I have wanted a clothes line for years. First, I couldn't think of a good place for it, then not all family members thought it was a great idea. Finally, once we got the deck and pergola finished, I had a great place. I researched retractable clothes lines for quite a while before just picking one. So far, I'm really loving this one.
For the past month, I've been using the line for more loads each week. It is NOT big enough for all the laundry at once, but I can get about 1 1/2 loads on it at one time. Now that the weather is quite warm, I can dry a load on the line outside almost as quickly as I can in the dryer downstairs. I do need more clothes pins, too, as I run out of those before I run out of things to hang.
I still dry our bath towels in the dryer so we're not sandpapering our skin when we dry off. I also tumble dry most of our colored clothes so that they don't fade, although I'm not sure it would make a big difference as most of the drying time is in the morning when the sun is blocked by the house.
I'm not sure how much money this process saves me. I'm not sure that saving money is the point anyway. I know I do look forward to laundry day in a way that I haven't before. That's probably just because I'd always rather be outside than in. lol.
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