Dryers

The hardest part of washing the clothes is drying them on a line. You will have to wait all day before you can fold and shelve them. This could be a bummer if you wanted to wash clothes and wear them immediately after that. However, a clothes dryer can make this job only a matter of pressing a few buttons and a few minutes.

A century ago, there was no way to dry clothes after washing them other than airing them on a line. This would take at least a few hours, even on a bright sunny day to dry the clothes. And if you don’t live in the tropical region, it would even take a few days of airing. This worked for the slow-paced life of the past. But in today’s world, most people cannot afford to dry their clothes the old-fashioned way. Fortunately, clothes dryers have gotten more and more advanced, and they are now something that you can rely on. Read this article before you start shopping for these appliances to get a better understanding of them.

Types of clothes dryers

The worst thing that you can do while buying a clothes dryer is to pick the wrong model. It can be along running disaster as these appliances will actually stay with you for a very long time. And you surely do not want to get stuck with the wrong one. There are great differences in the techniques each type uses to dry the clothes, and how much time and electricity they take to dry them. Here is everything you need to know about different types of clothes drying appliances. In this article, you will also find some really useful tips that you can follow while shopping for dryers online.

Condenser dryers

The working principle of the condenser is pretty simple. There is a coil that draws in the outside air and hearts it up. After heating, the air passes through the damp clothes and absorbs the moisture from them. Then there is expelled out, and there is a tank that collects the moisture from this air. Although the clothes dry pretty fast using this type, there are two major downsides to this. Firstly, this is a pretty energy-intensive method of drying. Secondly, as the hot air is expelled out of the machine, the laundry room can get considerably hot in the process.

Heat pump dryers

A machine that uses this technology work similar to condenser dryers. Here, heated air circulates through the damp clothes inside the dryer in a closed loop. After every loop, the hot air absorbs the moisture from the clothes. There is a heat pump in the machine to separate the moisture from the air. That way, the hot air doesn’t have to be expelled out to remove the moisture from it. So, the same hot air can pass through the damp clothes multiple times. This saves a lot of power and time that it would otherwise take to heat cold air for every cycle.

Vented tumble dryer

The main difference between a condenser and a vented dryer is that a vented one does not heat the air that it draws. So, they pass the hot air from the laundry room through the clothes without heating it. The air passes through the clothes as the clothes spin. The air will carry the moisture with it and dry the clothes. Although these machines are cheaper than heat pumps or condenser dryers, they take much longer to dry the clothes completely. The lower prices of these machines make them the most popular types of tumbles out there. You can get one of these for a starting price of around 1300 AED.

Centrifugal clothes dryers

Most washing machines also have integrated centrifugal clothes drying appliances. These are sometimes referred to as spin dryers. They do not dry the clothes completely like a heat pump or a condenser dryer. Basically, what they do is that by spinning at high speeds, they remove some water from the clothes so that they are not dripping wet after the wash cycle. You will need to air dry the clothes or put them in a tumble after the spin cycle. So, are they really useful? If you don’t have a dedicated tumble style, a centrifugal dryer can reduce the amount of time you need to air dry the clothes considerably.