Today's helpful household hint

[jmowreader]

Dry all your clothes on Low. The tradeoffs you get for the increased drying time are that they come out much nicer and there's less shrinkage.

[snowybirdie]

1. I agree

All except towels.

[halfulglas]

2. Yep. Also some things don't have to be put in the dryer at all.

Sometimes polyester items can be hung on a hanger to dry right from the washer. Also less shrinkage and remaining items from that load dry faster in the dryer from being less crowded.

[XanaDUer2]

3. Kick nt

[Leith]

4. I put all clothing on air fluff

then I hang them up and let the Mojave Desert lack of humidity do the rest. Even blue jeans are dry in a couple hours.

See? Easy peasy!

[Earth-shine]

5. Synthetic items like fleece, which is made from shredded polyester and often other recycled plastics

do not fare well under repeated high-heat dryings.

Heat melts the fibers a little at a time. The result of this is that the fleece hardens, losing that supersoft feel.

Fleece and other synthetics will dry quickly on hangers or a clothesline, without deterioration, even when dried indoors. (For better results, aim a fan at the clothes.)