Deluxe Mesh Shelf Duo - a pair of mesh shelves for laying delicate and smaller items flat rather than hanging them over the bars.

Heated: Whilst they are much more expensive than your standard clothes airer, heated airers can hugely cut down on drying time. These resemble tiered or winged airers, and are plugged into the mains to heat up each drying rung. Additionally, they’re less expensive to run than tumble dryers and are gentler on your clothes. With 30m of drying space available, this tall tower airer is made for holding larger loads. If you’re drying fewer items, you can also use it folded in half to save space. And despite its height, it’s lightweight and easy to assemble. Household Electricals Shop all Household Electricals Dry:Soon Heated Airers Heated Blankets & Mattress Protectors Irons & Clothes Steamers Air Purifiers When buying partner items like this one, your contract of sale will be with our Range Plus Partner instead of The Range.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. Made from light yet robust aluminium, this Dry:Soon 3-Tier Deluxe Heated Airer is easy to move around and fold down to 9cm deep for storage. The simple fold down and set up means it's ready to be pressed into action throughout the winter months, or whenever the weather isn't cooperating. Which? Recommended Heated Clothes Airers Accessories available separately include: Dry:Soon 3-Tier Standard Heated Airer Cover to keep the heat in and speed up drying, which also doubles as a storage bag for the folded airer; and the Mesh Shelf Duo, a pair of mesh shelves for laying delicate and smaller items flat rather than hanging them over the bars. About Dry:Soon Heated Airers

Gated: Aptly named, these airers resemble fences and fold out to stand in a concertina. These are normally the cheapest clothes airers and are popular with students because they’re functional and don’t take up much space in storage. However, this design hasn’t made it into our best buy roundup because they tend to be flimsy and unstable. As well as less heated bars (25 compared to the larger model's 36)each drying bar is also narrower (43cm in width compared to 57cm for the deluxe version) and crucially the distance between each tier is reduced, offering a 33cm gap compared to the deluxe models 37.5cm. It may not sound like much, but it does make hanging longer items without them touching the clothes on the tier below more challenging. Our Dry:Soon heated clothes airers cost just pennies to run*. They're much kinder to clothes than tumble drying and they're neater and more efficient than laying laundry over your radiators, especially in those warm but rainy months. Versatile I tested out Staubs Pumpkin Cocotte Cast Iron Casserole to see if it is worthy of a place in your kitchen all year round This pumpkin cast iron dish has become my favourite piece of cookware I'll be using long after HalloweenThis compact airer is the lightest model on our list, weighing less than 2kg – under half the weight of some of the other airers. It also has a slim "x-wing" design that lets you move its adjustable wings (complete with 26 rungs and four hanging corners) to three different positions. All this makes it well-suited to one or two person households, smaller spaces, or even as a second airer if you have hanging space elsewhere. Heidi has an MA in Creative Writing for Brunel University and was previously a restaurant critic for The Infatuation London. Her specialist subjects included natural wine bars, handmade pasta spots and restaurant accessibility. She has also written for The Sunday Times Style and OpenTable. She is currently working on her debut novel. chevron_left Previous chevron_right Next zoom_in Hover over image to zoom swipe Swipe for more media Our heated clothes airers cost just pennies to run*. They're much kinder to clothes than tumble drying and are neater and more efficient than laying laundry over your radiators, especially in those warm but rainy months. Versatile 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.

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 Manufacturers don’t recommend leaving any electric heated products unattended but in practice, this is how most people use them. Most come with timers and thermostats to choose lower temperatures for longer drying periods. How much do heated air dryers cost to run?

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Key specs – Type: Winged; Open dimensions: 143 x 60 x 100cm (HWD); Closed dimensions: 104 x 60 x 9cm (HWD); Drying space: 13.5m; Weight: 2.8kg; Guarantee: 3 years Finding the best heated clothes airer may not sound like the most exciting of pursuits. But as a means of drying your clothes in winter, these gadgets are hard to beat. Not only is a heated airer far kinder to your treasured garments than tumble drying (it adds years to the lifespan of your clothes), it’s also better for the environment. It eliminates that damp washing smell and is a good way of minimising crinkles, so you might not need to invest in an iron or a steamer. Most heated airers also fold up compactly for storage. I’ve set this up in my bathroom and use it for towels and to dry any excess laundry which can’t fit on my main dryer - usually underwear. It doesn’t get as warm as options higher up but it’s great for drying damp towels in spring and autumn when it’s not cold enough to turn on the radiator. Tiered: These collapsible airers fold out to form a cross-like structure that can support heavier weighted clothes whilst taking up very little floor space. They’re compact, sturdy, and (depending on the number of tiers) can hold a whole family wash. Fold down dimensions and floor space: Keep in mind the size of the airer when it’s folded down so that you have room to store it. That said, most are compact and will take up minimal space. How we test clothes airers