‘This gadget could genuinely replace your tumble dryer’: the best heated airers – tested

Heated airers claim to dry your clothes without costing the earth in energy.

We put 19 to the test over two years, from covered options to winged racks • The best electric heaters Rising energy bills and perma-drizzle are conspiring to keep the nation’s laundry damp, not least by making it such a turn-off to turn on the heating. No wonder heated clothes airers are having a moment. These modish appliances sell out within hours of reaching shops and inspire evangelistic fervour among owners, who call them “life-savers” and “gamechangers”. Can a hot clothes horse really change your life, let alone dry your soggy washing as fast as a…