fit a lot of clothes on it. The one that would be big enough is too big for most homes. I still have a dehumidifier next to it as I had a mould problem in the house last year. I drape a duvet cover over it instead of buying a cover.

I bought mine from QVC. It comes with a hood and I really like it.Very efficient and is so cheap compared to a tumble dryer

Yes, the combo of heated airer and coverless duvet is great one. The duvets dry very quickly just over the bannister, but the airer speeds it up even more.

We have a middle sized one and the biggest bonus so far this year with all the wet weather, has been draping my coverless duvet over it. even with socks etc on the lower shelves it dries it quite quickly.

I’ve got a pulley clothes drier in our laundry room, and would recommend it, rather than anything else. Clothes dry overnight during the Winter. In the Summer, when it’s dry, my washing dries outside on a rotary line.

I can remember when I was little, my Mum had a "Flatley" same sort of thing, must have been late 50 s early 60 for me to remember it.
She used it for years, great lump of a thing in the corner of the kitchen, I assumed it worked fine.

I love my Drysoon 3 tier dryer from Lakeland. I bought the cover too. I don't have room for tumble drier. No trouble with condensation and warms the room. More of a faff but doesn't shrink clothes. Highly recommend.

I’ve got a three tier Lakeland one, it’s probably about 8 years old now. I love it, it dries two loads of washing at once, I put towels flat on the shelves with other clothes on the rails beneath, and I hang shirts, jumpers and my sons sweatshirts on hangers at the ends. It’s really very efficient, it warms up the room it’s in very well, so I switch off the radiator. I’ve never had any problem with condensation. I’ve got a washer/dryer too, but I don’t need to use the dryer often, sometimes for towels and duvet sets.

We got one from Dunelm, have to say pretty useless. Having since read reviews it does seem the more expensive ones work efficiently, in particular a zip up tent like affair from Lakekand came out topd, not cheap as much as a tumble dryer the reviewer commented, but so much cheaper as far as on going electricity bills are concerned.

I bought one and found it useless and got rid of it and

I agree with Ziplok. I use mine mostly for jumpers which can't be tumble dried or hung on the line (hand knits, on the whole) and it is excellent for drying flat.

It dries more efficiently that way (including jeans, towels and other large items) than when you hang clothes over the bars. It's also good for 'smalls' that I don't want on radiators when it's not drying weather outside.

I’ve got a Lakeland one and like it. However, it does not dry clothes quickly and I tend not to over fill it. Having said that, I would not be without it - it earns its keep during the winter months. I did buy the cover to go with it, which I think helps speed up the drying process.

I have one bought from QVC. It is very similar to the ones in Lakeland. I use it mainly for drying items that you can't tumble dry, but with the cost of energy at present it is getting a lot more use.
Mine also comes with a cover.

I have a Lakeland one, the medium size one. Had it 5 or 6 and very pleased with it. Use it for socks, woollens etc. It comes with a cover that saves the air in the room from getting damp. Anything tougher, incl sheets and towels go in the tumble drier in winter or if wet in summer.

Dh was this morning reading Martin Lewis article discussing tumble driers v heated airers v dehumidifiers. Seemingly according to DH that dehumidifiers came out top. I havent read it myself as yet so please dont shoot the messenger!