I bought a combo dryer when I moved here thinking that the dryer function would, you know, dry things, but all it does is leave clothes/towels slightly damp but also hot. It also never collects lint in the tiny little dryer lint catcher, so I don't think there's any air circulation going on.
So I've been drying everything in the bath, which has one of those dryer things with both heat and air functions.
This has worked fine for clothes, but towels always turn hard, stiff, and crunchy. Feels like I'm drying myself with sandpaper after a bath. I've tried taking them out as soon as they're dry, or rotating them periodically, but inevitably some parts will turn crunchy while others are still damp. Drying outside is not an option for me, unfortunately, and of course you can't use fabric softener on towels…
With an American dryer, you put them in the machine and 45 minutes later they're perfectly dry. Not hard and crunchy, but soft and fluffy, warm and wonderful. How do I replicate that here in Japan?
by captcrunchytowel