Could you live without clothes dryer? Washer only?
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From: me on 27 Oct 2009 22:31 I'm thinking abt selling my clothes dryer and keeping the washer only I'm single and will be moving a lot and not sure I even need a dryer. Could you live without a dryer? If yes, how would YOU dry your clothes?
From: Rod Speed on 27 Oct 2009 22:46 Yes. I do have one that I got for free and have never bothered to use it. Never even bothered to try it out. me(a)privacy.net wrote: > I'm thinking abt selling my clothes dryer and keeping the washer only Works fine for me. > I'm single and will be moving a lot and not sure I even need a dryer. Corse you dont. > Could you live without a dryer? Yes, and do, too. > If yes, how would YOU dry your clothes? I have enough clothes so that I can just wash when its not going to rain, dry them on a line outside. Nothing flash, its just 3 runs of nylon rope between rings on the wall of the house, rawlbolts, and rings on the fence.
From: Napoleon on 28 Oct 2009 09:21 On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:31:47 -0500, me(a)privacy.net wrote: >Could you live without a dryer? If yes, how would YOU >dry your clothes? Yes, I have dryer, but rarely use it. I hang my clothes outside and in the winter hang them in the basement. It makes it easier to have at least two indoor clothes lines and a drying rack for the small things. The dryer is mainly used for towels, that can get hard and itchy if dried on the line. Watch out for neighborhoods that don't allow you to hang clothes outside. It's ridiculous, they don't like the look of hanging clothes, but the humongous, chinese, plastic swingsets are fine.
From: Susan Bugher on 28 Oct 2009 10:35 me(a)privacy.net wrote: > I'm thinking abt selling my clothes dryer and keeping > the washer only > > I'm single and will be moving a lot and not sure I even > need a dryer. > > Could you live without a dryer? If yes, how would YOU > dry your clothes? <smile> Another "you know you're getting old when. . ." moment. Of course you can live without a dryer. I can remember when scarcely anyone owned a clothes dryer. (They became popular in the 1940-50s). I suggest you get a clothesline or a drying rack and try line drying before you give up your dryer. Line dried clothes are stiff and "boardy" if you don't have a good breezy drying day or if you dry them indoors. Things like comforters take "forever" to dry. . . Dryers are a great time saver too, especially if you do lots of laundry. If the tradeoffs are acceptable to you, give up your dryer. For what it's worth, I'd hate to have to give up mine. . . Susan
From: Al on 28 Oct 2009 10:47
On Oct 27, 9:31 pm, m...(a)privacy.net wrote: > I'm thinking abt selling my clothes dryer and keeping > the washer only > > I'm single and will be moving a lot and not sure I even > need a dryer. > > Could you live without a dryer? If yes, how would YOU > dry your clothes? I dropped the dryer use about a year and a half ago and won't go back. Here is what I did after some trial and error. First, I own plenty of duplicate clothes, towels and so on. I have plenty of plastic hangers available. I took six hangers and attached eight small plastic clothespins to them spaced equally along the length. I used those plastic pull ties to attach the clothespins to the hangers. I made an area where I can hang clothes and other stuff on hangers. I do the wash and hang everything up without worrying how long it takes to dry. When it is dry, I move some hangers to another use area and place underwear and socks to the proper drawers. For clarification, those hangers with the eight clothespins are used for hanging underwear and socks. It saves lots of space. Nothing has to go outside. The whole operation only takes minutes for a load of items. |