WITH the heatwave at full throttle and outside a sweltering 35 deg C with more chance of a lottery win than rain, the prospect of road testing a portable clothes dryer looked unlikely.

According to Energy Star, if all new dryers sold in the U.S. were energy-efficient heat pump dryers, it would reduce pollution equivalent to taking over 150,000 cars off the road.

Cracking deal (Picture: B&M/Facebook) If you don’t have a tumble drier or the space to hang your clothes in a garden (so, Londoners), then you might be in need of a clothes airer. Good news ...

Unfortunately when we reviewed the dryer, model GTD86ESPJMC, it took a relatively long time to dry wet clothes. That's a big letdown no matter how smart a dryer is.

So start by reading your appliance user manual. Don't just plug in your dryer and start using it, says Chris Granger,vice president of Sears Home Services in the US.

Air quality experts have claimed that drying your clothes inside your house could be making you ill - but there's a simple solution that can cost as little as 79p Comments Lifestyle Zahna Eklund ...