[balfirevic]

> In Europe most people don't use cloth dryers

As a European, to the extent that this is true, it's only because they don't know what they're missing.

[danielbln]

German here, happy owner of a heat punp drier. To me it's the same as a dishwasher. Something you don't think you'd need until you have it.

And once little people enter the equation, having a drier is a God's end. Modern driers are also gentler on the clothes than the hot air jets of yore.

[gessha]

As a European who currently lives in the US, washes and line dries his clothes, I don’t think mainlanders are missing much. It IS convenient but I’d rather extend the clothes lifespan.

[derbOac]

I (American) kind of learned accidentally how much longer clothes last air drying, from drying work clothes and some of my child's clothes, and then expanding from there.

I kind of grew up with line drying, and then stopped, and then started again.

It is pretty remarkable how much longer clothes last with line drying. I only machine dry heavy items that take awhile to dry and/or benefit from it specifically in terms of fluffing up or wrinkling.

I'm tempted to get a heat pump dryer but I'm worried about the size of the ones that are available near me.

[com2kid]

Dryers can be set to dry on a lower temperature. Sure it takes 30 minutes longer but clothes last a lot longer. Best of both worlds IMHO.