Comments on: 4 Money Saving Tips For Using Your Dryer

By: hot uk deals

hot uk deals — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:07:55 +0000

I am always reading articles such as this and they are helpful. I'm trying your tips in my daily life to save my money as well as my environment.

By: K @ Prudent and Practical

K @ Prudent and Practical — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:24:43 +0000

Great tips! I’m going to try an extra spin cycle next time I do laundry. Instead of dryer sheets or tennis balls, I use 2 balls of aluminum foil – works great!
.-= K @ Prudent and Practical´s last blog ..Sesame Turkey Recipe =-.

By: JP

JP — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:24:07 +0000

Tried #3 when I was doing laundry yesterday. It's true. Nearly everything was dry when I set it between 'normal' and 'light'. Usually I use just 'normal'

As for putting a towel in to speed things up…I wouldn't recommend using a terry towel as it might cause pilling on some fabrics

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:25:04 +0000

I have an old thirsty towel that I throw in the dryer with most loads–clothes get dry a lot faster especially if I’m doing successive loads.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:09:17 +0000

Here's a follow up to Anjanette's comment - making your own felted dryer balls would be a great project: http://goodmama.typepad.com/goodmama/2008/05/make...

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:26:12 +0000

I live in New England, with very long winters, so I use my dryer regularly. However, I found a device to attach to my vent hose that is making my entire home more energy efficient. It's a trap door that allows me to recycle dryer heat to heat my home in the winter. It has cut my heating oil bill dramatically! I got it at Home Depot (see link), but I assume any appliance parts store would carry something similar. http://www.homedepot.com/Appliances-Laundry-Washe...

By: JP

JP — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:12:03 +0000

We had to stop using our dryer-heat-recycling thingy. We ended up with a real humidity problem in the basement.

I never thought this would happen, as Eastern Ontario gets SO dry in winter.

Now I have to remind everyone to close the dryer door after they empty it, or else cold air is pipelined into the basement.

It seems it’s always something.

By: Anjanette

Anjanette — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:23:20 +0000

felted dryer balls are awesome, too.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:30:12 +0000

Oooh, I like number one because that’s what I do and it’s definitely the most frugal! I’ve found that with things like T-shirts it’s best not to hang-dry them on a plastic hanger using the neck-hole of the garment. The weight tends to stretch out the fabric. Instead, I fold the t-shirt in half and hang it crosswise along the hanger to distribute the weight more evenly and minimize stretching. I hope that makes sense.. not easy to describe.

By: JP

JP — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:12:40 +0000

We have a drying rack, which I use a lot during the winter. Problem is, it is so lightweight that it sags and bends under wet sweaters or jeans.

I saw a nice one at Canadian Tire, but it had only about 8 feet of drying space on it, which is much less than I need.

Are there large, heavy drying racks out there somewhere?