The Minky Wing offers 12m of drying space and holds up to 10kg of laundry (one generous wash load, pretty much).

Hanging your clothes on our Homefront drying racks is not only better for your clothes, but is also great for your environment. It can still hold up to 15kg of washing, but because the racks are so much closer together we found that washing stayed wet for longer than the more spacious Dry:Soon models. The main difference with a heated airer is that you needHowever, in our tests, we only needed this airer turned on for a fraction of the time of a standard heated drying rack, with even the thickest hoodies and jeans drying in 3 hours max. The three-tier frame is really sturdy and I find it takes up less space than a traditional clothes horse when completely unfolded. Using hangers through the middle of the bars is also highly effective for drying shirts and stops the usual criticism that heated airers only dry the bit touching the bars.

It’s another dryer with an incredibly lightweight aluminium design – we were able to move it using just one hand – and it’s carpet-friendly too, with beam supports instead of separate, carpet-branding feet. If you don’t require the manpower of the bigger heated airers on this list, perhaps if you’re washing for one or just looking for something for the bathroom, this Dunelm heated ladder is an excellent value choice. Consider what available floor space you have whilst still being able to open doors and manouevre around it safely. It’s an incredibly compact design that’s perfect for small laundry rooms or homes where space is tight, but it still features six rungs that’ll allow you to dry large loads of washing.It’s estimated these devices cost between 10p to 20p an hour to run, making them cheaper to use than a tumble dryer.