Homefront Electric Heated Clothes Airer Dryer Rack Indoor Free Standing Deluxe Eco Dry-Energy Efficient, Costs Less Than 3p Per Hour, (HF1987), Silver, H90.5CM X W53.5CM X D36CM

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Ideal Home's Digital Editor Rebecca Knight is a long-term fan of the Dry:Soon 3-Tier Heated Airer which saw her through cold Scottish winters at university and is still going strong 7 years later. Manufacturers don’t recommend leaving any electric heated products unattended but in practice, this is how most people use them.

Heated clothes airers are cost-effective home appliances that not only speed up the drying time of your clothes but are also more affordable than a tumble dryer. A little cheaper than Dry:Soon's deluxe model, the brand's original heated drying rack has very similar specifications, but comes without the option to add on the detachable castors for easier manoeuvring, and minus clips or the plug storage container to secure things in place when the dryer is folded. Towels don't dry properly when hung folded like in the photo but the airer works well to dry a single towel. Hanging your clothes on the Homefront Heated Clothes Drying Rack is not only better for your clothes, but is also great for your environment.However, in our tests we found we needed the drying pods running for a far shorter time to get washing dry. I tried a variety of heated airers including pods, heated airers with wings and tiered heated airers.

In contrast, you can invest in a cover for the Dry:Soon 3-Tier Heated Airer, which does speed up drying times a little, but you don't get the fan motor which is the part that really speeds up drying times. Although it’s not quite as small as it appears online – it stands 4ft 4in high – this is one of the best choices for a student’s bedroom or a small flat, since it collapses easily into a three-inch thick pallet that can be stowed under a bed or sofa. Based on our laundry-drying tests, the fastest way to dry clothes indoors is with one of the heated drying pods listed in our round-up. Consider what available floor space you have whilst still being able to open doors and manouevre around it safely.Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). Our experts at the GHI put a range of models to the test, timing how quickly our loads of laundry dried, monitoring exactly how much electricity each airer used and analysing how easy they were to set up. They come in all shapes and sizes, and once plugged in, their electric rails heat your washing, meaning your towels, sheets and clothes will be ready to be put away in no time.

If you’ve got a lot of washing, you need a lot of hanging space and there aren’t many that can hold 20kg – that’s about the same as a five year-old child. It works - fairly slowly - not very big but economical and ok for the odd handwashed item you may need between machine washes. It’s got the same small holes at the top that other pod-style dryers have, and the clever position of the zip at the top allowed us to control the amount of air circulation, which will come in especially handy when drying extra-damp garments. Closely resembling traditional clothes horses, heated clothes airers have heating elements within their rails to warm your washing and speed up the drying process. Heated airers can look pretty same-y but this John Lewis option stands out from the crowd thanks to one small thing: shoe dryers.If you live in a small flat or apartment with no washing line, or if you simply happen to need to dry some washing on a rainy day, you’ll need to dry your clothes indoors. It's not perfect, but it is useful, and could be the best heated airer for you depending on your laundry priorities. Dehumidifiers can shorten drying time by 25 percent, while also reducing damp and mould in the home. Instead of wrapping delicates in towels and balancing them precariously on the bathroom radiator, or hanging dresses up in the shower to drip-dry, an electric airer means you can just wring them out gently and lay them flat to dry. This heated airer was designed with 18 specially adapted aluminium heating tubes to provide unbeatable performance.

However, the bonus of a tiered airer over a drying pod is that the lack of fan means it's silent, a tiered airer can hold more washing, and will generally uses less energy. this personal assumption is merely due to the box being delivered on its side when it has a very prominent this way up arrow on the side! However, we'd recommend trying to use your heated airer in the largest room possible as your washing will release moisture as it dries, and more space means the air has more room to circulate which will speed up drying times further. In contrast, the 300W Lake Dry:Soon 3-Tier Deluxe Heated Airer took around eight hours to dry washing in our tests.There’s no struggle to squeeze a top or a pair of trousers into the middle rail, for example, you can simply throw the clothes over it as fast as you can and get on with something else. When in use, it’s a compact means to dry almost two weeks’ worth of shirts (measuring 62cm x 146cm). Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. The complimentary EcoDry Zip Up Cover has a functional zip up front panel for easyaccess and the mesh vent allows better airflow to aid even faster drying. Its benefits are that it's one of the few (if not the only) fan-powered heated airers we've come across that works with a tiered drying rack, which means it offers more space for hanging washing.