Last year October I posted my review on the Spindel Laundry Dryer. You can read the full review here.
To me, a Spindel was the item that made sleeping beauty sleep but over the past couple months, I’ve learnt that Spindel is also a little helper. 😛 😉
About Spindel
Spindel is a specialist laundry dryer that uses spin power instead of heat to remove up to 80% of moisture from fabrics in just 3 minutes. Plus, it uses 100 times less energy than a tumble dryer! It also extracts residual detergent and mineral deposits from fabrics, so laundry dries cleaner and feels better too. Spindel can be used with machine or hand-washed laundry and is safe for all fabrics. For more information visit www.spindel.co.za
Seriously… I did not consider buying a Spindel because it seemed easier to just use the spin cycle twice. It sounded like a waste of money and hence I never bothered to research it further.
Spindel does so much more than a second spin cycle and that with half the ‘damage’ on my clothes.
Interest rates are up, electricity is up, petrol is up, food prices are up. This year we need all the help we can get to save money – especially during winter! The place to start is your home, and in fact, making your home more eco-friendly will help you save money while doing your part for the environment.
Top 4 eco-tips to help you save money this winter:
Tip 1 – Replace and switch off
Replace all light bulbs with LED or long life. Turn off lights, plugs and especially cell phone chargers when not using them. Use multi-socket extension leads, but turn them off when you leave for work.
Did you know just these few things can reduce your home’s electricity consumption by 15%?
Tip 2 – Invest in a gas stove
A 2 plate gas stove only costs about R400 and is essential during load shedding. It also cooks food faster and saves electricity since the stove and geyser are the two most costly appliances to run. We moved to a gas stove last year and it was so worth it! My monthly bill is cheaper than before.
Tip 3 – Lose 1 degree
Going solar is expensive, so it’s easier to turn your geyser down by 1 degree and switch it off during the middle of the day. This alone can save R100 a week on your electricity bill. Take it further and contact your local municipality to find out about geyser blankets and timer switchers.
Tip 4 – Get a Spindel
Doing laundry in winter is very costly if you are using a tumble dryer, so rather use a Spindel. It’s an innovative dryer that uses spin power instead of heat to remove up to 80% of the leftover moisture from clothes in just three minutes. Laundry dries in a fraction of the time and it uses 100 times less electricity than tumble drying. Spindel is also safe for all fabrics – perfect for those winter woollens and hand washed delicates.
After the 3-minute cycle is complete you can:
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Air dry your laundry in a fraction of the time, |
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Iron certain fabrics immediately (i.e. fabrics with synthetic fibre), or |
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Run a significantly shorter cycle in the tumble dryer to save energy and reduce heat damage. |
The beauty of this is that it actually saves me money and time.
Now it can help you too. 😉
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Hi, I’m Shan. I’m a wife, mom to 3 kids and a businesswoman who works from home and gets very little sleep at night. My days are filled with dirty diapers and toddler tantrums, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. I am in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Forbes Africa 2019 and just recently launched my start-up – MomSays.
I love the fact that the spindel is so energy efficient and uses 100 times less electricity than a tumble dryer. In Cape Town around this time the sun isnt hot enough to dry your clothes and we battle the weather. It takes me around 3 days to dry a simple load of washing which kills me. Baby no 2 in the way and I am struggling. Need a spindel!!!
I love that the Spindel Dryer can be used on hand-washed laundry and is safe for
all fabrics. 🙂
I love that a simple 3 minute cycle can save me many days of winter air drying. The fact that its so easy to use and so quick makes me excited. Fingers ever so crossed
I love the fact that it uses 100 times less energy than a tumble dryer thus saving energy, so even with the increasing electricity cost it means I get to save.
I love that it removes up to 80% of moisture while using 100% less energy than a tumble dryer. Perfect for winter.
I absolutely love the Spindel dryer – it is so innovative. It is not difficult to use at all, takes very little space & is an absolute life saver. It is so energy efficient, which means you save a heck of a lot on electricity which is a winner for me. I love the fact that it is safe to use on all fabrics & it is absolutely AMAZING that it can dry within 3 minutes! I have to wash every day with my little girl which means i need to keep the clothing dry too. With winter coming along with a vengeance, this would be the perfect way for me to keep her clothes dry & not pile up. I have wanted one of these for the longest time, but they are quite pricey. This would be an absolute winner in my house and what a phenomenal win this would be. Fingers crossed 🙂
I like the fact the spindel uses lesser electricity That it uses spin power instead of heat to remove up to 80% of the leftover moisture from clothes in just three minutes
That it uses 100 times less electricity.Saving is my number 1 thing.
I love that Spindel is safe for all fabrics
WOW! How to choose?!!! I LOVE everything about the Spindel!!! I Totally LOVE that the Laundry dries in a fraction of the time and it uses 100 times less electricity than tumble drying.
I Shared on Facebook and Tweeted on Twitter and i am sighned up for your Newsletter. 😉
100 times less energy than a tumble dryer well I love that and the fact that it is eco friendly and so simple to use.
With having kids, the time saving and money saving is an excellent reason to get the Spindle. No more clothes hanging all over the house on rainy days too. What a benefit
I Shared on Twitter (@flutterbymegs). Holding thumbs.
what i love is that mainly it saves energy , compactable, light and easy to use.
It’s light and save Electricity
I love that it saves electricity and is safe to use for baby’s clothes . We have to look at things that can save us money these days as expenses are just rocketing
I love that the laundry dries in a fraction of the time and it uses 100 times less electricity than tumble drying. Shared, signed up to the newsletter and tweeted @princessruw
What I love the most is that it saves energy and dries laundry in a fraction of the time. This is exactly what I need I live in a flat and we always hanging our clothes around the place to dry, some times it leaves a damp smell so the spindel would really help alot with drying our laundry.
I love that the spindle dryer is safe for all fabrics and especially great for my baby’s delicate clothes
It’s an innovative dryer that uses spin power instead of heat to remove up to 80% of the leftover moisture from clothes in just three minutes. Laundry dries in a fraction of the time and it uses 100 times less electricity than tumble drying.
I love the fact that itis so energy efficient and uses 100 times less electricity than a tumble dryer.
I absolutely love that the spindel uses 100 times less energy ( can anyone say lower electricity bills, yay! ) And its safe to use on all fabrics, even the expensive silk ones
I love it that the Spindle is so compact and is easy to use and fast. As well as being light on electricity, unlike normal tumble driers and its safe on all fabrics too.
A spindel would be great especially during winter for school clothes and my sons cloth nappies Always wanted one as it is a must have item
Love the Spindel for all the hand washing clothes.
It’s great for the winter months especially when clothes take longer to dry off.
Love the fact that the Spindel uses 100 times less energy.
Since we moving to a flat that has a small balcony to hang washing the Spindel would be very useful.
Thank you for the competition. #YouBabyAndI #SpindelSA
I’m expecting my 1st baby in july right in the middle of winter, with recovering from the delivery and taking care of a new born the spindle would be a great help to me especially since with a new born I’ll have laundry to do every da. It really would make the transition into motherhhooda bit easier
Laundry dries in a fraction of the time and it uses 100 times less electricity than tumble drying. My 2 year old has loads of laundry and with the winter months still ahead and no tumble drier, this will be just perfect! It’s great that it is safe on all fabrics!
Laundry dries so quickly and it uses 100 times less electricity than tumble drying. My 2 year old has loads of laundry and with the winter months still ahead and no tumble drier, this will be just perfect! It’s great that it is safe on all fabrics!
With a new baby on the way, a messy toddler and cloth nappies that take ages to dry in winter, my favourite feature is that it shortens the drying time in only 3 minutes!! Definitely need this!
I need this for my cloth nappies. They would dry so much quicker in here.
I love the fact that Spindel saves electricity & time.Going on to be a first-time Mom in the winter means saving the best way you know how on both of the above.SPINDEL can assist in achieving this goal!Anyone would be lucky to have this.Goodluck everyone:)
To be very honest I love that the Spindle is so energy efficient imagination saving 100 times more energy than a tumble dryer I would take it hands down plus this would be perfect for our baby on the way as Capetown winters are so tough if we had this we would never have to worry about what to put for baby as all her clothes would always be clean and dry with the help of this amazing Spindle, PLEASE BLESS US WITH ONE #praying
Always looking for time-savers…this is awesome! Family of 5 and although we have domestic help this would be great for her use and finish earlier in the day especially during the colder days. And saving costs fore at the same time. Love it
I love that the Spindel is energy efficient and safe for all fabrics. We don’t own a tumbledrier because it uses so much electricity but when it’s rainy or cold, some laundry items can take days to dry, resulting in my house decorated with drying laundry and sometimes musty-smelling garments that need to be washed again. The Spindel would be such a help!
I just need it. Less electricity to use.
With two kids I feel like laundry is never ending and I can’t do a load of the precis is still wet. I love that the Spindle cuts drying time which I need in wet winters! As a cloth mom it also means my nappies dry quicker!
I LOVE the fact that you save electricity!!!
Fingers still crossed for this.
Love that after a 3 minute cycle laundry can airdry faster. Also, certain oieces of clothing can be iron almost immediately.
If you will be tumble drying your spindled clothes, it will use a shorter cycler thus saving time and electricity.
THE SPACE SAVER AND ECONOMICAL, THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR ME
I absolutley love love love the spindel!!! It makes use of spinning power instead of heat to dry clothes!! Soooo clever!!!
Having little ones and elders at home means we have to do laundry everyday. Sometimes it doesn’t dry on time we have to iron it while wet to try and dry but that also damages the clothes big time. I love the spindle drier because of the technology put in its making because as an appliance on its own has such remarkable features I mean it is fast working and doesn’t damage the fabric which is just too awesome.
Aaaw this will be perfect when baby arrives and the laundry increase! I’ve never really liked using the tumble dryer because of the high electricity cost. Thanks for the review
This awesome amazing product removes 80% of moisture from just washed clothes which makes it just suoer amazing for me in Cape towns silly winter weather
Fingers and toes crossed.
Biggest love has to be the energy saving factor. With the price of electricity going through the roof its great to know there is a super alternative to the traditional, energy guzzling monster that is my old tumble dryer! Would love to win a Spindel!!
Having a baby means lots of laundry, and in winter, nothing ever dries! This dryer sounds awesome and hearing it’s an electricity saving benefit is even better. Fingers crossed that I win it! Mommies need all the help they can get! 😉
I love the fact that it is safe on all fabrics and it sound very convenient to use it and that one will not sleep with clothes without knowing where to hang them. I just love it
For me it’s the fact that my clothes are protected and preserved as opposed to the harshness that is exerted on fabrics by conventional dryers. The fact too that it’s an environmentally friendly dryer is very important to me thus making something that is normally a leech on electricity at a cost that makes conventional dryers an absolute luxury, a viable options in homes across SA today. The fact that it’s fast too is just a super-bonus! 🙂
Oh wow this is too amazing! What I love about this concept, is that it uses less energy and its sooooo much quicker! This will work so well in our small apartment and will help so much with all the baby clothes and blankies! Soon I will have two babies whose clothes will need washing and drying!
With having a baby I love that it can take all types of clothes without damaging them and that it helps dry clothes much much quicker- such a huge help in winter
It extracts residual detergent and mineral deposits from fabrics, so laundry dries cleaner and feels better too.
The spindel offers offers way more than dryer clothing before hanging up or tumble dry; I’mreally impressed by how delicate it promises to be. I’m all for saving energy and using less electricity and think that’s the best selling point for me 🙂 Also, HIGH FIVE for removing excess detergent and softeners! Lord knows ain’t nobody got time for residue!
I love that it only takes 3 minutes. We are moving on 24 June and this would be a perfect house warming gift from you, baby & i to me… *hint hint
I shared on FB, Twitter and Google +
I like the fact that Spindel uses spin power instead of heat to remove moisture from fabrics.
Hi Shan. What I love love love most abput the spindel is that it is so light on using power and electricity. I just can’t bring myself to buying a traditional dryer as the electricity usage is so high, so I have been wanting one of these darlings for ages! Am getting a bit tired of hanging washing around the house and dry ironing at 5am! Lol! Our weather is sooo unpredictable!
The energy efficiency has me in aww… so hoping for this. X
I love the fact that it is energy efficient. It would be a crime not to have one.
Another day another attempt to win this amazing product.
Energy efficient
3 min cycle
Air dry immediately for shorter time
Shorter tumble drying time
Can iron certain clothes immediately
it would be awesome because it would save me time and money 🙂 .. plus it helps during these harsh winters
I love the fact that the Spindle is energy efficient and that it has a 3 minute cycle
I love the fact that it saves electricity. That is definately a biggie with me. With 4 kids I need this.
Another cold day in the cape another load of undried washing hanging in my room. If I had this spindel my clothes wouldce dried yesterday. Oh the efficiency.
I love how quick it is and how little electricity it uses 🙂
best thing about the spindel – it uses 100 times less energy than a tumble dryer. making it so eco-friendly for all.
I love it because I wont hafto buy so much clothes for baba anymore. Clothes dont dry in Winter!
the huge saving on water and electricty when using the Spindel – love that it does not damage fabrics
I love the spindle because it uses 100 times less electricity , that’s great , really great!