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.

While travelling it can be very difficult and rather time consuming and expensive to have your washing done. Carrying around your own laundry room is not an option, but for those who want to do their washing and have just a small spot left in their bags for a retractable travel clothesline, you can save money and have fresh clean clothes when you want them. It is also ideal for those days when you are caught in the rain and don’t want to pack wet gear.

The travel washing line is also great for hanging over the bathtub affording you that little extra drying space which can easily and quickly be packed away and won’t leave an unsightly cord running along the top of the tub. They come in a variety of different strengths and makes and although not all are retractable, for travel, this is the ideal choice.

Both Flexoline and Rick Steves Clotheslines work on the same principle that you feed your damp clothes through the rubber braiding so that no pegs are required. While these lines will stretch, they are somewhat limited to their maximum stretch capacity. The greatest advantage of these little devices is that they are small and inexpensive with the average price range between $7.00 and $13.00. Both of these models have rings at the end of the clothesline which will require that you hook them to something in order to dry your clothes.

LC Industures and Woolite have their own version which comes with suction pads at the end for easy attachment to walls, but they are not ideal for those heavy items such as towels or jeans. For those camping or travelling, the Gelert Wind up 6.3m Camping washline may be just the answer. It includes two hooks for wall mounting and also comes with eight rust resistant pegs that are coated in plastic.