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Whitney Design 3000 30-Line Outdoor Parallel-Style Clothes Dryer with Aluminum Arms | 
 enlarge | Brand: Whitney Design
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $69.99
Buy New: $51.99
You Save: $18.00 (26%)
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 730
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.2
Dimensions (in): 84 x 72 x 72
MPN: 3000
Model: 3000
UPC: 021961300008
EAN: 0021961300008
ASIN: B00124TUUE
Release Date: April 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Parallel-style clothes dryer opens and closes easily | | • | 30 vinyl-coated lines provide 210 feet of linear drying space | | • | Aluminum arms; 2-piece galvanized steel post | | • | Plastic ground sleeve anchors the post into the ground | | • | Measures 84 by 72 by 72 inches |
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Product Description
1 Piece, 210' Rope Arm Aluminum Outdoor Parallel Clothes Dryer, 210' Drying Capacity, 30 Lines, 72" x 84", Pre-Strung With Continuous Vinyl Coated Polyester Core Clothesline, 2 Piece Heavy Gauge Galvanized Steel Tubular 1-1/2" Center Pole With Heavy Duty Polyethylene Ground Sleeve, Single Action Opens & Closes Dryer, Completely Assembled & Ready For Immediate Use, Folds Compactly For Storage.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
1PC 210' Alum Out Dryer July 15, 2007
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
It's the best foldable or umbrella dryer. It also rotates around the pole. I like this rectangular shape better than the V-shape one. I can hang more clothes, sheets, and/or blankets, all at the same time. It has enough space for 2 big loads of clothes. Everyone should have one of this in the yard. It's great for the environment. Beside saving energy, I've also saved more than $50-$60/mo not using my electric dryer. That's $600 a year. We are working on our deck and landscaping our yard. So, we don't have a designated location for the clothesline dryer yet. My husband just hammered it to the ground (instead of cementing it down as they recommended). It holds up just fine in the windy days. .
If you want your towels to be soft, don't over-dry them in the sun. Set the timer and take them in when they're slightly damp and put them in the electric/gas dryer with a sheet of Bounce for a couple of minutes. But if you left them stiffly dried, put a wet towel in the load in a dryer. It will help soften them up.
I have back problem so it does take me a little bit more time to carry the several trips of clothes out to the yard, hang, and pin down every piece. But I feel happy "harvesting" the sun energy and getting some exercise every day, (except for the rainy days. of course) GO SOLAR!!!!
Great energy saver July 31, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I ordered this clothesline for my suburban backyard, largely to combat high electric bills from using the dryer. (It adds up quickly for a family.) It arrived in good condition. Installation consisted of: dig a hole 20 inches deep by 8 inches wide, add some stones to the bottom of the hole, mix a bag of concrete (50 pound bag is about right; 80 pound will give you some left overs), put 6 inches of concrete in hole, set plastic sleeve in ground, fill rest of hole with concrete, insert bottom pole section and make it plumb (straight; use a level), remove pole and drive a stick or dowel through the sleeve and into the ground (for drainage), then let the concrete dry according to instructions. The next day, insert the bottom pole section then add the top section and (GENTLY, to avoid damage to the lines) open it up.
The open/close action on the unit is very easy, but you have to watch out that the lines are on the proper side of the pole. Mine always gets a bit tangled, requiring a couple of attempts before everything is undone. One product improvement would be to reduce the number of surfaces (hinges/pivots) that the lines can catch on.
Setting the clothesline in the ground according to the instructions will place the lines about 73 inches (183 cm) off the ground. This is high enough for a good sized bath towel to clear the ground below. The overall height (top of the center pole) is about 82 inches. If you're working within a POA/HOA height restriction, you could always remove a bit from the bottom of the lower section using a hacksaw.
How well does it work? Great! Clothes get dry in a hurry here in the Texas sun. The lines have stretched a bit with the first few uses, but it's easy to tighten them. The instructions indicate they'll quit stretching after a few uses. The instructions indicate that the unit should be loaded evenly, which is easily done by simply rotating the upper section as you hang the clothes.
Any complaints? One, it's easy to tangle the lines or catch them on hinges when opening/closing the unit. Two, the steel main post comes with a thin coating of grease that should be removed before use. Third, the item is made in China.
#3000 1PC 310' Alum Out Dryer August 22, 2006
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
I am very pleased with this outside clothes dryer. It is well designed and was very easy to install. There is ample space to hang an entire load of wash. I primarily use the dryer for sheets and pillow cases. It is a welcome replacement to my older, well-used clothes line!
C Rowland March 11, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Perfect for my use. Replace existing cloths dryer, Misc. cloths drying in warm weather. Came pre-assembled, popped right into place. Made of light weight aluminum. Easy to take down during winter or bad weather.
very useful drying rack June 21, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm very happy with this umbrella dryer. You're technically supposed to install it by digging a hole and filling it with cement and then putting the holding sleeve insdie, but I just put the sleeve straight into the dirt and it works fine. Not quite as stable, but certainly stable enough, and it skips that pain-in-the-butt installation step.
Once you have the sleeve in the ground, the umbrella sets up easily and can also fold up and be stored elsewhere, which is nice. I've found that the lines usually get a little tangled, but they're easy to untangle when putting the drying rack up.
Hanging the clothes on the rack is simple. One nice aspect about the umbrella is that it rotates, so you can just stand in one spot and rotate it around as needed while hanging clothes. It's got tons of drying space too. I could probably fit 3 full loads of laundry on it at once, except we never have more than one or two at a time.
One aspect my wife was concerned about is that in her experience, drying clothes outside on clotheslines tends to make them stiff. It turns out in our experience that's only been a problem for towels, but clothes stay reasonably soft and loose.
The only significant downside is that it takes a little while to hang the clothes up, whereas it only takes a few seconds to toss them into a dryer. Still, you're saving a lot of energy and money by not running the dryer, so I think it's well worth it. In reasonably warm weather the clothes only take about 2 hours to dry, which is quicker than I expected.
Overall I'm quite happy with this outdoor umbrella dryer.
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