I usually do my washing once a week at the Dryer and I spend on average $8 a week say for 8 months of the year, i spend $277 roughly a year on the dryer.
The other 4 is on the clothesline.
So an 8kg Dryer is about $799, so just to pay back the dryer i would be looking at roughly 3 years and there is electricity on top.
What would you say the benefits are, I'm struggling to see any, other than convenience.
Really cheap dryer worth looking at is the Sunny type
Driers use heaps of power too.especuslly electric types for heating.
It's not just the procurement cost of the unit .
See if you can spun dry it better too if you really need one
petrol, tyres etc to travel?
my dryer costs 70c load to run electricty. at the laundromat that is $3. my aldi dryer was $220, or you can pick up a second hand one cheaply around $50.
is it costing you petrol to go to the laundromat?
My dryer uses between 20-40c in electricity per load, depending on the load. My dishwasher uses 29c in electricity.
how did you work it out?
I have a product that measures electricity usage directly from the powerpoint. It also provides total cost when you enter your Price of electricity. Very cool.
Buy your own. I use the laundromat to wash the towels i use on the dog and horse. I also tumble dry it there too.
Hate to be the person that uses it after me,
Using public toilets would save money too but it is disgusting as well as inconvenient. And you can definitely find decent dryers for less than $800.
our Tongtel dryer cost $250……
then again we only use it sparingly and our old Hoover dryer was a hand me down from in laws (it was 20 years old when it started making grinding noises)