Efficient ways of drying washing in winter?

[NickK]

Haven't had a drier....for 10 years+ now. Just a clothes horse and a simple dehumidifier.

Much better than a drier imo, doesn't heat or wear out your clothes. If you desperately need something dry quick, just make sure it's directly in front of the unit

Plus the dehumidifier is useful for dehumidifying rooms, drying paint etc.

Doesn't need to be in a tiny room, I just use it whichever room is free.

My Mrs doesn't like tumble driers either. So we have a spare bedroom that serves as her office/drying space. Put all the washing in, leave the dehumidifier running and all the clothes are dry pretty quickly.

In a twisted way, the dehumidifier is a heat pump it pumps out the generated heat into the room that also speeds up the drying process (in addition to the radiator in there).

 

[PiKe]

Does she not find the dehumidifier noisy when working in the office?

 

[bimbleuk]

They are aren't very popular here but vertical spin dryers are very energy efficient at removing water from clothes, sheets etc.

https://whatvacuum.com/product/thomas-centri-4-5-inox/

They are load limited but perfect for singletons, possibly lots of baby clothes and when I wash my cycling kit in small batches. 4 mins in the spin dryer and the clothes come out barely damp. Hang over a rad on a wall mounted rack and my clothes are always dry by the next morning.

Drying rack.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leifheit-T...=wall+mounted+dry+rack&qid=1605611065&sr=8-18

 

[PiKe]

They are aren't very popular here but vertical spin dryers are very energy efficient at removing water from clothes, sheets etc.

https://whatvacuum.com/product/thomas-centri-4-5-inox/

Haha, my parents had one of those years back, completely forgot they existed.

 

[bimbleuk]

Haha, my parents had one of those years back, completely forgot they existed.

Only thought about one for my small loads of cycling gear. Nearly caught me out first time as I only put a small bowl under the outlet and promptly had to grab another as 2-3 litres of water gushed out!

 

[Captain]

Its a condenser, you can also plumb them in so they drain automatically.

True but i don’t mind manually emptying the container.

Plus the container is the same shape as the window so you get loads of washes before it needs emptying.

 

[darael]

They are aren't very popular here but vertical spin dryers are very energy efficient at removing water from clothes, sheets etc.

https://whatvacuum.com/product/thomas-centri-4-5-inox/

They are load limited but perfect for singletons, possibly lots of baby clothes and when I wash my cycling kit in small batches. 4 mins in the spin dryer and the clothes come out barely damp. Hang over a rad on a wall mounted rack and my clothes are always dry by the next morning.

I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that they extract as much as a 1600 rpm spin on a washing machine - so if they will only be useful if your washing machines spins at 1400 rpm or less.

 

[pp111]

I saw a calculation recently that that given the additional cost of a heatpump drier you need to use it for ten years before you are actually saving any money. No idea whether that is correct or not, Im too lazy to work it out, but I think the point here is that you need to be careful you aren't spending more money to "save money".

 

[Doug2507]

Which dehumidifiers are worth the cost? All much of a same-ness?

 

[a1ex2001]

I saw a calculation recently that that given the additional cost of a heatpump drier you need to use it for ten years before you are actually saving any money. No idea whether that is correct or not, Im too lazy to work it out, but I think the point here is that you need to be careful you aren't spending more money to "save money".

You might also be saving the world by using less electricity (depends on manufacturing environmental of course)

 

[PiKe]

Which dehumidifiers are worth the cost? All much of a same-ness?

I've just ordered this one because it seems like a rather good price.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XJ6H9YZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

£120 at time of posting.

 

[Doug2507]

I've just ordered this one because it seems like a rather good price.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XJ6H9YZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

£120 at time of posting.

Superb. Just done the same.