Heated clothes driers.

I have never experienced any condensation with my Lakeland heater. I just open the window slightly, which may account for the lack of moisture.

Heated driers must cause condensation. All that water has to go somewhere. I'd recommend a dehumidifier. Mine is large capacity, decades old, gets washing on an airer bone dry in a couple of hours - and is very cheap to run. It's impressive just how much water it removes!

I'm another very happy owner of a Lakeland Dry Soon. Mine stays open all the time in our 'child's' former bedroom. One of the unexpected joys of the empty nest!

For heavier items, or ones I need dried quickly, I use the cover. Haven't noticed any condensation.

I have the Lakeland one, and have bought one for my daughter as well. You do need to have a cover, I find, otherwise it can take a long time for the clothes to dry.

I have the top rail open and just hang the clothes from that and let them dry. If they're not too long, I will fold out the bottom rail too, so that the warmth from that will rise and dry clothes quicker. After a few hours, I go and turn the clothes around.

I didn't like placing the clothes across the rails as I found it left marks across the clothes.

I also find that it can keep the cold edge off a room - it's not going to replace a heater, but definitely raises the temperature a little bit.

I just use an ordinary airer and find clothes dry within 24 hours .

Mine

We have the Lakeland one. Love it. Have had it for around 8 years, it’s brilliant no condensation, I put a sheet over the top and it keeps the heat in, wouldn’t be without mind

You re right Marelli it didn’t come with a cover I can see it might work for baby things or undies but big teens stuff and bedding etc it really wasn’t worth having it only dried the little bit on the rods

My daughter loves her large Lakeland drier. She didnt buy a cover but got told to throw a sheet over the top to keep the heat in. She puts it on overnight and it's on all day while she's working, everything is dry by the time she gets home. She hasn't noticed any increase in energy bill.

I think I'll just be sticking with my wee tumble drier. I dry the washing outside whenever possible and just finish it off in the drier if it's still a bit damp. I was thinking it would be much cheaper to run, but don't want to run the risk of condensation and my spare room might be too small. Quite fancied it though!

I had a Flatley years ago which was used regularly but since then have used garden line or radiator. Have recently bought a small tumble dryer which I will use occasionally.
I think the new dryers need a cover to keep the heat in.

I ditched my tumble drier when we downsized, for a variety of reasons, although we do have the space.
The house is well insulated so putting washing on an airer in the spare bedroom, dries it overnight. Door open to avoid condensation.
We did invest in a fast spinning washing machine, so most of it comes out almost dry.
I love the smell of fresh line dry washing.

I used to have one and never ironed the shirts dried therein

I bought the bigger Lakeland one for dds and a future son in law when they were living in a house with no means of drying anything in winter/on wet days.

That must be over 8 years ago now, and dd1, who recently had baby no.3, still uses it every day. There has never been any obvious condensation at all, but it’s a house where windows are regularly opened - dd is a fresh air fiend.

Sorry to go off the point slightly but a good condensing tumble dry is worth considering. It switches off when clothes reach the dryness level selected so doesn’t waste electricity by overdrying. Water is collected in a reservoir, no venting hose required.
Not all brands of condenser dryers are great so it’s worth studying reviews before purchasing.
One thing I miss is the drying rack on a pulley that we used to have on the ceiling of our utility room. That was brilliant

Marelli, I have a Lakeland one, which I got as a TSV on QVC many years ago and I do like it. It is cheap to run and it does the job.
As others have said, you do have to move things about. I find it is good for things which I don't want to put in the tumble drier, or need to be dried flat.
However, I think that I went wrong, by not buying a cover for it, which speeds up the process. I have had no problems with condensation, I just leave a window open slightly or I could put on the extracter, but that would cost money! .

As I ;live in a flat and am not permitted to hang washing on the balcony, I spent sometime and a lot of research as to what I would do with my washing. I purchased one of the 'heat pump condensor' tumble dryers, which is kept in my spare bedroom, with an embroudered (by hand many years ago) cloth on it and a vase of silk flowers. No need to open any windows, all condensation takes place inside the machine, cheap to run (much cheaper than the older type dryers), It does the job brilliantly and stops itself when the clothes are dry.
A did try one of those warm air dryers with a cover a few years back, when I was first thinking of moving to a flat. Tried one for about six week, then sold it on. Took up more room than a tumble dryer, did not do the job of drying very successfully and needed a long time on.

There are no musty smells ?

We have the large size Lakeland heated airer and we use it for all the clothes that can’t be tumbled - some shirts, some leisure wear, many of my clothes - trousers, jackets, linen, silk, wool etc.

We use it with the cover and it doesn’t generate noticeable condensation, though we put our extractor fan on, too. If we put a load of washing on it on a Sunday afternoon, it’s dry by Monday night/Tuesday morning. We certainly haven’t noticed any significant increases in our electricity costs.

The downside is that it’s quite large and our utility room is quite small, so it takes up a significant amount of the space, when it’s erected. When it’s not in use, it folds flat and the cover zips down to a smaller size to cover it.

It’s a million times better than having a clothes horse full of damp clothes, for days and days, in the cold/wet weather. We also don’t have clothes draped over the radiators!
Our cats love to sleep under it, when it’s on, as if it’s some sort of 5* cat sauna. ?

We (and the cats) recommend it. ?

Marelli, if you are considering buying something, I have heard that a dehumidifier is good at drying clothes on an airer?

I have no knowledge of said dehumidifier, just hearsay, or it may have been on here.

Perhaps someone will come and enlighten us. ?

The last thing you need is condensation, can’t you move the tumble drier into another room? It can be disguised. It does take a while to dry clothes though so unless it is ‘plumbed in ‘ the cold days will be a problem with an open window.
Won’t the airer make the clothes smell musty by the time they are dry?

Oopsadaisy, we have a small tumble drier in the corner of our tiny kitchen on a worktop and we stick the hose out of the window. I put it on this morning about 6am with all doors closed before heating came on. To dry a couple of loads has taken an hour and a half. Unsure whether to invest in one of these Lakeland ones as I'd worry about condensation.

My daughter has one and as BlueBelle says it just dries the parts of the clothes that are touching it so she has to move/turn the clothes several times.Its not too bad for DGS’s little clothes but not great for theirs.It doesn’t have a cover.

I miss mine.

I have a tumble dryer, but I don't like to dry certain items in it, T shirts etc, as I find it can shrink things
So I have the Lakeland heated dryer in a spare bedroom
I find it really handy and just open the window slightly, to combat condensation
I would recommend