Re: Looking for advice on buying a clothes dryer

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From: jg
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:59

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David Clayton wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:08:05 +0000, jg wrote: ......
>> No real efficiencies have ever been introduced to the basic electric
>> design. It helps a bit to have an exhaust fan in the room, bit generally
>> people too lazy or stupid to hang clothes on the line or a rack won't
>> take advantage of that.
> 
> I simply put damp (because my washing machine does a decent job of spin
> drying most of the moisture out) clothes onto a drying rack in a room with
> a partially open window, and they dry within 8 (or so) hours on their own.
> 
> I don't really understand why people trade a little extra time for the
> "benefit" of clothes that are dry in one hour because this costs an
> absolute fortune.
> 
> IMHO clothes dryers are basically in the same category as tongue cleaning
> toothbrushes, except far more people are sucked in to believing that they
> need a clothes dryer than those who have fallen for the clean tongue con.
> 


There are legit. uses such as someone who has a baby or three in 
nappies, or works long hours and gets home late at night, but most of 
the time most people can well do without them.

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