SHOPPERS are rushing to buy a “brilliant” gadget that costs just pennies to run and is scanning at half price at the checkout.
Iceland is selling a £25 heated clothes airer – reduced from £49.99.
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Heated airers can cost as little as 7p an hour to run, so it could help you to save on your energy bills.
That compares to an energy hungry tumble dryer, which costs an average of 67p per cycle.
An eagle-eyed shopper spotted the gadget at the discounted price on the Iceland website.
They posted the bargain on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group.
Fellow bargain hunters couldn’t believe their eyes at the price.
One savvy shopper said: “It was £50 in store when I went in that’s a bargain at £25!”
Another added: “I’m off to do another Iceland order just to get this.”
While a third simply said: “Brilliant price!”
The airer has two, heated, fold out wings and folds away for easy storage. It measure 55.9cm in height and 98.2cm in width.
We have asked Iceland if the heater airer is available in store as well as online and we will update this article when we hear back.
It’s always best to phone ahead to your local shop to check what they have available to avoid disappointment.
You can find your nearest Iceland store using the locator tool on the website.
It’s also important to remember that if you order online, you will have to pay a small delivery charge, so it’s worth factoring this in before you buy.
It also always pays to compare prices so you know you’re getting the best deal.
You should also always check possible delivery costs and return policies.
Iceland’s heated airer was the cheapest we could find online when we checked.
Dunelm is selling a winged airer for £40, and Robert Dyas has a very similar model priced at £44.99.
Prices can also vary day to day and by what deals are on at the time, plus remember you might pay for delivery if you’re ordering online.
You can compare prices on platforms like Google Shopping.
How does a heated airer work?
Heated clothes airers are like traditional ones, but you plug them in.
The bars of the dryer heat up, speeding up the time it takes to dry the clothes hanging on it.
You can buy covers for some as well, which speeds up the time it takes to dry your clothes.
The cost of running a drier depends on the wattage.
Generally, how much an appliance costs to run depends on how much you use it, what model you have and how much energy you normally use.
But usually the higher the wattage, the more it will cost to run.
A 300w dryer uses 0.3 kWh – a kilowatt hour is the unit of energy used for billing your electricity.
Based on the average heated dryer costing 7p per hour, it would cost 28p for four hours.
That means that over a year, based on daily use, it would add up to an estimated cost of £102.20.
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