Dry:Soon Mini Standard 3-Tier Heated Clothes Airer

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Taking into account all of the criteria described above, I give the Dry:Soon 3 Tier Heated Airer 14.

Why we love it: Easily mistakable for a radiator, this heated clothes airer is sleek in design – and it fits close against your wall to save storage space. While incredibly handy, some airers take up a lot of space yet this slimline mini version offers 13m of drying space and holds an incredibly impressive 15kg of wet laundry. All heated airers are stable enough to hold a full load of washing, but some were more flexible and easy to topple than our top recommendations. This is a slight reduction on the time it would normally take without, and an added bonus is that it covers up your drying if you don't want clothes on display when guests come over!Mumsnetters agree that the deluxe version has all the reliability and effectiveness of the original design, but with a few innovative enhancements, helps make daily life more convenient. The Dry:Soon 3 Tier Heated Airer is one of the top-selling heated airers on the market - but how does it perform? Turning to the product specs, at 137 x 73 x 75 cm, the Dry:Soon's dimensions are compact, and even more so when folded down for storing, with a depth of just 8cm when flat. Ideal Home's Digital Editor Rebecca Knight is a long-term fan of the Dry:Soon 3-Tier Heated Airer which saw her through cold Scottish winters at university and is still going strong 7 years later.

I have mine in an unheated room, and manage to dry most loads of washing in around 8-10 hours in full.

The products or services listed have been selected independently by journalists after hands-on testing or sourcing expert opinions. This is good as it negates some of the expense of course and means that I can sit next to it in my office if I want a little blast of warmth!

We dried a small cotton load on each airer, representing a week's worth of washing for a single person. This Dry:Soon 3-Tier Standard Heated Airer offers 21m of drying space and can hold up to 15kg of laundry. Consider a drying pod, which is a heated airer with a cover (the canvas covering will allow warm air to circulate beneath it and dry the clothes more speedily).Similarly to the comparable Dry:Soon models at the top of this list, this 3-tier drying rack can hold a 15kg load of wet washing, and operates in a similar way, although some reviewers have complained about the tight spacing between the rails which can effect the amount of air able to circulate around the washing and increase drying time if it's packed too full. Not only do we offer a choice of designs and sizes, each version also benefits from folding shelves that can be positioned to suit your needs: you can dry T-shirts, socks or larger items over the rungs, lay delicate clothes flat to avoid stretching, or hang sheets and big towels over the top without them touching the floor. Style might not be a huge consideration when picking out a clothes airer, but the Dry:Soon does have a sleek, minimal appearance, that has the added advantage of folding up nice and flat so you can easily tuck it out of the way.

Heather is the Editor in Chief of Ideal Home, as well as being a busy Mum to twins who's also in the midst of renovating a Victorian home in Surrey – so household tasks need to be done fast. I no longer have to find places around our home to place wet clothing, and I certainly don’t have to worry about drying washed bedding anymore.That means drying space is more limited – you can only hang 18 items on hangers within the pod which means it isn't going to cope with a full washing machine load – but on testing, we were extremely impressed with the drying times, with clothes drying in 1-3 hours, dependent on thickness, compared to 8-12 hours on a classic heated airer. If you don't have a lot of space indoors to spare for drying clothes, but still want the fast, effective results of a heated airer, our Dry:Soon Mini 3-Tier Heated Airer fits the bill perfectly. If you only tend to dry a small amount of washing at once, a smaller option will be more cost and energy-efficient. Time-saving and energy-saving, the Lakeland Dry:Soon Mini 3-Tier Heated Airer costs just 7p an hour to run and can help cut down your drying time, all with taking up little space. So, I can confidently say that you needn’t worry about any children in your home burning their fingers accidentally.