Is it cheaper to do one full tumble dryer load or two halves?

[Elpenor]

Tumble dryer is essential during winter. I’ve managed to hang stuff out in the garden this week, then finish it off in the t/d

 

[DotCommunist]

profligacy is what I call it. Now I'm off for my cold shower and dry bread.

 

[Supine]

And you can't dry clothes outside because nasty seagulls would shit all over them

Fixed that for you

 

[JimW]

Beijing winters are mostly dry and sunny, so dry you produce static, so hanging washing on hangers in the front room even when it's minus ten out it will be dry by afternoon or next morning if heavy, which is handy with kids - the room is in the "north building" i.e. south facing with big windows of an old-style farm compound. Small bonuses of crappy continental weather system. If it gets above freezing in the day you can stick it out on the line in the yard for a bit to get a freshening finish, the air's OK here because we back right onto the mountains.

 

[WouldBe]

And you can't dry clothes outside if you don't have a garden or back yard thing - well, you could buy they'd probably get nicked.

Local flats have communal clothes lines.

 

[platinumsage]

Would the cost of regularly replacing nicked clothes from the average communal line be greater than the cost of always tumble drying them instead?

 

[WouldBe]

Yeah I frickin hate clothes horses. Always getting in the way and just making the place look messy. Also in the depths of winter you have to have the heating on anyway or they take forever and a day to dry. Tumble dryers FTW.

Not had a tumble drier in years. Was more trouble than it was worth.

 

[newme]

Tumble dryer is essential during winter. I’ve managed to hang stuff out in the garden this week, then finish it off in the t/d

We had to bring the tumble drier in out of the (concrete) shed as it apparently is useless under 5c. Even as a fancy pants heat pump thing with ridiculous energy rating. Finally got the thing out of the kitchen but I don't fancy migrating the thing each year. It's not a damned flock of birds. Got two parrots in the living room already.