Greener Living
Electric Drying Racks Are Flying Off Shelves in the UK
Heated clothes airers are among the low-tech warming products in high demand as temperatures start to dip in Europe.
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Charlie Pears doesn’t own a tumble dryer. Last winter, when she and her partner Joe needed to dry laundry, they’d just turn on the heat in their 100-year-old house in northeast England, draping clothes over radiators.
This year is different. Expectations for the UK’s average annual energy bill are hovering around £2,500, over £1,000 more than at this time last year, based on maximum prices per unit of gas and electricity currently set by the government. At those prices, Pears and her partner needed an alternative to firing up the gas boiler for the sake of dry jeans — so they bought a heated clothes airer.