Clothes drier (1 Viewer)

Jan 31, 2016
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What do people use for drying clothes in the bathroom ?

At the moment there is and extending two pole towel rail at head height in ours but it swings about, and falls apart (not very good build quality) when you put a jacket on it.
 
Jan 19, 2014
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We dry them outside, you don't want moisture in the van. If it's raining she doesn't wash, but the towels get hung on the steering wheel.
 

Southdowners

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If its raining or for some other reason I hang my washing in the garage on one of the retractable five line things by Brabantia.

If I've only got a few things I put them on hangers and hang them in the shower then I put a small oil fired radiator in below them and close the doors to the shower. It then makes a great little drying cabinet. :)

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sdc77

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If were staying somewhere we may have the awning out and we will hang stuff in there... but if not or were on the move we too use the bathroom. We can hang things from a circular metal edge on the roof of the shower .. we can also put a small oil rad in there if req
We can also divert blown air into mainly the shower if necessary
 
Oct 20, 2014
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We dry them outside, you don't want moisture in the van. If it's raining she doesn't wash, but the towels get hung on the steering wheel.

I hang towels on a trouser hanger and hang them from the locker handles in the cab area if I can’t put them outside.
 
Jan 28, 2008
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on a burstner the shower riser rail is made to double as a washing line clips across the shower im amazed to find this isnt the case on a hymer

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denisejoe

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The Burstner system is brilliant, don't know why all manufacturers don't do it. Haven't got a burster now so Joe stuck a piece of plastic opposite where our hooks are and we use an extending curtain rod which is strong enough even for coats.

Denise
 

Riverbankannie

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I use these plastic pegs with integrated hooks which hang over the shower curtain rail. Also useful to hang wet stuff under awning from the rails.
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For emergency wet weather drying, I string one of these camping lines across the shower giving extra hanging space.

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We often have wet towels after the dogs have been at the beach so we have a washing line which we hang between the 2 handles above the cab doors and put them on that overnight, by morning they are normally dry. During the day I rig up a washing line over the rear bed using the handles on the upper lockers ... once we went to a laundrette where the drier wouldn't work so we ended up with a 'mission impossible' type arrangement of lines criss-crossed all over the bed area to hang everything on!
 

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Minxy

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Coat hangers ... clip ones for skirts and trousers and 'triangle' ones for tops etc ... they don't take much storage space, so long as you don't use the ones sold in posh shops which are meant for clothes with massive shoulder pads! :D
 
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Drisoon in the awning and our shower has a rail with s hooks fitted, close the door and extractor on low great for towels etc

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Aug 30, 2018
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Probably been said before but for quick drying towels we use microfibre travel towels. Light and compact too. Loads on Amazon. Check the sizes before ordering. :)
 
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denisejoe

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Can't stand microfibre towels! Can't dry yourself properly with them - and I do know you're not supposed to rub but dab!

We use an extending net curtain rod across the bathroom and use hangers to dry clothes, can get more on it then.

Denise

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SMB

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Use one of those rotary drier thingys when the weathers good, if the bathroom's the only option due to inclement weather and on hookup then hang them in there with the blown air on
 

Minxy

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Can't stand microfibre towels! Can't dry yourself properly with them - and I do know you're not supposed to rub but dab!

We use an extending net curtain rod across the bathroom and use hangers to dry clothes, can get more on it then.

Denise
I too used to be the same about micro fibre towels but they are not all the same, we bought some suede feel ones and they are certainly a lot better than any of the others we've had, including the fluffier ones.

We actually bought 12 of them - 6 for us and 6 for the 3 dogs; I used a couple of the dog ones to make cooling/drying jackets for them, one large one for our heffalump Romy and cut one towel in half to make smaller ones for our other 2 dogs.

You may think that buying 12 was very extravagant but as they were being sold off for £1.50 each instead of £6 they didn't cost a lot - they take up less space than one of the dog's original towels and dry very, very quickly. We used them on our last holiday and we were very impressed, so definitely a good buy!

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The Returnee

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@Minxy Girl:
I'll have to measure, but I think it would stand in my garage...

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Minxy

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I too used to be the same about micro fibre towels but they are not all the same, we bought some suede feel ones and they are certainly a lot better than any of the others we've had, including the fluffier ones.

We actually bought 12 of them - 6 for us and 6 for the 3 dogs; I used a couple of the dog ones to make cooling/drying jackets for them, one large one for our heffalump Romy and cut one towel in half to make smaller ones for our other 2 dogs.

You may think that buying 12 was very extravagant but as they were being sold off for £1.50 each instead of £6 they didn't cost a lot - they take up less space than one of the dog's original towels and dry very, very quickly. We used them on our last holiday and we were very impressed, so definitely a good buy!
Sticking my nose in here, or perhaps throwing the towel in :whistle: A company called Dock and Bay make great microfibre towels with, as @Minxy Girl says a suede like feel. Not cheap at £15 but I was given mine as a present so very cheap cheap for me.
 

The Returnee

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Last time I looked, Lidl had biggish microfibre towels for a very good price.

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