Heated rug dryer

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Does anyone have one. Any comments?

It hasn't stopped raining here for over a week. Nothing is drying because it's just so wet. My horses live out, three are rugged and I've run out of dry rugs now. Mare has the 4th heavy turnout on I have for her, tomorrow I can put on two mediums. The rug from three days ago is still soaked despite being up on a rug hanger.

Either I buy another three turnouts (which still won't solve the issue) or I find a way to dry them quicker. I have an oil filled radiator and I am also thinking that the cost of running that with 4 strung up on a large square round it, it would be a long time before I got to the cost of a rug dryer.

Any other great ideas. The shed is like a laundry with rugs and exercise rugs hanging everywhere. I spun my exercise rug in the washing machine when we got back today.
 
My OH wants me to get one, but I have resisted as I worry about fire. I think he is particularly keen as the rugs come into the main room (old farmhouse, kitchen/sitting/dining in one with tiled floors) to go on the dining chairs to dry. It *may* make the house a bit "horsey" in smell. He s a saint!
 
I have one and its a godsend! I have had mine for about 10 years, it cost about £150 and has been worth every penny! I don't leave it on overnight, altho a friend with one uses a timer so she can leave it on when she leaves the yard and it will switch itself off.
 
I had one when horses were at mum and dad's. Used it all the time in the winter, heated the tack room nicely too. I didn't have to pay the electric bill though..:)
 
Are your rugs wet inside? If not the modern rugs are better left on the horse to dry, if they are wet inside they are not waterproof, either get them re-proofed or replace.
 
supagran said:
Are your rugs wet inside? If not the modern rugs are better left on the horse to dry, if they are wet inside they are not waterproof, either get them re-proofed or replace.
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No they are not wet inside however as it has been raining for about a month I'm not sure when you think they will dry, maybe around May time, we usually get a dry week then.

I do not want my horse walking around wearing a wet rug 24/7. She lives out, with extremely expensive less than a year old, modern high tech rugs, that doesn't stop them being heavy and wet!

I also don't want to have to handle soaking wet rugs and my daughter lacks the strength to throw a wet rug back on her pony, hence, I want some way to dry them.
 
BSL said:
I had one when horses were at mum and dad's. Used it all the time in the winter, heated the tack room nicely too. I didn't have to pay the electric bill though..:)
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Ha I have to pay all the bills and heft them around so I'm thinking I don't mind too much on occasions like we are having now!
 
We have one at work and it is great. It's on a timer so can leave it on for 3 or 4 hours to dry them off. I would love one for myself!
 
Just a thought, do you have any equine laundry people near you? There's a fair few in my area, just thinking that as they wash rugs they must have some way of drying them, poss could ask them to just dry some for you? No idea if what they would charge would be worth it but maybe you could have a job lot done and then you have a stash of dry rugs at least for a while?
 
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