Fastest way to dry your clothes without a dryer or dehumidifier

10 February 2024 , 12:58

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The hack will dry your clothes faster. (Stock Photo) (Image: Getty Images)

Drying your clothes just became a whole lot easier.

Getting your clothes and bedsheets dry in the cold winter months can be frustrating, with the process sometimes taking far too long for your liking, and leaving you with clothes airers and drying racks around your home getting in the way. Many people are also concerned at the moment about energy prices and are keen to avoid running their tumble dryers with every load of laundry to keep their bills down amid the cost of living crisis.

But there's a saving grace - a hack is that is an expensive and seriously fast way of getting your clothes dried quickly. The trick also lowers the risk of condensation building up in your home that in turn can lead to mould and mildew growing, which can be damaging to your health.

The efficient hack was posted on TikTok by user @jay79420 and used a simple household item that many of us will likely have tucked away somewhere in our homes but would mostly reserve for the warmer summer months: the office fan.

Jay showed his method of drying his blanket at super speed by positioning his fan to blow into the centre of it, hanging it up along a line, and attaching two sides of his blanket to the edges of the fan.

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By positioning your fan to blow onto your wet laundry, you will speed up the natural process of evaporation of the water on the clothes, and this is a more concentrated version of hanging your laundry up outside when it's good weather, where the warmth of the sun and the force of the wind dry things quickly.

According to lookaftermybills.com depending on the size of your fan it will cost you between 24 to 35p on average to run one for a full 24 hours, and when compared to an average of £1.51 per cycle for a tumble dryer - according to Ideal Home - it's certainly much cheaper, especially when you consider that often when you pull your clothes from the dryer they are sometimes damp and still may require some items to be hung up to dry afterwards.

Some people swear by using a dehumidifier to help speed up the process of the clothes drying - and it is a good option, particularly for those who do find that mould grows in their home easily - and this method would reportedly cost you on average between £1.20 and £3.36 to run for a full day, depending on the wattage.

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Emma Mackenzie