Socks, Bras & Panties - How Czechs Do Laundry Without Dryers - Electric Towel Warmer Drying Secrets
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
- Check out Czech laundry traditions in our latest video! We unravel the unique methods Czechs use to dry their clothes. From hanging garments on electric towel warmers and using drying racks, to outdoor clotheslines, you'll learn about the practical and resourceful approaches Czechs employ in their homes.
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This is the norm in Ireland as well.
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I am Czech and from Prague, living in London now, and I am astonished. Not sure how many Czech households you visited during your 3 months stay but people are usually using their balconies to dry their clothes. In winter we dry clothes usually inside, true, but since we have central heating all clothes dry in a day or so. Also we have more than one pair of jeans and do not wash all our jeans or trousers at once so we wear them only when fully dried. Never ever in my entire life did I go out wearing jeans which were still wet.
I think you would find that many people around the world dry their clothes on a drying rack. People don’t have dryers usually due to lack of space, not because they didn’t catch up with ‘new technology’. A lot of people in big cities in Europe live in flats, where there is no space for a dryer, so it’s not just Czechs in Prague. I personally prefer to dry clothes outside because it feels fresher than from a dryer also it’s better for the environment.
You can actually buy a fabric conditioner in every supermarket in Prague, and we also iron our clothes so we don’t find them hard and uncomfortable to wear. I now live in a house with a dryer and only use it in winter. Spring till autumn I dry my clothes outside. And even in winter I never wear clothes straight from the dryer. I put them away after ironing so by the time I wear them they are not worm anymore. I don’t think i ever wore anything straight from the dryer.
Anyway just wanted to let you know that as a Czech i don’t share your experience and don’t know anyone who wears hard and wet jeans in winter. Telling your friends who I assume live in Prague that you discovered a place where they have dryers is rather insulting, even though you probably meant well.
Last but not least turning up unannounced is considered rude. We are very hospitable people who like to clean our homes and prepare food and drinks for our guests and hide the drying bras and knickers 😉.
To dry clothes in natural air is not only saving energy (and money) but also your clothes. I only use a dryer for big items like bed sheets and big bathing towels, the rest air-dries on a rack outside during spring-autumn and inside in winter. Living in Sweden.
That really is the best way to go about it 😊
This is the norm in Australia. We use the line outside to dry our clothes most of the year. I agree though in winter the clothes dried inside feel cold, but they are generally dry. I use the drier occasionally to dry towels in winter.
In Germany very common as well - tumble dryers are an awful waste of energy and not gentle for the clothes.
When I visit there I wash clothes in the sink then dry them the same way.
It’s very normal here in England. Only towels are put in my drier.
I hang also my clothes to dry. On Winter it takes 2-3 days. So I have constantly 2 dryiing wreks full of clothes in my Apartment. I am honestly sick of it. So I will hopefully get a good dryer soon.
What bothered me most was the stiffness. The jeans, when taken off the drying rack kept the shape. It was almost like you had to crack them to bend them back into shape! I hope you get a good dryer soon, too!
Yeah, not Czech but guilty. It keeps clothes looking better longer.
I do have to agree with that.