Martin Lewis has given a stark warning about using a certain household appliance this winter that can add hundreds to your bills.
At a time when money is already tight for a lot of people, the finance guru urged his podcast listeners to avoid using a 'demon' appliance to dry their clothes.
With the temperatures plummeting all over the country, it's getting more difficult to get our laundry dry in our homes - but Martin Lewis said that tumble dryers are one of the most expensive appliances you can run, Manchester Evening News reports.
Speaking on his podcast, Martin said: "Do you know what the real demon appliances are in most people's houses? The one that you really don't want to use because it's really expensive?"
He added: "Tumble dryers." The Money Saving Expert went on to suggest a much cheaper alternative you can use to dry your clothes.
Martin explained: "Those who have dehumidifiers, that can take some of the moisture out. It's less wattage than a tumble dryer so it can be more effective."
Last week, the finance guru also offered an explanation about which cooking appliances in the home were the cheapest to run.
With many people looking for ways to cut their energy bills, using an air fryer or microwave instead of the oven may seem like an effective solution - but Martin warned this may not always be the case.
Speaking on his podcast, he said: "The problem with the equation for heating equipment is an oven is going to be about 2000W.
"A microwave I believe, from memory, a best guess explanation, a microwave gives you consistent heat whereas an oven is warming up to full temperature and then topping it up so it isn't running at full power the whole time."
He continued: "But if you're doing a jacket potato for 10 minutes it's going to be far cheaper [in the microwave] than doing a single jacket potato in an oven and keeping it on for an hour and a half."
He then went on to say that if you're cooking a full roast dinner, it's probably more cost-effective to put the five or six jackets in the oven, because the microwave just heats the individual object.
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