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It blows my mind Americans living in warm parts of the country tumble dry their clothes. We dry clothes outside between March and October in the UK, saves energ

by gehsty 5y ago

It blows my mind Americans living in warm parts of the country tumble dry their clothes. We dry clothes outside between March and October in the UK, saves energy and money, and makes your clothes last longer (compared to a uk tumble drier at least!)

elzbardico 5y ago
Man, even in south america driers are a desirable appliance. Most of time we use the sun, but the kids need dry clothes in the dry season too! The only difference, is that separated driers are kind of considered obsolete here and everybody wants a washer-drier korean machine from samsung or LG.
slibhb 5y ago
Do they? Growing up in New England we had a rack like the one in the article (first time I've heard them described as "European") and a clothesline and we still used an electric dryer. Depending on the size of your family, it's a lot of work to hang everyone's clothes to dry.
yolo69420 5y ago
gambiting 5y ago
I live in the UK and the fact that a lot of people here don't use a tumble dryer is blowing my mind. It's so humid most of the year that normally when I put clothes on an indoor rack they take 2-3 days to fully dry, by which time they develop this characteristic musky smell. And dry outside? When? Inbetween the frequent rain? No thank you. Tumble dryer is where it is. And yes, on a nice summer day sure, I also hang my clothes in the garden - but for 95% of the year that's not really an option, and I don't want to wait days for my clothes to be dry and my house to have this specific smell that develops in high humidity.
- WithinReason 5y ago
  Cold humid air (outside) becomes dry when heated (inside).
- retrac 5y ago
  I will hang my clothes out and toss them in the dryer for 5 - 10 minutes at the end if still a bit damp. Best of both worlds.
senectus1 5y ago
I'm in Australia, we do make use of the warm weather a lot. but we still used these indoor racks as well as the tumble dryer. Reasons why: Smoke and ash in the air from bushfires/burn offs. Free power from the sun (solar) and its just too damned hot to go outside. Small items like socks and jocks are tedious to hang up and we can use the above reason to bang them in and get them done quickly. Didn't get time due to work etc commitments and leaving them on the line in summer often means sun-bleached clothes. (bonus reason) Wife is terrified of spiders, and I've been too lazy to clean them out of the clothesline area :-P
sebazzz 5y ago
And the tumble dryer also heats up your room quite significantly. A heat pump dryer is a bit more efficient, but still heats up the room a bit.
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dokem 5y ago
I have better things to do with my time.

by gehsty 5y ago

elzbardico 5y ago

Man, even in south america driers are a desirable appliance. Most of time we use the sun, but the kids need dry clothes in the dry season too! The only difference, is that separated driers are kind of considered obsolete here and everybody wants a washer-drier korean machine from samsung or LG.

slibhb 5y ago

Do they? Growing up in New England we had a rack like the one in the article (first time I've heard them described as "European") and a clothesline and we still used an electric dryer. Depending on the size of your family, it's a lot of work to hang everyone's clothes to dry.

yolo69420 5y ago

gambiting 5y ago

I live in the UK and the fact that a lot of people here don't use a tumble dryer is blowing my mind. It's so humid most of the year that normally when I put clothes on an indoor rack they take 2-3 days to fully dry, by which time they develop this characteristic musky smell. And dry outside? When? Inbetween the frequent rain? No thank you. Tumble dryer is where it is. And yes, on a nice summer day sure, I also hang my clothes in the garden - but for 95% of the year that's not really an option, and I don't want to wait days for my clothes to be dry and my house to have this specific smell that develops in high humidity.

WithinReason 5y ago
Cold humid air (outside) becomes dry when heated (inside).
retrac 5y ago
I will hang my clothes out and toss them in the dryer for 5 - 10 minutes at the end if still a bit damp. Best of both worlds.

senectus1 5y ago

I'm in Australia, we do make use of the warm weather a lot. but we still used these indoor racks as well as the tumble dryer. Reasons why: Smoke and ash in the air from bushfires/burn offs. Free power from the sun (solar) and its just too damned hot to go outside. Small items like socks and jocks are tedious to hang up and we can use the above reason to bang them in and get them done quickly. Didn't get time due to work etc commitments and leaving them on the line in summer often means sun-bleached clothes. (bonus reason) Wife is terrified of spiders, and I've been too lazy to clean them out of the clothesline area :-P

sebazzz 5y ago

And the tumble dryer also heats up your room quite significantly. A heat pump dryer is a bit more efficient, but still heats up the room a bit.

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dokem 5y ago

I have better things to do with my time.