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I bought a clothes airer just over 2 years ago from John Lewis, and it's about to collapse. Guaranteed 1 year.


It was a flaky rattling thing from the start, but they all are. Unless I commission a carpenter to make something substantial on pulleys I'm just going to have to buy another.

But soft, for £100 I can buy another slightly more substantial version from John Lewis, but it's electric.


"Just plug it in to the mains, feel the aluminium alloy heat up, and place your wet laundry on the 3 tiers to enjoy super-toasty results."

Added to which, the fittings on my bathroom towel rail are utterly crap. John Lewis stuff should be better than this. It's just more landfill crap. :mad:

I don't give a shit about super-toasty results, I just want something to do a simple, basic job without buckling after 2 wet towels have been draped over it.
 
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I bought a clothes airer just over 2 years ago from John Lewis, and it's about to collapse. Guaranteed 1 year.


It was a flaky rattling thing from the start, but they all are. Unless I commission a carpenter to make something substantial on pulleys I'm just going to have to buy another.

However, for £100 I can buy another slightly more substantial version from John Lewis, but it's electric.


"Just plug it in to the mains, feel the aluminium alloy heat up, and place your wet laundry on the 3 tiers to enjoy super-toasty results."

Added to which, the fittings on my bathroom towel rail are utterly crap. John Lewis stuff should be better than this. It's just more landfill crap. :mad:
Like so much in the world, John Lewis ain't what it used to be.
 
I bought a clothes airer just over 2 years ago from John Lewis, and it's about to collapse. Guaranteed 1 year.


It was a flaky rattling thing from the start, but they all are. Unless I commission a carpenter to make something substantial on pulleys I'm just going to have to buy another.

But soft, for £100 I can buy another slightly more substantial version from John Lewis, but it's electric.


"Just plug it in to the mains, feel the aluminium alloy heat up, and place your wet laundry on the 3 tiers to enjoy super-toasty results."

Added to which, the fittings on my bathroom towel rail are utterly crap. John Lewis stuff should be better than this. It's just more landfill crap. :mad:

I don't give a shit about super-toasty results, I just want something to do a simple, basic job without buckling after 2 wet towels have been draped over it.
I have one that looks identical to the electric one (I believe we got from Lakeland) and it has lasted about five years but needs replacing soon due to being loose and swinging about all over the place. If they'd made it with nuts and bolts I could tighten it up myself but there is fuck all tightenable on the whole thing.
 
The best one I've had has been this Minky one which has lasted a four-five person household five years so far and still solid
 
I saw a clothes airer discarded on the roadside near Honiton yesterday. I can pop back and see if it's still there if you want.

We have the JL electric one which works fine as far as it goes. Of course, if you put a large t shirt on it, you'll get a warm dry strip where that part is resting on the airer, but the hangy down bits will still be wet
 
I bought a clothes airer just over 2 years ago from John Lewis, and it's about to collapse. Guaranteed 1 year.


It was a flaky rattling thing from the start, but they all are. Unless I commission a carpenter to make something substantial on pulleys I'm just going to have to buy another.

But soft, for £100 I can buy another slightly more substantial version from John Lewis, but it's electric.


"Just plug it in to the mains, feel the aluminium alloy heat up, and place your wet laundry on the 3 tiers to enjoy super-toasty results."

Added to which, the fittings on my bathroom towel rail are utterly crap. John Lewis stuff should be better than this. It's just more landfill crap. :mad:

I don't give a shit about super-toasty results, I just want something to do a simple, basic job without buckling after 2 wet towels have been draped over it.
Still worth complaining to them, mind.
 
I bought a clothes airer just over 2 years ago from John Lewis, and it's about to collapse. Guaranteed 1 year.


It was a flaky rattling thing from the start, but they all are. Unless I commission a carpenter to make something substantial on pulleys I'm just going to have to buy another.

But soft, for £100 I can buy another slightly more substantial version from John Lewis, but it's electric.


"Just plug it in to the mains, feel the aluminium alloy heat up, and place your wet laundry on the 3 tiers to enjoy super-toasty results."

Added to which, the fittings on my bathroom towel rail are utterly crap. John Lewis stuff should be better than this. It's just more landfill crap. :mad:

I don't give a shit about super-toasty results, I just want something to do a simple, basic job without buckling after 2 wet towels have been draped over it.
Complain via social media. Gets better responses as companies hate others seeing complaints aired in the public domain
 
My wife has brought about a million of the fuckers, mostly from JL. I hate the fucking things and yet her life's ultimate goal seems to be to be able to fill every single square inch of our home with multi level damp clothing.

When I get back come round with a van when she is out...
 
The best one I've had has been this Minky one which has lasted a four-five person household five years so far and still solid
Yes! Was going post I have a Minky one that looks identical to the OP.
I’ve had it over ten years and it’s constantly used. It’s been blown over many times outside so is a little bent but otherwise is fine.
 
The clothes dryer market is a bit Russian roulette

I’ve had 50/50 results with metal frames buckling

I made the leap to a ceiling mounted wooden frame that comes down on a pulley system and it’s still going strong (and reminds me of my nanna’s gaff)

Electric hot air tents are strange
 
I saw a clothes airer discarded on the roadside near Honiton yesterday. I can pop back and see if it's still there if you want.
I don't think I have ever bought one, well at least not for the last 30 years. People always seem to be throwing them out. Whenever I find one that's in better condition than the one I have at home, I take it.
 
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I don't think I have ever bought one, well at least not for the last 30 years. People always seem to be throwing them out. Whenever I find one that's in better condition than the one I have at home, I take it.
Yep. Reading this thread is amazing. I knew they must exist but never expected to encounter one of these mythical people who buy new clothes airers in the wild, never mind so many all in one place
 
The clothes dryer market is a bit Russian roulette

I’ve had 50/50 results with metal frames buckling

I made the leap to a ceiling mounted wooden frame that comes down on a pulley system and it’s still going strong (and reminds me of my nanna’s gaff)

Electric hot air tents are strange

Aye, when I was growing up we had a pulley.
 
I still don’t understand the thread title
It's about stuff that's so badly / cheaply made that its practically falling apart before you get it home, and when you shop around for something better, there isn't anything better, it's the same old crappy junk, destined to end on a landfill site the week after the
guarantee ends.

Share your heartbreak / disappointment / support / advice / shaking fist at the sky stories here on this thread.

The crappy title reflects the subject.
 
It's about stuff that's so badly / cheaply made that its practically falling apart before you get it home, and when you shop around for something better, there isn't anything better, it's the same old crappy junk, destined to end on a landfill site the week after the
guarantee ends.

Share your heartbreak / disappointment / support / advice / shaking fist at the sky stories here on this thread.

The crappy title reflects the subject.
I think you need to change it first as it makes no sense at all.
 
I don't think I have ever bought one, well at least not for the last 30 years. People always seem to be throwing them out. Whenever I find one that's in better condition than the one I have at home, I take it.
I have a wooden one I rescued from going into the skip yrs ago, it's still fine, not sure I've ever bought an airer for myself and I've had my own place for over 40 yrs now. There is still a pulley in our shed but it's too cold in there for washing!
 
falling to bits already makes more sense to me
I think this may be a Scots/English misunderstanding.
It makes no sense to me and there’s no context. I only clicked on it cos it made me go ‘EH?’
So maybe something that gives it more context so thick/English people can understand it
 
Ceiling drying rack is the way to go. Except ours doesn't go up and down because the cleat hook you're supposed to wrap the rope round won't stay screwed into the crap plaster. It stays aloft permanently and I have to keep a tall person in the house for laundry hanging duties.
 
Ceiling drying rack is the way to go. Except ours doesn't go up and down because the cleat hook you're supposed to wrap the rope round won't stay screwed into the crap plaster. It stays aloft permanently and I have to keep a tall person in the house for laundry hanging duties.

Glue a 6" x 6" piece of wood to the wall and put the screws into that.
 
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