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6/23/2025

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Bennet & Read's Dribuddi is basically a sailed-in bubble into which hot air is blown, in order to blow-dry your laundry inside the bubble. Well I've had my Dribuddi for a while now, so what can I say about the user experience? I have some positive things to say but there are some issues one has to take into account if one is considering purchasing one of these.

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DriBuddi hot air clothes dryer review: Will this replace my tumble dryer and washline?

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00:00I used to always just hand my laundry out onto the wash line to dry in the sun and wind.

00:06That's how most people have done it throughout the centuries.

00:08That's a trusty old way that has always worked.

00:12However, there might come situations in which you cannot do that.

00:16For me it usually comes during the rainy season every year.

00:20And what I used to do during that time is to just dry the laundry in the tumble dryer.

00:25However, if you've ever used a tumble dryer, you'll know that after drying your clothes with it,

00:31you clean the filter and you take out this whole handful of lint.

00:38And you're like, whoa, all that material came off of my clothing.

00:42And you realize if you do this a lot, your clothes are gonna get really thin and really weak.

00:47That's indeed what happened to my clothes.

00:49Some of the cheaper clothes tore after a while, just from everyday use.

00:54So that is when I started seeking an alternative.

00:57And I thought I found one in the form of this dry body.

01:01The dry body is a simple concept.

01:03It's basically like a bubble that then gets blown full of hot air.

01:09And of course you put your clothes in there and then it should dry your clothing.

01:14I've had it for some years now.

01:15So let me tell you about my experience.

01:19Now, of course, first what you do, this zips open, this old bubble.

01:25And yeah, unfortunately mine, one of mine's arms broke.

01:31This arm is supposed to be there, sort of like an umbrella almost.

01:35But the others are still good.

01:37So yeah, I'm afraid these little arms aren't that rugged and tough.

01:42But anyway, once you have your bubble open, let me just see if I can pick it up high enough.

01:50You see there, there's this heater that blows hot air into the bubble.

01:58So, and there's the switch.

02:00Unfortunately, they put the switch in there now, inside the bubble.

02:04So it's really difficult to work it.

02:07They could have just put it there underneath it or somewhere.

02:11But anyway, you're going to turn that.

02:14You hear now it's starting to blow hot air.

02:18It also has a timer there for three hours.

02:21But yeah, personally, I don't know why that is.

02:23Because this thing doesn't work that quick.

02:27You need to leave your clothes for at least six to eight hours, maybe longer.

02:31Anyway, let's just go through that quickly.

02:34Yeah, this little arm unfortunately is now a problem.

02:38Because these little plastic thingies that's supposed to hold this metal rod broke off.

02:45Anyway, let me demonstrate you the idea anyway.

02:48I do like the idea whether it works that well in practice, I'm afraid I cannot say.

02:55They advertise this thing as being able to dry 18 pieces of clothing at a time.

03:02I'm afraid that simply just is not so.

03:04And I'll show you.

03:05Here's one shirt.

03:06Let's hang it over there.

03:09And yeah, very important.

03:12I must add that the clothing mustn't touch each other.

03:15Because there where they touch, it's going to stay moist.

03:19It needs space for the hot air to circulate in between everything.

03:23So you don't want anything touching each other.

03:26That's one item.

03:28Two.

03:30You see already almost the machine is full.

03:33That's two.

03:34Let's do that.

03:35Three.

03:35You might as well forget about drying your jeans in this thing.

03:42Yeah, I might also say all the clothes must have gone through the spin cycle of your washing machine at least.

03:49You cannot just hang really wet things in here.

03:53If you hang really wet jeans in this thing, it simply will not dry it.

03:57It will take too long.

03:58It might take two days, I would say.

04:01Anyway, yeah, you see already there's no space.

04:03We could have hung this here.

04:04That's just four items so far.

04:08But uh, yeah.

04:09Alright, let's do five.

04:11And we might have hung one here.

04:14Well, let me just see if I put this together for a little bit.

04:20Six.

04:22Is it six?

04:23One, two, three, four, five.

04:25No, it's just five.

04:26Two, three, four, five.

04:28So far.

04:30And there's really not room for any more.

04:33We could cram stuff in there but then they're gonna touch each other

04:37and not get proper airflow around them.

04:39But I suppose we could put another one there.

04:43That's now six items, yeah.

04:46And then of course, yeah, your socks.

04:48Where shall we put them?

04:49Just like over here.

04:51Small things you can try to just like put wherever.

04:55But also you don't want them to touch stuff.

04:57Yeah, I would say this thing is now full.

05:00Then you zip up this sail or whatever.

05:04This cover.

05:08Alright, I was supposed to turn on the machine first.

05:10See, that's why I don't like where they put the switch.

05:14So let's just turn it on.

05:18It does have a three hour timer but you can turn the switch the other way around

05:22and then it should just stay on indefinitely until you switch it off.

05:27And now you'll see it sort of like expands a bit like a balloon.

05:31Because of the hot air that's getting pumped in there.

05:34It does have little holes here on the top.

05:37And yeah, now the clothes are supposed to be drying in there.

05:40And that's a concept of how it works really.

05:43Let me just turn it off quickly.

05:44So does it work in practice?

05:49Well, first of all let me just tell you the things I didn't like so much about it

05:55where it's not that effective.

05:57For one thing when you buy this, I think it's this sail that causes a really chemical smell.

06:03And all the clothes then smell of it.

06:06But as you use this unit over time, the smell just gets less and less every time

06:12until you don't smell it anymore.

06:15And the clothes don't smell anymore after that, thank goodness.

06:18But the problem with this concept is I think because the clothing doesn't see sunshine and wind,

06:25the bacteria start to thrive on them.

06:28Because this machine just simply takes too long to dry them.

06:31They stay wet or moist for far too long in this thing, before they're actually dry.

06:36As I said, it might take six to eight hours.

06:39And in that time the clothes start to, I don't want to say rot,

06:43but you know that smell that wet clothes start to get after a while.

06:47Yeah, I'm afraid the clothes do start to smell.

06:49Sometimes you wouldn't notice it and then you wear the clothes.

06:55And yeah, then you might get a whiff of something you don't like,

06:59of maybe clothes that didn't dry properly or took too long to dry.

07:03They felt dry, but yeah, they just took too long before they dried.

07:07But fortunately, I won't say that happens every time.

07:10That might happen if you, say for example, I would dry this shirt,

07:15this same exact shirt in this thing, for about five times or six times.

07:20Then it really starts to get noticeable, that smell of clothes that didn't dry properly.

07:27But yeah, what I would say then is just hang it outside on the wash line in the sunshine for a bit.

07:34So the sunshine can kill the bacteria.

07:36That's what I read.

07:37The smell is caused by bacteria.

07:40And if you just put it in the sunlight, the sunlight will kill the bacteria.

07:44And of course, the fresh air, the wind will freshen it out a bit.

07:48And then your clothes will be fine.

07:50So you cannot only ever use the dry body.

07:53You can use it a few times for the same clothing items.

07:57And then you must hang them outside for like the time you wash them after that.

08:02Just to get rid of any smells that might accumulate on them over time.

08:07Another thing, well, I don't know if it'll take an entire wash load.

08:11As you saw here, they take about, what was this, six items really.

08:16Some smaller items also.

08:17You can maybe put your underpants or panties or whatever.

08:21Hang them somewhere where you find a space where it's open.

08:24And it can get some hot air flow around them.

08:27But no, it's not 18 items like you might have seen.

08:31I saw it on the box when I bought it.

08:32It said 18 items of clothing.

08:35It must have been really small items.

08:37Like maybe just 18 women's panties or something.

08:42Maybe 18 socks.

08:43So, I don't know.

08:44The reviews online that I've read are from people that say they still use their conventional

08:51tumble dryers anyway.

08:53They only use their dry body on occasion.

08:55So, yeah, I don't know.

08:58It doesn't seem like an all-round solution to drying your clothes.

09:03Do I use it?

09:04Yes, I do use it.

09:05On rainy days when I cannot hang the clothes on the wash line outside.

09:09But, yeah, that is my preferred method of drying my clothes.

09:13Just plain hanging them outside onto the wash line.

09:16That still remains the best way to do it.

09:18And to make sure that the clothes dry properly and in good time.

09:23And without any smells afterwards.

09:26But on rainy days, yes, I do use this machine.

09:29So, it does come in handy on occasion.

09:32What else did people say?

09:33Or sometimes they say, yeah, your clothes are not going to need ironing if you dry it in this thing.

09:42Is that true?

09:42Well, I would say it will need some ironing if you want it really fancy.

09:48Basically, what I would say is the clothes will look like they look when you put them in.

09:53For example, let me see this.

09:56You see these pocket flaps, for example.

09:59If they are all crumpled up when the shirt is wet, when you put it in.

10:03It's going to dry like that and it will be all wrinkled and crumpled up when it's dry.

10:08So, yeah, while it's still wet and moist, you might just flatten it out nicely.

10:14See that it's all hanging nice and neat.

10:17And then it should dry less wrinkled than otherwise.

10:22But no, I wouldn't say that the clothes will not need ironing at all.

10:27It depends on how neat you want it.

10:29For everyday wear, especially if you're going to wear it under a jacket.

10:32Yeah, I suppose it should be okay.

10:34Just also make sure the collars, of course, are nice and flat when you're going to dry it in this thing.

10:40And then it should come out nice and flat.

10:42Otherwise, it's going to be all pointing up and crumpled up and wrinkled.

10:48And you don't want that.

10:49So, what are my final thoughts on it?

10:52Well, the price was far too high.

10:54I don't know if it's just where I bought it.

10:56I know some places sell these as some magnificent wonders as seen on TV stuff.

11:03That they then sell for about 10 times what it's really worth.

11:07Personally, I think this should just be sold as some ordinary daily item.

11:12Then they should make a lot more money by doing volume sales.

11:16Because as it is, I thought they were just much too expensive for the ordinary person to buy.

11:23I think they thought this was some kind of luxury item or whatever.

11:27And I disagree.

11:28I mean, yeah, look, it's cheaply made.

11:30Cheap plastic, cheap everything.

11:32There's barely any material here.

11:34The thing is hollow inside.

11:36So it looks big, but yeah, no.

11:38It's a cheap thing and it should be sold as such.

11:42I don't know how much they retail for where you are and what you think of the price.

11:47I thought it's much too expensive.

11:48But I thought, well, yeah, maybe I'll just pay it once and it can help me dry my clothes on rainy days.

11:55And that is indeed what it does, yeah.

11:57But no, it's not going to replace your wash line outside.

12:00Certainly not.

12:01And probably not your tumble dryer.

12:04Because probably your tumble dryer can handle a lot more clothes at a time.

12:09And it will dry it a lot faster.

12:11Maybe like a 90-minute cycle will dry a complete wash load.

12:15Well, this will probably take six hours if I, these actual clothes that I put in here.

12:20I'll probably just put them in overnight when I dry them for real.

12:24So they can dry for about eight hours.

12:27The manual actually says you mustn't work this machine more than six hours at a time.

12:32So, I mean, what do you do now?

12:35After six hours, if your clothes simply aren't dry yet, then you must use it longer.

12:40I don't know if it's that energy efficient because you're going to use it for so long.

12:44Because you must use it for that long to do the job properly.

12:49What else did I see people say in the reviews?

12:52Oh, some people actually said this thing is too big.

12:55Because it looks kind of big when it's like this.

12:57And yeah, if you're living in a very small space, it probably is big.

13:02But I mean, yeah, if you look inside, you cannot really make it any smaller.

13:08Then you're just going to dry even less items.

13:10So yeah, no, you cannot really make it any smaller.

13:13That's just not going to be practical.

13:15Okay then, that's as much as I can tell you about this device.

13:20It will solve some of your laundry drying problems,

13:23while unfortunately creating a few more if you only ever use this unit.

13:29But yeah, it does have its uses.

13:31All right then, please hit the like and subscribe button under this video.

13:35And I'll see you in the next one.

DriBuddi hot air clothes dryer review: Will this replace my tumble dryer and washline?

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