I see all sorts of answers online, but am not fully convinced. I tried finding some research on the longevity of clothes between wash and wash + dry. Considering that it dries for hours just the mechanical movement should damage the clothes I would assume?
What do you suppose you’re removing from the lint trap?
The dead skin of my clothes.
By rules of physics it will damage it. Its rubbing against other clothes, its getting blasted with heat and it’s getting folded/bended over and over.
Damage is dependent on the material, but dor sure it wears them down.See thats the distinction that I’m curious about.
When articles say “Do not tumble dry” I wonder “Are we concerned about the heat from an old fashioned rotating oven or the mechanical stress on the fabric?” because I have a fancy pants heat pump dryer and my wife still insists it will somehow ruin the clothes.
High key clothes dryers are like gen ai. Something we didn’t ask for, solving a problem that didn’t really exist, sold to us to consume more electricity and change our daily behavior, not the other way around. Air is free ¯_(ツ)_/¯
