We may not be able to deliver some large items (eg ironing boards) to some areas of Scotland (including Highlands) or offshore locations (including Channel Isles, Northern Ireland, Isles of Man, Wight, Scilly, Orkney and Shetland). Let’s say you have a small garden, or maybe even just a balcony or small spare room to utilise- multiple, parallel, washing lines can help you make the most of your available space. Once you’ve finished drilling, and definitely before you push in your wall plugs, check that you haven’t slipped with the drill and the holes line up spot on still. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.

So the first thing to mention that I am not happy about myself, if you watched the video you’ll know I binned the screws. The Minky 30m Outdoor Retractable Reel has 2 15 m washing lines to provide a total drying length of 30 m, which is sufficient for about 2 loads of washing. DUAL RETRACTABLE LINE: Vinsani washing lines features an automatic retractable design, saves space and retracts back easily when not in use.

I’ve decided to throw a bit of a curve ball – this is a retractable clothes line but does so againt the wall rather than a spool. The only place where I can honestly say this product shows that it is low budget is the smoothness of the line extending and retracting.

Also, the post in my mind was too low so I further bodged it taller with another off cut I just bolted to it. Installation is actually much easier than I thought it would be, and there’s even a handy fixing guide that you can cut off the main packaging that’ll show you where to drill the holes.Both of these factors correlate to what we said above about whether you are in the market for an indoor retractable washing line or one for the garden, such as the Minky retractable duo model. Anyway, the test was prompted by me moving home and needing a new setup so I thought I’d hopefully help you benefit from my experience! This keeps things quite compact, and so you don’t need to have a garden the size of a tennis court to use this model. Being straight up – I didn’t experience this with the Vileda when comparing them directly, though I will say a prop on the Minky would have made more sense too.