Tumble Dryers

[JinnyJoan]

I have one but are they really worth it.  I find they only dry like tea towels, and bedding - after that - clothes just completely shrink which I do need to get dry.  Is that your opinion

[newmodarmy]

Not if you use the right settings and don't over cook them, and if you don't tumble dry every time- fresh air/wind is best

[JinnyJoan]

i have only high and low

[Countrylover]

I wouldn't be without one.  We still use a washing line summer and winter when the weather is dry.  We finish in the tumbler at the right setting and it adjusts to the time needed.  It softens the wash and no need to iron.  We can  chose  whether we want hanger dry, wardrobe dry etc.  Tumble dryers now are far removed from the old type.  No need for venting to the outside.  Used wisely they don't cost much to run.

[barry1010]

Mine has only high and low and certainly doesn't shrink the laundry.  I dry everything in it.

Mine is a Miele.  High for towels, bedding , jeans, lot for most of everything else

[Vagus]

I have a drier which I use maybe once or twice a year.

I have two clothes airers, those which pull up and have a small footprint. I hang clothes on one of those, both if there's a lot of washing, and find it all dries overnight.

So no, I don't think tumble driers are worth it.

[TheWinner]

We have always had a tumble drier, and have never shrunk anything.

[jourdain2]

The only things that have ever shrunk in ours is one of my woollen jumpers (when OH decided to do a wash) and some of his socks.  Also a fairly straightforward machine.

It was one of my sticking-points when coming back to the UK.  I insisted on a tumble-drier.  I managed fine in France with a barn to dry things even in winter.

Rule is to read the labels and don't put socks in, no matter what they say.

[pastafreak]

My tumble dryer died a good few years ago, and I never replaced it. Things dry fine indoors in warmer months...and very quickly on radiators in winter.

Jeans definitely tighten up in driers.

[smurfchops]

I use mine to dry towels when they are almost dry, just to finish them off.