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    Spin Dryers

    I had one of these recommended to me by someone on another forum. Does anybody use a spin dryer? Would it really save money on my dryer bill, or is it best used for people who hang dry their clothes?

    SOME things I could hang dry (dress slacks & underthings), but I have 3 cats, and the dryer does the best job of getting the fur off my clothes (socks, "house" clothing). My sweaters I hand wash and dry flat anyway, so that wouldn't save me any money, but would save drying time. I don't know that that's worth $145, though. My towels and bedding, and also jeans, I would not hang dry, unless it was outside on a windy day, and I don't have access to an outside line, so those I will absolutely continue to go through the dryer.


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  • #2
    Arent all dryers spin dryers? Unless I missed something.

    Did someone invent a dryer that now throw clothes into the air and catches them. I guess that would be a throw up in air and catch dryer?

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    • #3
      It's a separate unit you use to put clothes in after the washer. It spins excess water out of the laundry, since most washing machines spin at a much lower RPM and don't get nearly so much water out of the clothes. My washing machine doesn't have a standalone spin cycle, so I can't spin out my hand-washed sweaters (and they usually take 3-4 days to dry, laying flat on the guest bed).

      I got maintenance to change out the hose on our dryer, and clean out the ducts yesterday. It had been taking us ~2.5 - 3 hours to dry one load of laundry, and yesterday I got 3 loads to dry, each in an hour! (Though I did have a teeny bit of dampness on a couple items in one of those loads).

      Supposedly, with the spin dryer used in between washing & drying, you can get your clothes dry in the dryer in half an hour.

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      • #4
        I recently read an article that said the RPM of front loading washing machines is pretty high it was like 1000 or 1400 rpm? They effectively get the water out of clothes so that they need less drying time.

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        • #5
          That may be about the new machines. I live in an apartment and I know the machines are over 5 years old (I've been there that long), top loading washer, ancient dryer. I haven't any place to store them, and I don't know if my "future house" will have gas or electric hookups, which is what makes me against replacing them. I expect to be renting for another 8 years, 5 if I'm truly a great saver.

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          • #6
            What about just setting the washer to do an extra spin before you through the clothes in the dryer? It might not be as good as one of these spinners, but every little bit would help.

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            • #7
              The picture of the spin dryer looked rather small. Would it allow a full load or only partial loads at a time, something to consider if it can only do 25%, 33%, or 50% of a full load. I didn't know those things still existed. 30 years ago I remember using those things at the laundromat after washing and before drying in order to remove the excess water. I haven't seen those things since then and I'm still going to laundromats 30 years later (shrug, lol). I've read somewhere that drying times can be cut in half if a dry towel is added to the dryer along with the wet clothes. I've never tried it myself.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Baby_nurse View Post
                What about just setting the washer to do an extra spin before you through the clothes in the dryer? It might not be as good as one of these spinners, but every little bit would help.

                My washer doesn't have a spin cycle independent of rinse. If I select spin, it fills with water, soaks, and then spins.

                I'm sure it would have some degree of usefulness, and if the price tag were $30-$40, I'd get it just because. The $145 price tag, though, really makes me want to feel sure it will pay for itself. It says it will hold 12 lbs of wet laundry, and I read a review saying that was about half a larger load. So add 6-8 minutes of spinning per load, and if it really will dry in half an hour, that's more than 20 mins of dryer time saved, say, 4x/week.

                How much $ equals 69 hours of dryer operation in a year?

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