For anyone living in a small house or flat, drying laundry during the winter tends to involve deciding between using an energy-guzzling tumble dryer and a standard clothes horse that can leave damp garments lingering for days. But the best heated clothes airers offer a happy compromise.
Tumble dryers may speed things up, but they’re expensive to buy and costly to run. At the other end of the scale, budget clothes horses are affordable but far from efficient. But heated clothes airers – such as my go-to model from Dunelm – offer a smart, energy-efficient alternative and can be a genuine game-changer on laundry day.
