How this anti-crease dryer can stop you wasting time ironing

Are you one of those people who enjoy the alleged mindfulness of ironing? If so, lucky you. For the rest of us, though, pushing a piece of hot metal over our clothes to make them slightly less wrinkled ranks as one of the most tedious and time-consuming household chores.

For many, ironing is considered one of the most time-consuming and tedious household chores because it involves manually removing wrinkles from clothes by moving a hot iron over them.

Fortunately, technological innovation in the world of tumble dryers has given us a way out of this domestic drudgery. The engineers at Bosch, one of the most trusted names in home appliances, clearly shared our frustrations with ironing, prompting them to develop the Easy Iron feature that’s now integral to its range of heat pump tumble dryers.

In this article, we shine a spotlight on Bosch dryers’ Easy Iron functionality, designed to cut down your ironing time by delivering your clothes with fewer wrinkles straight from the dryer.

Bosch has developed the Easy Iron feature for its range of heat pump tumble dryers, designed to significantly reduce ironing time by delivering clothes with fewer wrinkles straight from the dryer.

If you want to reduce the time you spend standing behind an ironing board, you can always use a handheld garment steamer or transfer damp laundry straight from the washer onto clothes hangers to help the wrinkles drop out naturally. These options are probably no less time consuming than ironing, though, and may not be practical if you have limited space or don’t want your home filled with drying laundry.

This is where Bosch’s Easy Iron comes in, not just giving you dry clothes, but also preventing heavy creasing from occurring. The function keeps garments moving gently around following the standard drying cycle.

The Easy Iron feature prevents heavy creasing by keeping garments moving gently after the standard drying cycle, which helps in reducing or loosening existing wrinkles.

This feature utilises continuous drum movement to prevent new creases from forming and reduce existing ones, especially lighter creases that may have formed during washing and drying. The continuous movement of the drum can have a smoothing effect on the fabric, especially for lighter creases that may have formed during washing and drying.

Yes, Bosch dryers allow you to choose an automatic Easy Iron option after every drying cycle or turn it off. You can select either a 60 or 120-minute anti-crease cycle depending on the fabric type and your urgency.

The choice depends on the fabric type and the degree of wrinkling. Casual clothes with slight wrinkles may need only 60 minutes, while more crease-prone garments like formal wear may benefit from the 120-minute option.

For everyday wear like casual clothes or items that only have slight wrinkles, the 60-minute option may be sufficient. For clothes that are more prone to creasing, such as business attire, dress shirts, or formal wear, the 120-minute option allows for a more thorough and extended drum movement, reducing the chances of stubborn wrinkles. Both options can be suitable for delicate fabrics that require gentle care.

Beyond the time-saving benefits, the Easy Iron feature may also help to reduce your home's energy consumption, depending on how long you usually spend ironing.

In general, ironing clothes for 30 minutes would likely consume more energy than a clothes dryer’s tumbling motion (following the actual drying cycle). Irons typically have a higher power rating compared to the tumbling motion of a clothes dryer, because the process of heating the iron plate to the required high heat and maintaining it uses a significant amount of energy.

The tumbling motion of energy efficient new dryers, while involving the movement of the drum, doesn't use the same level of power as heating an iron for the duration of ironing a load of laundry.

While the Easy Iron feature is a genuinely useful benefit, it might not eliminate all of your ironing duties. Formal wear and clothes that require sharp lines may still need a quick iron. For everyday wear, though, it should be able to take care of business.

Whether you’re flat chat with other domestic duties or just want to look your very best without wasting time behind the ironing board, the Easy Iron feature could be just the extra little help you need in the laundry.

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