Switching to air drying can save hundreds

that works wonders when you live in a hot, dry place. i'm back living in my hometown in northeastern brazil after spending 13 years in southern brazil, which is cold and damp 9 months of the year. since i've arrived i used the dryer only once. but back there it was hard to let them dry out in the air. you either used the dryer or accumulated dirty clothes, up to the point you were left without clean clothes and with a big potential rat nest.

Or if line drying is not practical for you for whatever reason, consider a heat pump dryer as a compromise. It dries by dehumidification instead of heat (it condenses the moisture away and continuously blows dry air at your clothes) and uses a fraction of the energy (to the point that they use the standard North American 120v 15A plug and not the giant 240v one). Most models also don't need to be vented so you won't have a tube full of lint that can catch fire. Technology Connections likened them to accelerated line drying.
- But you use them for much longer... so it might be close to the same maybe?
  I didnt do the calculation but someome should.
- That's what I have and it's great! No exhaust to waste the hot air, just a water outlet/reservoir. It's maybe a tad slower than a conventions dryer but it still dries an entire load in an hour or less, for way cheaper.
  The other factor that makes a massive difference is having a washer with a high speed spin cycle. Mine is 1200 rpm but I've seen up to 1800 rpm. Even 1200 rpm squeezes out way more water than your typically slow top-load machine.

Line drying makes your clothes last longer too. I do that with all my jeans, towels, hoodies, etc. Basically only use the dryer for cotton socks, underwear, and tshirts.
- careful with the summer sun tho. two of my black sweatshirts got a slightly less black side last summer 😅

I haven't used a dryer in years. I have one but I literally never use it.
- I wish I had that kind of time. Takes too long to hang all that stuff.
  
  I wish I had air
- We've never had a dryer, so air drying it is, all the way.

N dlesve your clothese feeling litke hard crusty shit
- I think your comment spent too long being tumble dried.
  
  I grew up in poverty wearing air dried clothes every day of my childhood. One of the biggeat things i looked foward to soon as I started living my adult lif ena dpaying own own way was using the dryer like any normal sane person.