Do you use a dryer or line dry clothes?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (182204)
United States
April 21, 2023 10:14am CST
Which do you do, and do you have a preference for either? Jim's discussion made me think about it. I have a dryer and prefer it, not only is it easier, but I like the way the clothes feel after having been in there. Drying clothing outside always makes them feel rough. I do put sheets or towels out sometimes in the heat of the summer though, as they will dry quickly. Might as well use that hot sun for something. I could put a line in the back but with all the trees. I would be afraid insects or ticks would get on the garments. It isn't worth it.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
21 Apr 23
A dryer because I can get more done in a short amount of time then I can when I don't have one.
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@ShyBear88 (59347)
• Sterling, Virginia
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 yep especially when you have a big family.
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@marguicha (223802)
• Chile
21 Apr 23
I line dry my clothes. I gave away my dryer many years ago. I lived alone and did not need one.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
Hey, whatever floats your boat.. Non one here hangs clothes, at least that you can see. some might have a few behind their house, but doubtful.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
@marguicha Yes, and whether dryers are common in the region.
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@marguicha (223802)
• Chile
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 Here many people do. I guess it much depends on the climate.
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@kaylachan (71804)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr 23
Dryer here. Always used one. Florida has unpredictable weather.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
We used a clothesline when I was a little kid, and a little bit at the house where my parents live now, but once we had a dryer no one was very interested in hanging up clothes.
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@kaylachan (71804)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 Can you blame them?
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@yukimori (10148)
• United States
21 Apr 23
The only things I really hang dry are the things that can't be tumble dried. Thinking about changing it, though... our dryer pulls tons of electricity and the savings on the bill would probably be worth the hassle. Just cutting down on our use of the dryer the other week brought our household usage down about 25%.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
@yukimori I haven't either, but I just thought I would mention it
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
You could also use those dryer balls. They are supposed to cut down on the time it takes clothes to dry.
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@yukimori (10148)
• United States
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 We have a set of wool dryer balls. I haven't noticed a whole lot of difference between doing loads with them and without them.
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@LadyDuck (472078)
• Switzerland
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 I mean almost never, I missed a word.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
21 Apr 23
There was a time that I used a clothesline, but I prefer my dryer.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
Yep, it is a handy dandy appliance.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50524)
• United States
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 Yes, a very nice invention.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
@Tampa_girl7 I also like the way you can de wrinkle in them. However, with the cost of electricity these days I am more likely to use a wrinkle free spray.
@vandana7 (100604)
• India
22 Apr 23
We have a machine that does both washing as well as drying job. I am kinda surprised that at your end, you all have two different units ... I have had this combination machine for 20 odd years and most people have such machines only.
The clothes are not completely dry ..they are only dry to the extent that we can iron them.
Quite often immediately ironing them is not possible...that could make them stink a tad because they are just tad damp EVENLY. So we tend to dry the clothes in the sun just to ensure that clothes are dry and do not stink.
In summers I tend to leave the clothes on clothes line for longer. This is to prevent the excessive heat of sun hitting my kitchen ...which gets really hot ...being located towards south east of our apartment. So the clothes serve as multiple curtains, with air pockets...since there are three washes per week, yes, they are there for longer but not throughout.
They do feel rough ...but I have not noticed that much difference with damp ones that are ironed. My skin may not be that sensitive. :)
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
22 Apr 23
I never iron. If my clothes need de wrinkling, there is a spray I use to take wrinkles out.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
22 Apr 23
@vandana7 They are awesome. Maybe you could order something on Amazon.
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@vandana7 (100604)
• India
22 Apr 23
@snowy22315 We don't get such sprays out here. LOL
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
21 Apr 23
Well, neither. I have a drying rack in my back room, and there’s a ceiling fan back there. I remember the days of my mom hanging out the laundry. However, these days I feed birds and I’m pretty sure they’d repay my kindness on the clean clothes.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
Ha, yes you never know...in my case, the squirrels would probably chomp something or steal it, or maybe even steal the stuffing like they did with a chaise lounge in the back..
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
@FourWalls Now, you're thinkin like a squirrel! . Bad enough the cat chomps my socks.
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@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 — hey, they want comfortable nests, and what better way to make one than with a freshly-washed pair of underwear!?
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
21 Apr 23
I always use a dryer and haven't line dried anything in a long, long time.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
Other than towels and sheets, I haven't either..like I said, I don't have a line, but I will lay them out in the back sometimes.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
I don't think they would allow that in apartment complexes.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
Well, if you want extra work...go for it!
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@JudyEv (342176)
• Rockingham, Australia
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 Yeah, you're quite right.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
21 Apr 23
I only use a dryer for now. I would like to dry my clothes on a clothes line outside though.
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@MarieCoyle (38735)
•
21 Apr 23
I used to dry a lot of loads outside. But I moved about 10 years ago, and we do not have a place to dry clothes, and it's not allowed to put up poles, etc.. I purchased a foldable drying rack that I use a lot. In the winter I can hang things on it to dry inside, many times in nice weather I put it on the back patio and dry things outside in the sunshine. Running the dryer is one of the things that can really run up the electric bill, so I try hard to dry many items without the dryer.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
I usually only run it once a week or twice at the most, so I can live with the energy usage.
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
21 Apr 23
I do really like using dryer because it don`t take a lot of my time hanging the clothes outside
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 Yes because those time you can do other things
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
Yes, I think most people like less work, not more.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Apr 23
I would line dry if I could, but being in this complex, there is not that option. So dryer it is.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
I just don't enjoy the roughness of the clothes with line drying. They feel so much better coming out of the dryer.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
21 Apr 23
There are poles for clotheslines in our back yard but no wires... I prefer using a dryer anyway.
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@RasmaSandra (80783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr 23
I love to dry my laundry outside when I had a garden and lived in Latvia, Now I have not choice but to use a dryer and it just isn't the same,
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
I think it is not the same to hang clothes. They are so rough from being outside.
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@RasmaSandra (80783)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Apr 23
@snowy22315 depends on how you look at it ai always enjoyed the laundry dried on the line better
@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
21 Apr 23
I simply would have been shocked if you said you hung clothes on a clothesline.
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@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
22 Apr 23
That seems to be more common in most of Europe.
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
26 Apr 23
@snowy22315 it is better for the environment too.
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