Fill it up before switching it on as it heats up quite fast. If you’re doing a few loads of washing then get them done and positioned before you turn it on. In each of these cases I have left the airer running all evening, from 6pm – 11pm roughly. Turning it off before bed to leave it to continue naturally drying. Heated airers are essentially very simple appliances that consist of a frame and a heater, but let us just remind you of the important features you need to look for:

The 220w airer is available in white. It’s energy efficient and costs around 12p per hour to run – which is important in the current climate. There are two main types of heated clothes airer: heated bar clothes airers and drying pods. Both work very differently. Rotate the washing if you have time and effort. Turn items over, reposition them etc to minimise the drying time and help them dry out fully.

Build Quality – you are looking at an item that will have to carry some weight during its useful hours, so you need one that is going to last. Heated clothes airers are proving exceptionally popular this year, given the high energy prices. My top-rated airers may temporarily sell out. These are currently the best places to look for alternatives:

If you get fed up with your living space being taken over by clothes draped over conventional airers for days at a time, or the sight of laundry hung over your radiators and banisters, a Dry:Soon heated airer is the solution you’ve been looking for. Yes, a little. In the evenings when it is running our home is usually getting pretty chilly now the weather has turned, however, sometimes we are managing without putting the heating on, as long as we are in the same room. Can heated clothes airers save you money? Our testing found heated clothes airers will cost about half as much money to run as a drying pod. In the morning I’ve found that almost all of the washing is dry in all of these scenarios so it seems you can do whatever you fancy really and it’ll still dry well.

3. A Space Heater You Can Stand Up Or On Its Side

Tiered airers have several levels, four feet and a signature concertina criss-cross look. They’re assembled in one swift pulling motion and pushed down to revert them to folded. These multi-level airers come in different sizes but they tend to have enough space to hang an everyday load of washing including hand towels, T-shirts, shorts, trousers and delicates. Gated Some look like a tower, which typically affords more drying space for the room they take up, but they can be less accommodating of larger items such as dresses, towels and bedsheets. Rather than heated rungs, this variation on the heated airer features a 70C fan. It circulates hot air around your clothes, which are encased in a tent-like, ventilated outer cover. This means it dries clothes faster than other airers.