Our verdict: The Black+Decker X-Frame Folding Heated Clothes Airer ranks 9th of the 10 heated clothes airers we compare, with 6.6 out of 10.
A folding aluminium heated airer with an X-shaped frame, 24 heated bars and a 360W heater. It suits a small flat or a spare room where a three-tier tower takes up too much floor.
Check Price on AmazonEach bar shows where it places among the 10 heated clothes airers in this guide, so a full bar is 1st of 10. How happy owners are counts for most of the score.
The AMOS Heated Electric Clothes Dryer with Cover 230W (6.9) beats the Black+Decker X-Frame Folding Heated Clothes Airer (6.6) because it leaves owners a little happier.
The Black+Decker X-Frame (brand reference 63189) is an aluminium airer that opens into an X-shaped frame. It has 24 heated bars in total and a 360W heater. The brand gives 12.5m of heated drying space, or 13.5m if you count the bars that are not heated.
Controls are simple: a central on/off hub. The brand's page does not list a timer or heat settings, so assume it is a plug-in-and-go airer that you switch off yourself. It lists no cover with it either.
Opened out, it measures 127cm high, 55.5cm wide and 68cm long. The brand says it closes flat for storage and warns against loading more than 15kg of clothing on it.
We found little owner feedback for this exact model that we could read in full. It is a newer airer, and the independent comparison site Cosy Guide has held off recommending it until more owners have rated it.
We would rather say that plainly than guess. Check recent owner comments on the retailer you buy from, especially on how well your usual laundry hangs on the X-frame bars.
It suits a small flat, a bedroom or a spare room, where a lower folding frame that stores flat is easier to live with than a tower. A couple or a single person doing a few loads a week is the sort of household it fits.
If you wash for a family and need the most hanging room, look at the Black+Decker 3 Tier Heated Airer 63099 or the Easylife XL Heated Clothes Airer with Timer. If you want a cover supplied, the Minky Winged sureDRI XL or the Homefront EcoDry 3-Tier come with one. For fast drying of a small load, the Dry:Soon Heated Drying Pod is built for speed.
No. The brand's page for the X-Frame lists no cover with it. If you want one supplied, look at an airer sold with its cover.
The brand gives 12.5m of heated drying space across 24 heated bars. Counting the non-heated bars as well, it quotes 13.5m.
Up to 15kg of clothing. The brand warns not to load more than that.
Opened out it is 127cm high, 55.5cm wide and 68cm long, according to the brand. It closes flat for storage.
The brand's page lists only a central on/off hub, so no timer is listed. It is a 360W airer that you switch on and off yourself.
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Dry:Soon Heated Drying PodBest Choice
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Dry:Soon Deluxe 3-Tier Heated AirerBest Premium
8.0 out of 10
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Dry:Soon Mini 3-Tier Heated Airer
7.9 out of 10
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Black+Decker 3 Tier Heated Airer 63099
7.8 out of 10
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JML DriBUDDi Compact Heated Clothes Airer
7.3 out of 10
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AMOS Heated Electric Clothes Dryer with Cover 230WBest Budget
6.9 out of 10
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Black+Decker X-Frame Folding Heated Clothes AirerThis review
6.6 out of 10
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Minky Winged sureDRI XL Heated Clothes & Laundry Airer (Cover Included)
6.4 out of 10
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A folding aluminium heated airer with an X-shaped frame, 24 heated bars and a 360W heater. 6.6 out of 10.
Every score here comes from our ranking model; no editor sets the order. Too few review sites cover heated clothes airers for their verdicts to lead, so this ranking is led by owners. It ranks products by how happy owners are, holding back any product few owners have rated until more agree. How many rated it and how new it is only settle close calls, and value for money earns its own badge rather than a higher place. We compared 22 models for this guide before settling on these ten.
Brands can't pay to be included or to move up. We last checked these picks in October 2026.
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