Indoor clothes dryers come in various shapes and sizes and for those with limited space, which most of us have, it great to know that you can still dry your clothes naturally, saving money, without having to sacrifice your living space.  So how best to do this?  There are three very distinctive indoor clothes lines that you will want to look at for space savings.

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Retractable wall mounted clotheslines are ideal for anyone who has a garage or area that they could use as a drying area but which is presently used for something else.  The most popular manufacturer of retractable clotheslines is from Household Essentials and their top model is the Whitney Designs 15-7 Five line clothes dryer which retails for around $50.00.  The vinyl coated, polyester core lines can extend 34 feet for a total of 170 feet of drying space.  There is the option to purchase a receiving bracket sold separately which you can use to attach to a wall or post.

Folding Clotheslines like the  are also great as they can be used and then collapsed and stored.  They can also be relocated quickly and without effort, particularly the models that have wheels on them, so you can move them indoors and outdoors depending on the weather conditions.

For clothes that can be dried on a hanger, the pop up hanger airer is a small and compact, easy to store option.  They can be placed indoors or out and can also be used to hang ironed shirts on to prevent creasing while ironing.  They don’t offer a huge amount of drying space, but are ideal for those who need to wash work shirts and would prefer them to hang dry rather than peg dry.

The energy required to run your dryer is enough to warm a small home and it is estimated that tons of toxic gases are released each year due to the energy required to run the home dryer.  Besides the environmental impact machine dryers have on the planet, it is more a case of the personal impact they have on our health.

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Although vented dryers are supposed to eliminate all dust particles through the venting mechanism, it is well documented that a fair amount of these dust particles become captured in the venting pipes as well as in the machine itself.  This is why cleaning your dryer is such an important aspect of having one.  Even with a very clean dryer, the amount of dust that is expelled into the air is enough to cause respiratory problems in people who are prone to this kind of illness.

While drying your clothes in a dryer is faster, it also will wear your clothes out faster.  The small additional time required to dry your clothes in the sunshine will save them in the long run and there are other advantages to drying on a clothes drying rack out in the sun.

1.    Clothes dried in the sun tend to be naturally bleached due to a reaction of the moisture with the sun, which means less chemicals and even washing power are required.
2.    Clothes are naturally sterilised to the UV radiation.

The savings will not only be felt in your electricity bill, but your detergent bill and the longevity of your clothes.  Your family will benefit from healthier living conditions too.  Having stiffly dried clothing is not very popular, so how can you combat that…  A quick spin the dryer with a dryer ball for just five minutes will do the trick, but be prepared to loose a little of that fresh washing smell.

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So what type of clothes drying rack is going to suit you and your family?

The questions you need to answer are:-

1.    How many people am I washing for?
2.    How much space do I have?
3.    Do I want my airer for indoors and outdoors?
4.    How much do I want to spend?

Once you have the answers to these questions, you can easily locate the best clothes airer for you.