Dri Buddy

[Venomous]

If you put it on do you feel air being blown out?

The bag is suppose to ''puff up'' from the air being blown into it.

If not then it's borked & must be taken back.

I can tell you from experience that it does not dry thicker material very well (at least not quickly, does slowly)

[MagicalDimension.Com]

Thanks! I haven't seen anything on the box or the booklet or online that indicates it should start up blowing like a blowheater, but that would actually make sense. I wonder how many people know it should do that; perhaps that's why it's so unpopular online if you search for reviews. Too many defective units?

Mine has heat coming from the silver grill but it's not anything that will "puff up" the bag.

Thanks!

[MagicalDimension.Com]

Just wanted to post a happy ending for those who still believe in happy endings

So I went back and got another dribuddi and this one blows! It blows I tells ya!

Blowing hot air it actually dries my clothes too so yay! Everybody's happy.

Takes about 7 hours to completely dry a load (not sure why they added a 3 hour timer when clearly you need to live in the dessert for a load to only take 3 hours).

There's fun in doing laundry again! Until the novelty wears off anyway

[SaiyanZ]

There's no way the thing should take 7 hours. Heavier stuff like jeans and towels took about 3 hours for me. T-shirts and normal thin cotton clothing took about an hour. The clothes must be wrung/spun dry before you put them on, not dripping.

I had one for about 4 years. Used it for the first few months but then got lazy and just used the tumble dryer Rather pay R10 for a load in the tumbe dryer than have to hang up wet clothing on hangers. I lent it to my ex at the beginning of this year (not my ex at the time..) and she uses it all the time. Don't know whether I should ask for it back.. It is useful for drying the odd small thing when a dryer would be overkill. Even if you're not drying stuff it is useful for hanging clothing on. It would have been useful yesterday for me. Was looking for somewhere to hang up a bunch of microfiber towels that I'd handwashed but realized I had nowhere decent to hang the stuff..

[MagicalDimension.Com]

For just hanging stuff you can get a steel wire rack from Checkers for R100. No need to spend R600 on a clothes horse

Mine does take 7 to 8 hours, even longer if the sleeves touch the sides of the bag, which it most always do.

What I like about it is that while the clothes are wet, you can push the pocket flaps down and they'll dry like that. In the tumble dryer they curl up and stand out all over the place.

Plus, reason I looked into this dribuddi thing is because I lost three pairs of pants in the last 2 months because they come out of the dryer feeling thinner every time until finally they rip like crepe paper.

But it could be the dryer that dates from 1988. Those huge all metal ones that make a noise like an earthquake if you tap on it. Perhaps these days the dryers are gentler on the clothes? Dunno. But, I'll use my dribuddi for a while, see how it goes.

[Humberto]

Any other thoughts about the DriBuddi?

I'm considering getting one. I don't have a washing line where I live and don't want my stuff damaged by a tumble dryer.

[abzo]

There's no way the thing should take 7 hours. Heavier stuff like jeans and towels took about 3 hours for me. T-shirts and normal thin cotton clothing took about an hour. The clothes must be wrung/spun dry before you put them on, not dripping.

I had one for about 4 years. Used it for the first few months but then got lazy and just used the tumble dryer Rather pay R10 for a load in the tumbe dryer than have to hang up wet clothing on hangers. I lent it to my ex at the beginning of this year (not my ex at the time..) and she uses it all the time. Don't know whether I should ask for it back.. It is useful for drying the odd small thing when a dryer would be overkill. Even if you're not drying stuff it is useful for hanging clothing on. It would have been useful yesterday for me. Was looking for somewhere to hang up a bunch of microfiber towels that I'd handwashed but realized I had nowhere decent to hang the stuff..

Did she eventually return it?
It helps in this rainy weather. I mean of course it can't compete with the sun but it does it's bit.

[MsDenz]

Any other thoughts about the DriBuddi?

I'm considering getting one. I don't have a washing line where I live and don't want my stuff damaged by a tumble dryer.

It kind of gets irritating hanging up wet clothes on hangers after a while. Iirc it only has space enough to hang up about 18 items and thicker clothing does take a long time. I used to only use mine in rainy weather and still managed to get fed up with the hanger thing.

[SaiyanZ]

Did she eventually return it?

Nope, she took a lot more from me than just the Dri Buddy. Other furniture etc. I asked for the stuff back once and she went all crazy on me. Changed the topic and started saying bad things about me. So I just left the stuff with her and haven't contacted her since. This was over a year ago. She did try to contact me afterwards a few times for new years, valentines etc.. but I just ignored her. I couldn't be happier now and ignoring her calls/messages feels great

[Humberto]

It kind of gets irritating hanging up wet clothes on hangers after a while. Iirc it only has space enough to hang up about 18 items and thicker clothing does take a long time. I used to only use mine in rainy weather and still managed to get fed up with the hanger thing.

Does it help reduce wrinkling by hanging the clothes on hangers while still moist?

Which of these options is best, bearing in mind space, cost, convenience, damage to fabrics and electricity usage?

• Washing machine with DriBuddi costing around R 3,600;
• Washing machine with separate tumble dryer costing around R 5,000;
• Combination washing machine and tumble dryer costing around R 6,000?

[Stefanmuller]

Does it help reduce wrinkling by hanging the clothes on hangers while still moist?

Which of these options is best, bearing in mind space, cost, convenience, damage to fabrics and electricity usage?

• Washing machine with DriBuddi costing around R 3,600;
• Washing machine with separate tumble dryer costing around R 5,000;
• Combination washing machine and tumble dryer costing around R 6,000?

Don't get Dri-buddy. Get Genesis Dry-Fast. It looks the same but works better. We've been using one for the past 6 years as we don't have a tumble dryer. It works great. Just make sure to shake out your clothes straight after your washing machine stops, and you won't need to iron. We never iron.

[akescpt]

I just love me dri buddi!

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I wouldn't buy one just for the mere fact that it's called a "Dri Buddy".

[abzo]

I wouldn't buy one just for the mere fact that it's called a "Dri Buddy".

Prefer your buddies wet?

[Humberto]

I got a DriBuddi. It does work, with the following provisos:

• I need to run it overnight to dry my clothes.
• In the process it uses between 5 kWh and 10 kWh of electricity.
• It heats up the room which might be a problem in very hot weather.
• You can only hang a few items of clothing at a time.
• It can't dry large items like blankets.

It does reduce the need for ironing to such an extent that so far I have not needed to iron my clothes. They don't come out as though they had been ironed but the wrinkling that remains after they've been in the DriBuddi is very little. There should also be less fading of the colours since the clothes don't bathe in the UV radiation of the sun.

Overall it serves my needs well but I am one person living alone. I don't think it would serve the needs of a family.