B&M shoppers are rushing to buy a gizmo to dry clothes without turning the heating on and it costs just 8p an hour to run.
The bargain retailer is selling an Addis £35 heated airer reduced from £50 – a saving of £15.
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Heated airers can cost as little as 8p an hour to run, according to experts at USwitch, so it could help you to save on your energy bills.
Its significantly cheaper compared to an energy-hungry tumble dryer, which costs an average of 83p per cycle.
An eagle-eyed shopper spotted the gadget at the discounted price in their local B&M store.
They posted the find in the B&M Scanner And Other Bargains UK Facebook group.
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Fellow bargain hunters couldn’t believe their eyes at the price.
One savvy shopper said: “Good price, bet they’re all gone by the weekend.”
And another wrote: “I love mine.”
The airer provides 12 metres of drying space and B&M describes it as the “perfect home accessory”.
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Although it is listed online, for it’s full price of £50, you won’t be able to buy it order it, but it is available in stores.
Although do bear in mind that when prices are reduced by this much it’s usually in order for stores to clear excess stock, so prices and stock will vary from store to store.
It’s always best to phone ahead to your local shop to check what they have available to avoid disappointment.
You can find your nearest B&M store using the locator tool on the website.
It always pays to compare prices so you know you’re getting the best deal and you should always check return policies.
This Addis heated airer was one of the cheapest we could find online when we checked.
If you can’t get your hands on the Aldi heated airer, then The Range has one for £39.99 as well.
It is 230W and comes with 20 bars for people to hang clothes on.
Dunelm’s heated airer is only 1p more than the Addis and The Range’s.
So if you haven’t managed to track down one of those then this is another great option.
The 220 watts airer can hold up to 10kg of washing.
How does a heated airer work?
Heated clothes airers are like traditional ones, but you plug them in.
The bars of the dryer heat up, speeding up the time it takes to dry the clothes hanging on it.
You can buy covers for some as well, which speeds up the time it takes to dry your clothes.
The cost of running a drier depends on the wattage.
Generally, how much an appliance costs to run depends on how much you use it, what model you have and how much energy you normally use.
But usually the higher the wattage, the more it will cost to run.
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A 300w dryer uses 0.3 kWh – a kilowatt hour is the unit of energy used for billing your electricity.
Based on the average heated dryer costing 8p per hour, it would cost 41p for five hours.
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