FOR years, we’ve been tossing our clothes into the tumble dryer without giving it much thought. But only now are people realising that many dryers have a special button designed to banish odours ...

The cost of running a tumble dryer depends on several things, including the type of dryer, energy efficiency of the model, load size and, of course, energy prices. As part of our extensive tumble ...

The best washer-dryers will thoroughly clean your clothes, and then dry them evenly, without costing a fortune to run. We've seen big differences between the models we've tested, from those that excel ...

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Because, no matter how you spin it, clothes dryers use a lot of comparatively costly energy when air works for free. Household dryers in the U.S. consume about 3% of our residential energy budget ...

It’s estimated that heated clothes airers cost between 10p to 20p an hour to run, making them cheaper to use than a tumble dryer ... heated airer with a full 8kg load of washing, to see if ...

This Fisher & Paykel dryer has a generous 9kg capacity and includes a drying rack you can fit inside it for items too delicate to be tumble dried. It also has auto-sensing for moisture levels to ...