Dry wet washing inside with a 49p hack that’s better than a tumble dryer & you WON’T need to iron your kids’ uniforms

AS winter nears, drying laundry is a challenge. And with tumble dryers costing an average £200 a year (75p per hour) to run, it can be costly.

We asked mum-of-three Emma Lazenby to test out different types of drying appliances and rate them out of five.

She says: “When testing each dryer, I hung two loads of washing – a total of 7kg of damp clothes – then timed how long it took for them to dry completely.