Saw this on ALDI's catalogue, not sure if its a great deal but with shorter days and people who don't have a dryer, this could be an affordable solution. A quick google search it seems to be quite popular with magazines and facebook mum groups raving about it especially in the UK. Thinking to pick up one myself, but keen to hear others who have bought it from Aldi from previous catalogue specials and their review on it.
I'm thinking one of those drying tents with the heated blower you can get on AliExpress would be a lot more effective
Yep, these things would be virtually useless, the heating mode would do stuff all and the power cord would just become a hindrance. Wouldn’t surprise me if most just end up cutting the power cord off and using it as a regular airer lol
I was literally thinking if that cord comes off. Just need a solid airer and the Bunnings crap is just awful.
@zerokas: We have had this dryer from BigW for the last 5,5 years and it's been super solid. I also got fed up with those flimsy cheap ones that bent easily, the rails falling off at their welded ends or fall down with a bit of air.
https://www.bigw.com.au/product/ezy-airer-clothes-rack/p/337…
Exactly what I thought!
Same, it only did the heated parts, everything was still wet. Even after 24 hours or so. Basically just a heavy airer
Don’t forget that wasted power the whole time!
I ended up opening it to see why it's so bad. There's no heating element, it's just a lightly insulated wire running inside.
facebook mum groups
Not a shred of credibility lol
Works but very flimsy. Kids will bust this in 5 minutes
I just point my knock-off Vornado fan at my clothesline, and most of the thinner clothes will be bone dry in about 6-7 hours even in winter.
Also pretty much what I do when I travel as well, I just place the entire clothing rack (if there is one provided) underneath the air conditioning unit in the hotel room, crank up the fan speed and it'll be dry the next morning.
Do you have a link to this fan? Or where to buy?
I just use the sun to dry my clothes.
You mustn't live in Melbourne then - hopeless trying to dry clothes outside in the winter!
Exactly why the house we're about to build has been designed to have extra space in the laundry with a heating duct above.
Our old house saw a couple of clothes horses near on permanently fixed to the floor over the floor ducts!
I have a cheap non-electric version of this airer from Kmart and its tiny base makes it extremely unstable. One little bump can send everything tumbling down onto the floor. Add on cable for power and electric components and this becomes a potential fire and tripping hazard.
Why not just use a fan heater?
I haven't used a dryer for 25 years, even though I owned one. Instead, I use a clothes airer that I place over a heating vent, which I then cover tightly with old sheets to create a tent. Additionally, I hang some clothes on a traditional clothes airer that operates with rope pulleys and can be raised to the ceiling.
You need air flow to take the humidity out, if you want it to dry quicker. Let a little airflow through and you'll see an improvement.
(Not to mention the obvious hazard of tightly covering a heating vent)
chuck clothes near a dehumidifier
Came to say this as I’d recommend one to everyone just to deal with moisture and humidity anyway. Used to get condensation so bad I’d be squeegeeing and mopping up a beach towel’s worth of water in the morning. Haven’t had any issues with condensation or mould since getting one.
My "deep winter in Melbourne" solution is to put a dessicant dehumidifier in the smallest room in the house (laundry for us) with the clothes hangers stacked on each other up to the roof lol.
The humidity in there is consistently about 45% and stuff dries reliably, rain hail or shine.
(Obviously I put them outside all day wherever possible first, but finish them at night with the dehumidifier. I hate the smell clothes can get it they stay wet too long)
Stick the clothes line under a ceiling fan.
And if you don’t have a ceiling fan just use a basic pedestal fan. Any airflow will speed up the drying significantly.
I stick mine to the ceiling fan.
Personally do not rate, bought one last winter season and returned it a few days later.
Only dries the parts physically in contact with the Dryer(Metal Parts). Meaning you find yourself constantly moving clothes.
Could be a different model but it looks the same as the one i got.