A spin dryer is an appliance that can readily improve the energy efficiency in your laundry. A portable spin dryer like this one from Laundry Alternative, uses centrifugal force to dry clothes. The dryer was out of stock for a while, but it is now available again. Spin drying is much more efficient than electric tumble drying, in terms of energy use. Spin drying is also faster — it takes 2-3 minutes to get clothes to a semi-dry state. The drying can then be finished by hang drying the clothes or putting them in a tumble dryer for a few minutes. Spin drying is much gentler on clothes than tumble drying, it also removes mineral deposits and detergents, rather than baking them on. The spin dryer costs $129.95, which is much less than the previous spin dryer we featured, the Spin-X. We don’t have information on how these two dryers perform, but the specs are quite similar for the two machines. Available from Laundry Alternative.

Drying clothes with centrifugal force is efficient and quick. The centrifugal dryer Spin-X rotates at 3300 RPM (revolutions per minute) — using 1420 G forces. Most washing machines only spin at 500 RPM.

The dryer removes a quart of water from clothes using the same amount of energy a regular clothes dryer uses in the first 15 seconds of operation. In other words, the dryer uses 25WHr for a 3 minute spin.

The Spin-X dryer holds 10 lbs. of wet clothes per load.

Available from Spin-X dryer for about $540.

If you dry your clothes on these racks instead of a clothes dryer — they will smell fresher and last longer. In many homes, the clothes dryer is the number two electricity consumer, after the refrigerator.

Used in combination with a Spin-X: metaefficient.

GreenFeet sells clothes drying racks made of reclaimed wood. The Vermont Country Store sell large racks made of birch dowel.