Product Description

This Polder Accordion Clothes Dryer has a 24 inch wide frame that expands to 18 inches. The seven 21 inch rods provide 12.25 feet of drying space for all your laundry needs. It mounts on the wall and easily retracts for extra room in your laundry or utility room. A great space saver for any household!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #73443 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Polder
• Model: 36101C
• Dimensions: 18.00" h x 21.00" w x 18.00" l,

Features

• Clothes drying rack with space-smart accordion design
• Rods provide 12-1/4-square-feet of drying space for hanging items
• 2 sets of mounting brackets included for moving between 2 rooms
• Mounts easily on the wall; retracts when not in use
• Measures 18 by 24 by 5-1/2 inches when fully extended

Amazon.com Product Description
With its space-smart accordion design, this drying rack mounts on the wall and easily retracts for extra room in a laundry room or utility room. Its 24-inch-wide frame expands out to 18 inches, while seven 21-inch rods provide 12-1/4-square-feet of drying space for hanging items. Two sets of mounting brackets are included for moving the rack between two rooms. A great space saver for any household, the clothes dryer measures 18 by 24 by 5-1/2 inches when fully extended.

Customer Reviews

Not sure yet how this will work out
I just received this item today and my first thought is it's a little flimsy -- the anchors and screws provided with it are weak and the construction of the rack itself is a little iffy. We'll see how it holds up.

It definitely won't hold much weight. But I wanted something outside my kitchen door (there's a tiny porch there) that I could hang wet dish towels and such on (my grandmother always had a line strung on her kitchen porch for this reason). I think it will be fine for this. I was also hoping, however, to be able to hang the occasional wet pair of jeans or whatever out there to dry in the sun and this is what I'm not sure of -- whether or not it will hold this much weight (the instructions say it will hold 22 pounds).

The fact the rack comes with two sets of mounting brackets that it slides on and off of is a nice idea. However, I think too much moving the rack around will eventually cause the brackets to pull out of the wall or the rack itself to break. The 'accordion' mechanism doesn't glide completely smoothly and I wonder how long it will hold up.

Still, not a bad buy for the price. If this lasts awhile and proves useful I may upgrade to a sturdier product at some point, as long as I can find one I can use outdoors. (The instructions did not actually indicate outdoor use, but it's plastic and is hung under the eaves so I thought I'd give it a try).

I may be downgrading my 3-star rating as I use this item over the next few months.

False Customer Service & False Advertising
It's completely possible that I should ignore all photographic representations of items being sold online and read the product descriptions better. Wait--the product features does not state that it's painted white or comes in white and chrome. Maybe I should have seen that at the end of the description it stated "white". I simply assumed that it was chrome--as depicted prominently in the photo. Realizing this, I tried to cancel the order.

The order wasn't to be shipped for 3 days. Online, I couldn't cancel the order, which didn't make any sense. So then I worried that I would have to wait at least a week for something I know I will not want, then pay for its return and wait for the credit. I would understand and accept my partial mistake if it had already been shipped, which my order form clearly stated it hadn't and wouldn't be for a few days. But it hasn't been shipped and doesn't have a tracking number. It's still in the warehouse. It has not been re-boxed with excessive packaging yet. I can't even get a return authorization because the item hasn't been shipped.

So instead of venting on this page, I called customer service (or had them call me back) over 3 hours ago. I was told that this item would in fact be canceled and not shipped to me because it hadn't left the warehouse. I was also told that I would receive both an email and follow up call confirming this because the customer service rep agreed that since the item wouldn't be shipped for a few days, she could cancel the order.

Funny thing happened--I just received an automated email that the item was shipped. No follow up call from customer service. No follow up email from customer service. UPS has no information on this item because it hasn't left the warehouse or been picked up by UPS. Amazon uses drop shipment, so I can't refuse it at the door where I won't be anyway since I will not be home. So instead of canceling the order, Amazon decided to start processing it faster (something to note; if I want something faster, have customer service promise to cancel it!!).

Someone could have at least said "I'm really sorry, but the item has already been shipped and there's nothing we could do about it." Instead of a promise to fix things and then nothing. So between the false advertising and bs customer service, I'm not very happy with Amazon.

Very useful
We have had this accordion dryer for over a year now and have hung wet wool sweaters, you name it without ANY issues. It feels "flimsy" but it is not at all. We drilled into studs, so that most likely helped.