Delicates were perfectly dry after even less, but shirts took around an hour and denim a little longer.

This state-of-the-art 3-tier electric clothes dryer offers unparalleled warmth to your garments, ensuring they dry efficiently and quickly.Instead of wrapping delicates in towels and balancing them precariously on the bathroom radiator, or hanging dresses up in the shower to drip-dry, an electric airer means you can just wring them out gently and lay them flat to dry.

The Minky Wing offers 12m of drying space and holds up to 10kg of laundry (one generous wash load, pretty much). Testers found it simple to assemble and it was the fastest at drying on test, too – it heated up in four minutes and clothes dried within one and a half hours on average. Drying clothes is a bit like cooking – if you whack up the temperature, your garments will dry faster but they’ll feel slightly crisp on the outside. However once it had got going, it was belting out heat, and felt hotter than my usual airer, which boded well for some quick and effective clothes drying. Our experts at the GHI put a range of models to the test, timing how quickly our loads of laundry dried, monitoring exactly how much electricity each airer used and analysing how easy they were to set up.Not only is a heated airer far kinder to your garments than tumble drying (it adds years to the lifespan of your clothes), it’s also better for the environment. Although it’s not quite as small as it appears online – it stands 4ft 4in high – this is one of the best choices for a student’s bedroom or a small flat, since it collapses easily into a three-inch thick pallet that can be stowed under a bed or sofa. Personally, I favour the larger version – if you’re using it anyway, you might as well dry two loads at once and then put it away until next time.

FAST AND GENTLE DRYING: The BLACK + DECKER 3-Tier Heated Electric Airer features a powerful yet gentle heating element that evenly distributes warmth across all the tiers.

The Black and Decker 3-Tier Heated Airer is ideal for a convenient, easy-to-use and cost-effective solution to dry your washing.