In general, we’re keeping options on this list to less than ten pounds, and many are lighter than five pounds. You don’t want a flimsy clothing rack, but one that’s too heavy will make you dread pulling it out of the closet. Weight: Since most drying racks are designed to be folded up and stowed away, another important factor in a stress-free laundry experience is a good balance of sturdiness and portability. (We’re categorizing racks with a largest horizontal dimension of two feet or less as small, two to four feet as medium, four to six feet as large, and larger than six feet as extra-large.) For styles with an adjustable frame, like a gullwing or wall-mounted rack, we’re listing a range, from the most compact configuration to the fullest expansion. To avoid throwing dimensions without context at you, we’re categorizing drying racks as small, medium, large, or extra-large in their folded-out dimensions. You can use lower rungs for underwear or other smaller items, for example, and higher bars for larger items, like jeans, towels, or sweaters.įootprint: All the drying capacity in the world won’t be much help if you have to flatten yourself against a wall to get around a rack that takes up half the floor space in a small apartment. To maximize your garment rack’s utility, it’s also useful to have crossbars with a range of heights. Since drying laundry can also be a balancing act with the available space in your home, we’ve included a range of styles designed to maximize your usable space - from an over-the-door, steel-framed rack to a wall-mounted, Amish-made wood option that folds flat against your wall.īest overall | Best durable | Best compact | Best wooden | Best high-capacity | Best over-the-door | Best wall-mounted | Best retractable | Best rotaryĬapacity: The standard way of measuring a drying rack’s capacity is linear feet - the combined length of all its crossbars. The good news is that an inexpensive standard rack fills the fundamental requirements: high capacity, folds up small, lightweight, and wobble-free.
Whether you’re a lingerie collector, a Japanese denim nerd, or a laundry procrastinator, you’ll need a reliable drying rack for the items that can’t go or can’t fit in your drying machine.
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