BLACK+DECKER 63099 3-Tier Heated Clothes Airer Aluminium, Cool Grey, 140cm x 73cm x 68cm

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Reviewer Laura Cooke lives in a four-bedroom house in Sussex with her husband and two kids, aged four and six. They come in all shapes and sizes, and once plugged in, their electric rails will heat your washing, meaning your towels, sheets and clothes are ready to be put away in no time. Not to mention, you can bid farewell to that classic musty smell that comes from slow winter drying. 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’ve been caught out in a storm and had to stuff your shoes full of old newspapers of kitchen towels to dry them, only to find them still slightly soggy the next day, this is for you. Running at 300w, it costs 15p an hour to use at current prices. It’s tall enough for hanging long items like trousers and towels, and the adaptable rungs mean you can lay up to six jumpers flat for speedy drying. My colleague Debora Robertson swears by it as the best way of drying bras and Sally Hughes of laundry experts Kair recommends it to make delicates last longer. We dried a small cotton load on each airer, representing a week's worth of washing for a single person.

Manufacturers don’t recommend leaving any electric heated products unattended but in practice, this is how most people use them. Most come with timers and thermostats to choose lower temperatures for longer drying periods. How much do heated air dryers cost to run? If you want to speed up your drying times even more then it's worth considering adding a cover to your heated airer. Although most need to be bought separately, they work by trapping the warmth generated by your airer, making clothes toastier whilst they dry, and including mesh panels or ventilation holes so that moisture can still escape.Our team of reviewers tested a host of bestselling heated clothes airers to compile this guide. We compared assembly and set-up, design, ease of use, performance, capacity, energy efficiency, and price point to find the best heated clothes airers for various needs and budgets. Rather than heated rungs, this variation on the heated airer features a 70C fan. It circulates hot air around your clothes, which are encased in a tent-like, ventilated outer cover. This means it dries clothes faster than other airers.

While heated airers use less electricity per hour than a tumble dryer, they take longer to dry the clothes. So, if you're drying big loads regularly, it will cost you more to run a heated airer annually than a tumble dryer. There are two main types of heated clothes airer: heated bar clothes airers and drying pods. Both work very differently. Heated clothes airers are proving exceptionally popular this year, given the high energy prices. My top-rated airers may temporarily sell out. These are currently the best places to look for alternatives: This fan-powered heated clothes airer circulates warm air within its zip-up cover to dry washing in super fast times.

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We selected the heated airers and drying pods from the most searched-for brands and popular UK retailers. We used a force gauge to determine how much force is needed to topple over each heated airer, as well as the flexibility of each airer's bars.

Throughout use, they monitor how well the airer distributes heat across its rungs and whether the temperature fluctuates. They also measure how much electricity is used, calculating the energy consumption for an hour’s drying. Some look like a tower, which typically affords more drying space for the room they take up, but they can be less accommodating of larger items such as dresses, towels and bedsheets. Similar to the JML DriBUDDi airer in design, the slightly more expensive Dry:Soon Drying Pod is fan-powered and circulates warm air to dry clothing within the zip-closed cover Like most things in life, it depends. In this case: on the amount of clothes you need to dry and how fast you want them to dry. If you wish to return your bulky item to Robert Dyas, you can do so by the following method: 1. Request a Collection via Robert Dyas Customer Services

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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. Anything of a nature that for hygiene or associated health and safety - this includes the Outdoor Spas, Mattresses and Divan Sets But do heated airers use a lot of electricity? Our tests found they use significantly less of it to dry clothes when compared with drying pods. So, if you’re after a savvy laundry drying solution that can be cheaper to run than a tumble dryer (or putting the heating on), and speedier than air drying, look no further than a heated clothes airer.