What’s the most cost effective way to dry clothes?

I tumble dry bedding and towels and most of my son's clothes or anything of mine that I don't think would shrink. Then I have a heated clothes rail that I hang everything else on including my partners clothes because I can't convince him that the dryer won't shrink everything he owns lol. The heated clothes rail is amazing though, put it on overnight with the cover over it and it's all dry the next day x

if you don't mind me asking, did you get a drysoon or just any brand?

All of our underwear, socks etc get thrown immediately into the dryer and ran until dry. All shirts pants and sweaters get hung on a drying rack for a day or two and then thrown in the dryer for 10 minutes to fluff

Why don’t you just keep tumble drying the clothes until they’re completely dry instead of hanging them up? If you’re worried about the cost, energy is usually less expensive at night. That’s when I do our laundry to save money

yeah it's the Drysoon one that I have x

in the UK not all providers offer discounted tariffs at night.

The dehumidifier is good if you tend to have humidity problems. It is not an efficient way to dry clothes.

If you have the space, get a tumble dryer or a washer/dryer and get some drying balls to speed up the time it takes or ensure everything comes out dry.

The heated drying rack seems to work pretty well too.

Heated rail and dehumidifier…. with a sheet over the top of the clothes on the heated rail

Man this sounds wild to me, from the us here and we dry so much in the dryer! I don’t even have a way to hang anything up at the moment but if and when I do cloth diapers again next year, I do hang a line in the back yard and use the suns help to dry the inserts(just basic gerber cloth diapers) and it gets rid of stains so we’ll just letting the sun bleach them! I only do the washing once a week though. When I have a newborn next spring though, I’ll be doing it prolly every other day to keep up with all the soiled baby stuff though!

We have both! You can get some really good driers that are very cost effective

Buying a tumble dryer was the best thing I ever did. I put everything in there and have never had any issues with anything shrinking. Whole load of laundry done and dry within a few hours.

Thanks so much ladies! Really appreciate your opinions and help 💛

Which tumble dryer do you have & , would love some recommendations ☺️

We don't actually have a tumble dryer , so yeah we use a dehumidifier and our one litterly dries everything over night ! Which is very handy with 2 bubbas 😅

which dehumidifier, can you suggest please

@Evah we have this one

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8499493?clickPR=plp:21:22

It's a bit noisy but we put it on at bedtime when sleeping so it doesn't, disturb us we have two as we have / had damp issue so we have one in spare room aka my laundry room 🤣🤣 where I dry out clothes , Although the one we have in our bedroom our baby falls asleep to it, kinda replicates a noise like white noise so that's a win 🤣🤣 x

If you’re running a dehumidifier in the house anyway then it will always be the more cost effective way. I will wash about 3 or 4 loads on one day and tumble dry them all together overnight instead of running the tumble dryer multiple times for multiple loads and that works for me

I just hang my laundry up until it’s dry.

Heated airer with a cover and also a dehumidifier.

Heat pump dryers are super efficient and cheap to run, but a little more pricey to buy. We love ours. Used to use a dehumidifier, but with 2 kids it just is so much washing

wow what sort of tumble dryer is that! I use mine at least every other day, sometimes daily, I do put it on twice as I have to use the low heat setting but otherwise it doesn’t dent my electric anywhere near that bad! It’s hard to determine how much it alone uses as obviously other things are on at the same time but since I have gotten it, I’m not having to top up electric any more often than I was before!

same! I do our laundry with a tumble dryer at night.

apparently it’s different in the UK? Lol so I just decided to stop commenting and mind my American business 😂

lol im learning about so many laundry products in this thread… dehumidifier for laundry?!

same! I even went to ask this question on Google about the energy being cheaper at night and the results started talking about dehumidifiers lol. I thought these were only used to get rid of mold 😂😂

that’s crazy! I always look at the energy efficiency rating before buying any appliance and get the best one I can afford. I would t be able to get through all my loads without it 😭

Yer I’m looking at getting an A++ one. Which one do you have ?

A++ will most certainly be the most energy efficient there is however it will cost you an arm and a leg just purchasing it! I have a Bush condenser dryer and it’s rating is B but like I said, I haven’t felt a big impact in my bills going up from using it constantly

I have a Beko A++ and my partner hasn't moaned about the electric bill going up so I think mines energy efficient 😂😂