I tried & tested a favourite drying pod – it costs 30p an hour & worked a treat, my tumble dryer is TWICE as pricey
NOW that the weather is getting colder you’ve probably retired your washing line for another year and are using a tumble drying or radiator instead.
But since the cost of running a tumble dryer has soared you might be on the hunt for an alternative method.
One savvy bloke has tired and tested a drying pod, which uses hot air to dry clothes and costs the fraction of a tumble dryer to use.
The price of running a tumble dryer depends on what type of machine you buy.
But on average, Uswitch estimates a tumble dryer uses roughly 4.5 kWh of energy per cycle.
Each kWh of energy you use costs 14.37p – which means that you’ll be coughing up roughly 67p per cycle.
For big families who do three loads of washing a week, that could mean you’re spending £104.52 a year tumble drying your clothes.
However, the Dry:Soon Drying Pod only costs 30p per hour to use, which can make a huge difference over time.
Posting on YouTube, the appliance fan assembled the drying gadget and then put it to the test with a fresh load of laundry.
He added two hangers of clothes to each arm of the pod, making sure to test different types of fabrics ranging from thick socks to lightweight T-shirts.
After four straight hours in the pod the clothe were semi-dry, he said: “I discovered they clothes were often dry in some places but still damp in other places.”
He noted that leaving a decent air gap for items made them dry faster, but of course this means you can dry less items in one go.
“If the clothes on one hanger were touching clothes on another hanger, then where they touched they were still damp,” he explained.
Going forward, the appliance tester said he would move the clothe around every hour or so to ensure they all dried evenly.
There was on other downside the the pod, which was the condensation it created, which could lead to other problems in the long run.
Leaving windows open can help to solve this problem, or using a dehumidifier if it’s too cold to do that in the winter.
The product description of the drying pod on Lakeland’s website notes: “The pod has a fan built into the base that heats air up to 70°C and then blows it up into and dries your clothes.
“Perfect for shirts, blouses, linen clothes and delicate fabrics, but comfortably able to dry thicker fabrics like jumpers and denim too.
“When we put it through its paces we found that lightweight fabrics dry in less than an hour, while jeans took around 2 hours.”