Tumble Dryers


Something I've always wondered.... dry clothes in the tumble dryer and you get a drawer full of fluff. If you dry on a clothes horse or outside where do the fluff go?
 
You’re forced to have one here in the states, as practically all homeowners associations have rules which do not allow drying clothes on a line - even in your own “back yard”
”the land of the free”, etc.

Tumble dryers destroy clothes:
  • Dryers shrink clothing. This is common knowledge to many. But what you may not know, and what a recent study confirmed, according to USA Today, is that the dryer shrinks clothing twice as much as washing alone. The study says that the temperature of tumble drying isn't what causes shrinkage — it's the agitation and forced air that affects the fabric's size.
  • The agitation of tumble drying produces microscopic wear to your clothing. Since it's so small, you can't actually see it unless you look in the dryer's lint compartment. There you will find pieces of fabric that have come off the clothing in the dryer, and they reduce the longevity of your garment. The study found that towels washed and dried 20 times lost 50% of their tensile strength.
 
You’re forced to have one here in the states, as practically all homeowners associations have rules which do not allow drying clothes on a line - even in your own “back yard”
”the land of the free”, etc.

Tumble dryers destroy clothes:
  • Dryers shrink clothing. This is common knowledge to many. But what you may not know, and what a recent study confirmed, according to USA Today, is that the dryer shrinks clothing twice as much as washing alone. The study says that the temperature of tumble drying isn't what causes shrinkage — it's the agitation and forced air that affects the fabric's size.
  • The agitation of tumble drying produces microscopic wear to your clothing. Since it's so small, you can't actually see it unless you look in the dryer's lint compartment. There you will find pieces of fabric that have come off the clothing in the dryer, and they reduce the longevity of your garment. The study found that towels washed and dried 20 times lost 50% of their tensile strength.
To combat the shrinking I buy clothes that are too big for me to start with.
 
So that must mean than table driers are reducing the amount of fabric in your clothes.
Basically yes, albeit on a small scale. It’s the movement and rubbing together of the clothes in the dryer that creates the fluff which gets caught in the filter. On a airer that doesent happen.
 

Tumble dryers destroy clothes:
  • Dryers shrink clothing. This is common knowledge to many. But what you may not know, and what a recent study confirmed, according to USA Today, is that the dryer shrinks clothing twice as much as washing alone. The study says that the temperature of tumble drying isn't what causes shrinkage — it's the agitation and forced air that affects the fabric's size.
… are you it’s more a case of Americans growing fatter?
 
Update for those that give a shit-
Paid for a service plan (£200/yr). Dude came out, said the parts are obsolete. It’s a 3 yr old candy machine, but it’s actually a white knight which Candy have put a sticker on. After a couple of weeks waiting for the servicing team to talk to Candy who talk to d&g, I receive my brand new Candy HEAT PUMP dryer tomorrow- price in the shops £600. Plus I get another yrs servicing free
It’s been a wait but worth it
 
There’s 4 of us (2 adults, 2 kids) so we put all our “smalls” in the dryer otherwise it takes ages to hang them out and get them in.
 
Update for those that give a shit-
Paid for a service plan (£200/yr). Dude came out, said the parts are obsolete. It’s a 3 yr old candy machine, but it’s actually a white knight which Candy have put a sticker on. After a couple of weeks waiting for the servicing team to talk to Candy who talk to d&g, I receive my brand new Candy HEAT PUMP dryer tomorrow- price in the shops £600. Plus I get another yrs servicing free
It’s been a wait but worth it
£600 for a Candy!!!!????

Prices must have increased since we bought our Haier heat pump machine.
 

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