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Purely monetary speaking, that doesn't seem like a lot. Let's say 10 years lifetime, $210 per year, $18/month so that I don't have to spend a ton of time hangin

Purely monetary speaking, that doesn't seem like a lot. Let's say 10 years lifetime, $210 per year, $18/month so that I don't have to spend a ton of time hanging up laundry the bdey? Totally worth it (inviting the CO2 factor, though our heat pump dryer is very very efficient).

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- danielbln 2y ago
  I'm German, but thanks for the insightful comment. Once your cloths rack doesn't just contain beach towels and boxershorts you might appreciate the utility of a dryer.
lurking_swe 2y ago
i mean if your goal is to save time completely, might as well pay the laundromat to wash, dry, fold, and deliver everything to your door. That would actually save you a lot of time. But hanging clothes to dry? Not really. Draping clothes over a large clothing rack takes me about 10 minutes (2 adults in my household). I only put bed sheets and towels in the dryer, which means the cycle finishes much more quickly too. 10 minutes of saving a week is basically nothing, no? It’s also much faster for me to put away my laundry because i already sorted my clothes when hanging (put all shirts together, all shorts and pants together, etc). A nice bonus is my clothes last much longer.
- danielbln 2y ago
  I'm going to assume you don't have children. A bunch of towels? Sure no problem, clothes line every time. A giant load of small people clothes? That's a half hour hang job minimum
  - lurking_swe 2y ago
    little ones, especially the first few years, are the exception rather than the norm. My sister has kids. They don’t blow out their diapers at 10 years old. :-) dryers definitely are great when they have frequent accidents! agree with that 100%
- rightbyte 2y ago
  You'd have to account for the extra time buying cloths too. Machine drying wears out cloths. I machine dry socks, underwear and towels. I just guess trade off is about there. Especially socks are tedious to line dry.

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danielbln 2y ago
I'm German, but thanks for the insightful comment. Once your cloths rack doesn't just contain beach towels and boxershorts you might appreciate the utility of a dryer.

lurking_swe 2y ago

i mean if your goal is to save time completely, might as well pay the laundromat to wash, dry, fold, and deliver everything to your door. That would actually save you a lot of time. But hanging clothes to dry? Not really. Draping clothes over a large clothing rack takes me about 10 minutes (2 adults in my household). I only put bed sheets and towels in the dryer, which means the cycle finishes much more quickly too. 10 minutes of saving a week is basically nothing, no? It’s also much faster for me to put away my laundry because i already sorted my clothes when hanging (put all shirts together, all shorts and pants together, etc). A nice bonus is my clothes last much longer.

danielbln 2y ago
I'm going to assume you don't have children. A bunch of towels? Sure no problem, clothes line every time. A giant load of small people clothes? That's a half hour hang job minimum
- lurking_swe 2y ago
  little ones, especially the first few years, are the exception rather than the norm. My sister has kids. They don’t blow out their diapers at 10 years old. :-) dryers definitely are great when they have frequent accidents! agree with that 100%
rightbyte 2y ago
You'd have to account for the extra time buying cloths too. Machine drying wears out cloths. I machine dry socks, underwear and towels. I just guess trade off is about there. Especially socks are tedious to line dry.