If you've invested in a Lakeland heated clothes airer, the Dry:Soon Deluxe 3-Tier Heated Airer Cover fits a few different models. Ideal Home's Digital Editor, Rebecca Knight, tested out using a cover with her Dry:Soon Deluxe 3-Tier Heated Airer Cover and says, 'Adding the cover to my heated clothes airer did cut down on drying time slightly. I found with the cover added I was able to dry a t-shirt in just two hours, and a heavier sweatshirt in around eight hours. This is a slight reduction on the time it would normally take without, and an added bonus is that it covers up your drying if you don't want clothes on display when guests come over!' You might also want to consider one of the best dehumidifiers for drying clothes. Our heated airer vs dehumidifier explainer details when and why you might want to opt for one of these moisture-extracting appliances instead.

Similar to the JML DriBUDDi airer in design, the slightly more expensive Dry:Soon Drying Pod is fan-powered and circulates warm air to dry clothing within the zip-closed cover In contrast, you can invest in a cover for the Dry:Soon 3-Tier Heated Airer, which does speed up drying times a little, but you don't get the fan motor which is the part that really speeds up drying times. Winged heater airers are generally the cheapest heated airers available. However, in our tests, we found that tiered heated airers worked a lot better than winged heated airers at drying washing. On a winged heated airer very little of the wet laundry actually touches the heated bars, so longer items can hang down below the heated elements and remain damp at the ends. However, its larger drying space does make the Minky Sure Dri Heat Pod Drying System one of the best heated airers we've come across for drying larger items like towels and sheets; items you'd struggle to fit into the JML DriBUDDi and Dry:Soon Drying Pod. And, drying times were a lot faster than with a standard tiered heated airer, like the Dry:Soon 3-Tier Heated Airer and a huge improvement on a winged heated airer. If you compare how much it costs to use a heated airer to how much it costs to run a tumble drier then you should be pleasantly surprised, although exact energy use depends on the make and model of each, and how much and what type of washing you're drying.Although there are affordable heated airers to be found, investing in the best heated clothes airers on the market doesn't usually come cheap. If you're looking to speed up how long it takes to dry wet laundry indoors, then yes, a heated airer can be well worth buying.

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The downside of one of these drying pods is the noise of the fan and the fact you can't squeeze much washing in at once – these airers won't hold a full load of laundry, but they're great for drying a school uniform or sports kit super fast. If you want to speed up your drying times even more then it's worth considering adding a cover to your heated airer. Although most need to be bought separately, they work by trapping the warmth generated by your airer, making clothes toastier whilst they dry, and including mesh panels or ventilation holes so that moisture can still escape. In many ways, this combination of more hanging space faster fan-powered drying should make the Minky Sure Dri Heat Pod Drying System the best heated clothes airer going. However, in practice, we found it isn't perfect. However, in our tests we found we needed the drying pods running for a far shorter time to get washing dry. Yes, a heated airer warm the room up a little, especially if you're using it in a smaller room. However, we'd recommend trying to use your heated airer in the largest room possible as your washing will release moisture as it dries, and more space means the air has more room to circulate which will speed up drying times further. How can I speed up the drying time of a heated clothes airer?

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The DriBUDDi can also hold more washing, offering space for 18 coat hangers as opposed to the Dry:Soon Drying Pod's capacity for just 12 items. Both models require clothes to be spread out evenly so that the weight of the washing is well distributed for stability, but when clothes weren't well positioned, we found this model the more stable of the two on its feet. This fan-powered heated clothes airer circulates warm air within its zip-up cover to dry washing in super fast times.