heated indoor airer

I bought an aldi one and it wasn't very good but I think the lakeland ones that wear a cover are supposed to be really good.

I have the dry soon deluxe airer from lakeland. Its great for drying clothes indoors if you don't have a tumble dryer - I don't have one. I feel it was expensive to buy and I did think for quite a long time before getting it but it is quite cheap to run and as clothes take ages to dry otherwiseI'm glad I got it.
The dog also likes to lay underneath it when it's cold.

I did think of getting a Lakeland one for the colder months, but really , putting an ordinary airer near a radiator seems to work pretty well, so I didn’t buy one.

Bought a Lakeland one for DIL’s birthday a few years ago. They never installed it or used it, so it came back to me. It’s not a fancy one, just heated rails.

Not as good as putting dryish items on the radiator to finish off, certainly no good for big items or very damp ones.

TBH, it came into its own last winter/spring when DH used it for his seed trays with seedlings on. The gentle bottom heat brought them on a treat.

(Just give DIL money now, no use trying to think of gifts she might find useful).

Years ago I bought the large Lakeland one for dds, when they were sharing a house with no dryer and no means of drying anything on wet winter days. They said it would dry even jeans overnight - and warm the room up a bit, too.

Nearly 10 years and 3 babies later, dd1 still uses it often, although she does line dry when she can. Some people say they can cause damp, but that’s never happened in dd’s house - maybe because they have windows open a lot.

Daughter has one and swears by it, a Lakeland one. Otherwise is reliant on a washer /dryer it seems it works out a treat.

I bought one for me and my daughter from that catalogue that finds its way into your letterbox I ve forgotten the name is it Home solutions or something like that ? anyway they both went back completely useless

Are they fitted with a timer, p!ease? I would be worried about forgetting it was on.

I use the Lakeland one with the cover. I don't have a tumble dryer. It's cheap to run and is absolutely fantastic!

The one I have is fitted with a timer

I have a tumble dryer, however my dehumidifier, if you place clothes that should not be tumble dried on a clothes horse around it, drys them a treat.
I only realised when I finally read the instructions book!

Hi we have had a Lakeland one with a cover for about three years and we really like it.

We have a tumble drier but seem to have a lot of clothes that can’t be tumbled, especially mine.
We line dry during the summer months but now the airer is coming out too.

We find about 24 hours will dry a rack of clothes, including jogging bottoms, hoodies and my tops and jersey trousers.

I would recommend Lakeland’s but notice they have gone up in price (like everything) since we bought ours. They are about £150 now and another £30 or so for the cover.

I prefer a washing line. It's always very windy here so never have a problem.

My son who has no outdoor space got one from Argos. Much cheaper than Lakeland. He wouldn’t be without it. He uses a dehumidifier at the same time.

Back in the day (1968) MIL had a Flatley, looked like a fridge but with a lid on the top and racks inside to hang clothes on.
Goodness knows how much it cost in electricity!
Clothes came out dry and very creased, so out came a steam iron to try to flatten them.

I've got a Lakeland (Dry Sooner) one which I rarely use these days. It has a cover and when it is assembled (it was put in a box for my last house move - where it has remained) there is a small round piece left over - no idea where it goes or what it does.

It was pretty good when I lived in the damper West Country and I used it for extra hanging space too. It has remained in a box on top of the wardrobe for a while now.

I'm going to invest in one of these, as well as a humidifer. The bungalow has 'open' radiators so I have metal hangers inserted onto the fronts of them for small items, but no good when I have sheets etc. Having had damp at my old house I'm very aware of the condensation problems now, couldn't bear it if I saw 'patches' on the wall!

My DD bought the Lakeland one a few years ago says it's brilliant. Usually leaves it on overnight with a cotton sheet thrown over the top it works the same as a cover. She wouldn't swap it for a tumble dryer.

Thanks kissngate, I'm going to save up for one, nice to have 'real' recommendations. I have stopped trusting on line reviews after my cheap and nasty curtain linings from Dunhelm. Hope things are going well for you.

I'd wholly recommend the DrySoon from Lakeland. I've had mine for years, before they offered a cover for them, and I used to drape a couple of old duvet covers over the top to keep the heat in, and that worked fine.

I bought one for my daughter when she moved into her flat, and got a cover for hers (and also for mine, as it was much easier to use) and she uses it a lot. We each have different methods of using it. I put "smalls" and tea towels on the rails and fold the lower rails down, then I put clothes on hangers and hang from the top rail. My daughter drapes her clothes over the rails and leave them up. Both methods work well.

I've no idea how much it costs to run, but they advertise it as "pennies", but I suppose much depends on how much per unit your own supplier charges.

We use it in a spare bedroom now, and don't need to have heating on in the room as it just takes the edge off.

I don’t have a dryer, but I love my Lakeland airer. I put shirts and dresses on hangers and don’t open the bottom rungs. Even better they don’t need ironing! I leave it on overnight and it costs pennies to run. Bath sheets dry overnight too. I don’t have a cover for it but sheets can cover it, killing two birds with one stone.

It also folds flat and I slide it out of the way, which is a great space saver.

I bought one for my daughter a couple of years ago as she lived in a flat with no outside drying facilities. Lakeland Drysoon with a cover. She loves it. Now she is back home studying at uni and the dryer is in a spare room. Very good for drying everything but particularly small items like socks and pants, and stuff that is not suitable to go in a tumble dryer. Also in the summer for bedding that has been line dried but not aired enough to go straight back on the bed and obviously the radiators are not on. Two or three hours in the drier and they are ready. The room smells lovely and it warms it too. An asset even if you also have a tumble drier, and also less wearing on your clothes.

I use my Lakeland Drysoon a lot, especially during the winter months when it is often just too wet to put things outside on the line to dry. I bought the cover to go over it, which probably speeds up the drying time a bit. Someone unthread asked if it has a timer, and yes, it does, although you can use it without if you want. I still tend to put sheets in the dryer though, as, even folded, they are a bit big for the airer, but otherwise I find it a very useful addition, and am so pleased I bought it.
I agree that it’s price has crept up since I bought mine, but they do sometimes run offers. It’s inexpensive to run, around 6p per hour, according to the blurb.

I did consider one of these and purchased one with a over to try sometime before I actually moved. Found it actually took up far more space than a tumble dryer, as well as needing much longer to dry items from the washing machine. Sold that on. So, before I moved did a lot of research on utitity, cost,space, etc. etc.

Decided to splash out on a heat pump condensor tumble dryer. This lives in my spare bedroom (no room in the kitchen), with a pretty cloth on top and acts as an extra space for guests to put any of their things. Costs little to run, very efficient, takes up far less room than those heated dryer things.