Addis Heated Wing Clothes Airer £44.99 @ Lidl

Thats my concern. I air dry my clothes in the garage on coat hangers but underwear, jeans and towels still go in the dryer. This looks like hard work to me, even if it does save a few quid.

That’s expensive to run?

mold takes a while to set in certainly not after a few days. the moisture has to go somewhere and unless you let it out the window it will condensate on a cool surface and create the perfect breeding ground for black mold, which will probably appear after a few months. The repair bill will run into the hundreds for professional redecoration and treatment. Its just the same as when boiling water on the hob or taking a shower, the steam must be let out an open window. I expect you know all this but there are plenty who dont, who get themselves in a right expensive mess.

A dehumidifier and a standard drying rack work best. Some dehumidifiers have a dedicated clothes drying mode. Desiccant versions work best in the UK due to low winter temps (when you’re likely to be using it).

I have found laundry cleaners helps stop that smell, especially whilst washing at low temperatures. Towels especially.

I've been drying clothes in my hall for years on a normal clothes airer and have never had mould

I think it’s just a fair bit cheaper than most other winged heated air driers.

I don’t know how accurate your assumption is. Having it on all month, every hour at 7.5p it’d be £54. From my own experience, I don’t have mine on non-stop all month

When I lived on Skye we didn't have access to a washer or a dryer. We did what we referred to as 'the welly dance' in the bathtub to wash the clothes, used a mangle to squeeze out most of the water and would hang the clothes on the line to dry for as much as we could. However, regardless the weather, I had some disused radiator drying racks that i connected to each other. I hung them in the back window (no one could see it) where we got the sun all days. All the smalls went on that, not just for privacy but also because we didn't have enough clothes pegs for all the clothes AND the smalls out on the line outside =) They dried fairly quickly too.

What's wrong with radiators.

Because this will create more moisture in the air which can settle on walls, furniture etc and turn into mould. Plus you're blocking the heat which means your boiler has to work harder to try and heat the room.