Someone suggested I got one of these to take to bits, so here it is. It's a coat hanger that has a fan heater built in to allow individual lightweight garments to be dried. I think the idea is that it's compact enough for travel and allows convenient low volume laundry while travelling.
I'm not sure how this would fare with a heavy sweatshirt. I think it's more for lightweight items that don't hold a lot of moisture.
The construction is pretty good. It's still a plastic heater though, which never fully inspires confidence. That said, it has two safety layers in the form of self regulating PTC elements and what appears to be a thermal fuse or cutout. The power rating is also pretty low at around 130W.
The internal design suggests that the designer is a veteran of the industry. It's got a lot of clever features to allow fast assembly, and reassembling it after the teardown was surprisingly easy.
Quality control does appear to be lacking though, as the hook was very obviously mis-moulded meaning that the unit can't be hooked up securely in use, which is a big issue for something that heats up and could end up being covered by the garment it was supposed to be drying.
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