Amazon Basics Foldable Concertina Indoor Airer - White

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Heated: Whilst they are much more expensive than your standard clothes airer, heated airers can hugely cut down on drying time. These resemble tiered or winged airers, and are plugged into the mains to heat up each drying rung. Additionally, they’re less expensive to run than tumble dryers and are gentler on your clothes. You might also be interested in our radiator airers. They hook over the top of the radiator and protrude outwards with a number of rails on them, so you can hang things in the direct heat of the radiator while still allowing air to pass through them. Hanging clothes and towels directly on the radiator doesn’t give you that air flow, so these hangers are a great idea. Depending on how wet the washing comes out of the machine, it can take anywhere from 3-8 hours to dry clothing on a heated airer, so at the longest time of 8 hours, it would cost less to run some A++ rated tumble dryers. If you can avoid it, don’t put the airer in your bedroom. Sleeping in the same room as moist laundry isn’t very good for your health. Whether or not you should choose a heated or non-heated airer comes down to your preferences and budget. Here are a few things to consider:

It has a 3-tier design. You can dry up to 5 kg of laundry on each tier, so it can handle 15 kg of laundry in total. Guarantees: As mentioned before, finding a clothes airer with a good warranty is always beneficial because if and when it does break, you’re covered. Keep an eye out for this when purchasing an airer. With the cold season upon us, clothes airers have been hugely popular recently, as they provide a simple alternative for drying your washing during the chilly months. Key specs – Type: Winged; Open dimensions: 143 x 60 x 100cm (HWD); Closed dimensions: 104 x 60 x 9cm (HWD); Drying space: 13.5m; Weight: 2.8kg; Guarantee: 3 yearsGated: Aptly named, these airers resemble fences and fold out to stand in a concertina. These are normally the cheapest clothes airers and are popular with students because they’re functional and don’t take up much space in storage. However, this design hasn’t made it into our best buy roundup because they tend to be flimsy and unstable.

It doesn’t work so well if you put too many clothes on it, and it works best with a cover, which costs extra. Time can be decreased if there is sunlight/heat through the windows or if you have your heating on additionally to the airer. Overall though, a heated airer can be a cheap and very handy option for getting your laundry dried. Do heated airers cause damp? This airer supports 15 kg of washing and measures 145 x 79.2 x 8.6 cm. It offers a large amount of drying space (21 metres). Heated airers run on your electricity supply, so the cost to run will vary, depending upon your supplier.On average they cost about 5p per hour to run which is pretty great in comparison to a tumble dryer, which can cost over 50p per cycle. If you normally tumble dry your clothes, you can save a fair amount of money by using a heated clothes airer instead. 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. Price: Heated airers are more expensive to buy and use electricity, so they cost money to run. However, they are much cheaper to run than tumble dryers. Another wrote: "This airer is very good, tall and stable with added pull out for holding coat hangers on each corners well worth the money." When hanging your laundry on the airer, keep it evenly weighted either side as overfilling one side could cause the heated airer to become lopsided and be at more of a risk of tipping over. It is best to keep the clothes airers out of the way of young children as much as possible.