Comments on: Reasons to(mostly)give up your dryer

By: Raffy

Raffy — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:30:34 +0000

Well, living in Italy, air-drying is the norm. Not that the weather is sunny all year round: in Oct-Nov goodbye sun, it starts raining and then snowing. Personally, I just hang my laundry inside, some on a rack which I hang on a door, and some directly on the heaters! Not a fancy sight, I know, but unless I have guests, who cares? Clothes are dry in a few hours, and besides it makes the air inside less dry.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:44 +0000

I don’t own a dryer. I have three sets of clotheslines–outside, in the kitchen, and in the basement. I live in Wisconsin. In the winter I either add salt to the rinse water for things I want to freeze dry outside… or I hang items in the kitchen or basement to dry.

By: david

david — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:26:54 +0000

We are sort of halfway to line drying! We hang up the heavy items, like jeans, sweaters, blankets, sheets etc. The smaller items like socks, underwear etc we put into the dryer – saves time in hanging the ‘smalls’. Also, if some of the line dried items are stiff you can throw them into the dryer for a few minutes to fluff ‘em up.

By: The Frugal Girl :: Sweating the small stuff

The Frugal Girl :: Sweating the small stuff — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:16:04 +0000

[...] I do this with a lot of things. I count up how much money I save by cutting my son’s hair, by air-drying my laundry, by eating in instead out, by potty training($115.53 so far!), by packing my husband’s lunch, [...]

By: Two other things about cheap laundry. « The Frugal Girl

Two other things about cheap laundry. « The Frugal Girl — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:55:41 +0000

[...] other thing is regarding fade prevention. I pointed out in one of my posts that the sun is a wonderful spot-remover. This is awesome for white clothes, but the same bright [...]

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:09:39 +0000

Ohhhh, I see now! I should have scrolled down below the Aggressive Strategies. Duh. Thanks for pointing that out. And thank you for your awesome site…I keep sending people there!

I plugged in my numbers, and at 11.8 cents per kwh, my loads are costing me almost .39 a load. So, at 8 loads a week, I’m saving myself $162 a year by line-drying.

By: Michael Bluejay

Michael Bluejay — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:31:10 +0000

“Michael Bluejay’s electricity site says that air-drying will save you $133 a year. I’m not sure how many loads per week he’s assuming there, though…”

The assumptions are clearly listed in the same table you quoted that figure from.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:04:37 +0000

I’ll be checking in on you, Granny!

John, check out http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/. I found his site to be very helpful.

By: John

John — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:45:11 +0000

Thanks for the tips on air drying. I found another site which gave some ways to save electricity, but looking for more good advice. Any other tips? Thanks http://www.howtosaveonelectricitybill.com

By: Annie's Granny

Annie's Granny — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:41:00 +0000

Now you did it. Made me feel so guilty, I put up a makeshift clothesline today. I was going to post a blog, with pictures of my sheets hanging in the dog pen, but my camera batteries went dead. Stay tuned.