Do You hang your clothes to dry?
By ladym33
@ladym33 (10979)
United States
10 responses
@abbey19 (3106)
• Gold Coast, Australia
28 Oct 09
I have always hung my clothes out to dry (unless it's raining of course).
Call me old fashioned, but I would rather hang my clothes out to dry naurally as opposed to putting them in the drier. You can't beat your clothes being blown by the wind to give them that lovely fresh smell! Besides, the clothes drier is so expensive!
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
27 Oct 09
I have only a small dryer, so for large items I sometimes have to hang them to dry. This works well in the winter when I can hang them by the heater and they dry more quickly than they would in the dryer where they are too bunched up to dry well. But I can't put them out in summer, because I have no clothesline. In some areas they have town ordinances against clotheslines and people aren't allowed to dry their clothes outdoors. I think it's silly for your neighbors to object to your clean clothes hung out to dry, but some people think it's an eyesore. Life has changed a lot since I was young, I always had to hang clothes on the line outside for my mother.
@sandymay16 (1617)
• Philippines
28 Oct 09
With the sun all year round, I always hang my clothes to dry. Even during stormy or rainy weather when I do some small laundry, I hang my clothes to dry that is air dry and when the sun is out I just transfer to the clothesline.
I don't have electric dryer or washing machine and I just rely on the natural elements like the sun, wind or air to dry the clothes.
This way you not only save money for electric bills but you help in the saving of the environment.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
27 Oct 09
Hello friend,
Yah,i still hang our clothes for drying.
Thu i put them on dryer after washing..i still hang clothes to let it dry,i like the smell of sundry ..it feels so fresh and clean.
@kara18 (134)
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27 Oct 09
Yes I do. When it's really sunny outside we no longer put the clothes in the dryer but instead we hang it from outside to let it dry. What we also do so that the colored ones don't get discolored or the colors don't go dull, we turn the clothes inside out to protect its color. But when it really isn't that sunny, we put the clothes in the dryer, then still hang it either outside or inside the house and make use of the Clothes Hangers to let it dry.
@rameshkumaar57 (5908)
• India
27 Oct 09
Since I am from South India, where the weather is only hot, hotter and hottest, none of our citizens use the dryer, and in 95% of the houses, the clothes are hung to dry.
It is not that we are trying to save the environment,or some thing like that, since the weather permits us to hang our clothes to dry we do it.
@dmrone (746)
• United States
27 Oct 09
Hi, ladym33! Yes, i do hang out my clothes, weather permitting. It saves money on the electricity bills, and the clothes seem to stay fresher longer. It does take a few minutes longer to hang them out on a line, but it helps. I can usually get three to four loads hung out on the line at one time. Then i can go on to something else. Sure the dryer is easier, and i do have one for the rainy days, but i prefer to save some money while helping the environment.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
27 Oct 09
Hi Ladym33,
Yes i hang our clothes to dry. My husband fixed a tube outside the house where we can hang our clothes. You are right, this saves power energy and environmental friendly. When it's raining, we hang our clothes inside our room. We make a temporary pole where we can hang them on.