IF you are looking for a way to cut down on your bills, fear not, you’ve come to the right place.
A savvy woman has revealed that she has found a super simple and cheap way to dry her sopping wet towels and sheets in just five minutes, using a gadget you would probably never think of.
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Not only was ‘The Organised Mum’ very impressed with the simple method, but she also claimed that it cost just pennies to run too.
Sharing her laundry hack on social media, Gemma Bray explained that she used a spin dryer – like the ones you find in leisure centres – to dry her clothes.
The bargain hunter posted her clip on YouTube, as she said: “If you don’t know what a spin dryer is – you will have used one.
“When you go to the swimming baths or your local leisure centre or spa, they have that machine that you put your swimsuit in, you close the lid and the swimsuit comes out an awful lot drier than when it went in.”
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Gemma then demonstrated how she uses her spin dryer, as she added: “This is the spin dryer, it holds about a 5 kg load.
“You lock the lid and it starts doing its thing. It slowly starts off and then it picks up speed.”
Gemma also compared how the spin dryer compared to a dehumidifier, as she continued: “The dehumidifier can only help if you are drying things indoors but the spin dryer, you can use it and then hang [items] on an airer, you can use it and then hang [towels and sheets] on the line, you can use it with your tumble dryer, but when I combined it with my Dry Soon from Lakeland, it was an absolute game changer.”
Reflecting on which clothes drying method she preferred, Gemma confirmed: “For me, the clear winner was the spin dryer. The reason for this – it gives options.
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“For the amount of money that it costs, it creates more options to getting the clothes dry in different circumstances.
“I can use this all year round, even if I’m drying outside.
“I can put something in the spin dryer and put it on the line and it will dry faster.
“When you use the spin dryer and then the Dry Soon, it is an absolute gamechanger.
“I’m talking minutes – t-shirts drying in minutes, school shirts drying in minutes.
“That’s going to cut down the amount of time you are going to have your Dry Soon on for too.
“Out of the two, if you are going to invest, I would personally go for the spin dryer. I was underwhelmed with the dehumidifier.”
She then explained: “A towel will retain the most moisture – a towel will take three to five minutes in the spin dryer to get as much water out as possible.”
Gemma later shared a cost-breakdown of each method, as she wrote: “The dehumidifier uses 0.2kw/h of power so roughly about 9p an hour.
“The spin dryer uses 30 watts per cycle (which is about 33 cycles per Kw/h) – roughly 1.36p per cycle.
“The tumble dryer uses about 3kw/h per cycle – roughly about £1.35.”
The YouTube clip has clearly impressed many, as it has amassed over 14,000 views.
Social media users were thankful for Gemma’s advice and were eager to express this in the comments.
One person said: “Thank you for sharing this. Really appreciate it.”
Another added: “I love my electric airer. But all these other things sound good.”
A third commented: “Wow! I was going for the dehumidifier until I watched this! Now I’m going to order the spin dryer and dry-soon!”
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If you fancy giving a spin dryer a go, you can buy one for £150 from Halfords or Amazon.
Although the spin dryer is a hefty investment, according to Gemma, it is a much cheaper and more affordable alternative in the long run, when compared to a tumble dryer.
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