Hamilton Beach 11530 Quick Dry Deluxe 8 Way Garment Drying Station

 (11 customer reviews)

We used to live in the desert southwest where air-drying sweaters after washing took only a couple hours. In the humid midwest, they take 2-3 days, and that's laying them out on a drying rack with a fan aimed at them, and could only do one at a time.

The hamilton beach drying station seemed like a great idea, so we gave it a try. We got the model with 5 mesh shelves but no hangers (we heard the hangers don't work so well). We loaded each shelf with a heavy cotton sweater and turned the unit on around 10:30am. By bedtime that night, the sweaters were mostly but not quite all dry, so we let it run over night. The next morning, all 5 sweaters were completely dry. We much prefer drying 5 sweaters in under 24 hours to drying one sweater in 2-3 days. (People who expect their sweaters to dry in a few hours, sorry, that's just not realistic - unless you're living in Phoenix or Vegas.)

Setup took 15 minutes and was pretty easy. To store the unit, you must remove...Read more

The product itself, which is essentially a fan circulating air through the five mesh levels, does dry clothes much faster. It takes up very little space, so it's particularly useful for keeping smaller dwellings looking neat--- beats hanging underwear in the bathroom. The reason it doesn't get five stars is because the hangers do not sit securely on the mesh trays; the hangers have grooves which sit on the metal tubes which make up the edges of the mesh trays, but the hangers are easily dislodged (not a good idea if there are kids around). Overall it's quite useful.

Great product, dried my cotton sweaters in 3 hours! Quality parts, not a piece of junk. Must-have for laundry room or apartment even! Lingerie, stockings, underthings were dry in 20 minutes. It is difficult to store, which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, but it's not an issue for me.