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

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Rotate the washing if you have time and effort. Turn items over, reposition them etc to minimise the drying time and help them dry out fully. If you don’t have a garden in which to put up a clothesline - or the space inside the home for a tumble dryer - you’ll need the best clothes airer you can find to dry your washing. Heated clothes airers we tested typically took between four to six hours to dry a small (2.15kg) cotton load. If you already have a tumble dryer and are thinking of making a swap, it will also depend on what type of tumble dryer you already own.

Hang it on a chair, cupboard door or washing line, it works indoors or out and includes a few integrated hooks. Anyway, to get it settled up you just open the two sides up and then fold the shelves into place. This is a 3-tier airer so there are 6 shelves with 6 individual bars on each. Only logged-in Which? members can view the best heated clothes airers and drying pods from our tests. I’ll be discussing a little more about my own thoughts on this heated airer alongside an idea of the cost of use per hour and how long it takes to actually dry clothes.

I’ve got a washing machine that holds 8kg of washing. As it can complete a wash in 28 minutes it is really simple for me to run a small cycle and load up the airer. Drying space: This is one feature of clothes airers that you don’t want to overlook. This is the total length of all the drying rungs added together as if they formed one long clothesline. Obviously, if you’re a big family you’ll want more drying space, but if you’re living alone this could be something you can compromise on. Another option for speeding the clothes-drying process is to run a portable dehumidfier in the same room. Dehumidifiers can shorten drying time by 25 percent, while also reducing damp and mould in the home.

Date tested: July 2023. Running cost per hour: electricity unit price of 27.35p/kWh. We are not able to show every retailer and cheaper prices may be available The heated clothes airers we tested We recommend the electric heated clothes airers that best balance drying speed and running costs, and found four airers impressive enough to merit a Best Buy. The best heated clothes airers per hour for 200W dryers and 9p per hour for 300W dryers, approximately. This is based on the energy price cap of 30p per kW/h since July 1 2023, although prices will vary according to your tariff. The tall structural steel frame is fully foldable, allowing you to store a small and compact unit with ease. The trendy rose gold coating not only looks the part, but actually adds to the unit’s durability too!

Tiered: These collapsible airers fold out to form a cross-like structure that can support heavier weighted clothes whilst taking up very little floor space. They’re compact, sturdy, and (depending on the number of tiers) can hold a whole family wash.