Minky Tower Indoor Airer with 40 m Drying Space, Metal, Silver and Black

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Like most things in life, it depends. In this case: on the amount of clothes you need to dry and how fast you want them to dry. Some look like a tower, which typically affords more drying space for the room they take up, but they can be less accommodating of larger items such as dresses, towels and bedsheets. Over-door and over-radiator: These clothes airers do exactly what they say on the tin – hang over doors and radiators, making them perfect if you live somewhere with little floor space. They also harness the heat from your radiators, so they’re great at drying clothes in the winter. However, they have far less hanging space than free-standing clothes airers, despite being generally cheaper.

See what all the hours of reviewing and testing told me where the best heated clothes airers Are heated airers any good?The best heated airers and drying pods dried small loads in a comparable time to tumble dryers; the worst took over six hours. Energy use Generally taller and larger than most other airers, a tower airer comprises several horizontal flat sections and some also have hooks at the top for hanging shirts and dresses. Due to their size, they’re great for hanging double or king-size bedding, as well as heavy bath towels. Radiator Heated clothes airers are proving exceptionally popular this year, given the high energy prices. My top-rated airers may temporarily sell out. These are currently the best places to look for alternatives:

Rotary airer. You can commonly see this type in homes with small gardens where longer kinds are not possible to use. Rotary airer clothes dryer usually comes with a singles post or shaft with around 4 or more arms stretch out at its top part. You can use it outside and you only need to stand in one place when getting your clothes since it rotates. I’ve seen people swear by putting a cover over their heated airer to speed up drying time. But from my experience, this isn’t always the case. Obviously, the more bars on an airer, the more clothes you can hang up, but be careful not to overload them with heavy items, such as jeans and bulky jumpers, as they can collapse under the weight. We dried a small cotton load on each airer, representing a week's worth of washing for a single person. But do heated airers use a lot of electricity? Our tests found they use significantly less of it to dry clothes when compared with drying pods.

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Tiered airers have several levels, four feet and a signature concertina criss-cross look. They’re assembled in one swift pulling motion and pushed down to revert them to folded. These multi-level airers come in different sizes but they tend to have enough space to hang an everyday load of washing including hand towels, T-shirts, shorts, trousers and delicates. Gated If you’re in a box room, or have the heated airer right next to your desk while working from home, you may get a bit of heat to take the edge off. But it's certainly not a replacement for your radiators and central heating. I've found that heated clothes airers do have very consistent drying speeds. They've always taken the same amount of time, give or take about 15 minutes.