# What's the straight dope on heated towel rails?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 6, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heated-towel-rails/602047 "2011-11-06T11:43:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heated-towel-rails/602047/21 "2011-11-09T18:34:36Z")

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> [@Sri\_Theo](#):
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> I have never seen a heated towel rail before, I don’t think they’re known in the UK. Are they supposed to dry your towels faster? Isn’t it very inefficient to keep basically an oil heater running permanently?
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> Does anyone know how much those things cost to run and if they do actually dry your towels any faster?

On the contrary, the ONLY place I’ve seen a heated towel rail, permanently installed on the wall in fact, was in the UK. In Oxford.

I thought it was marvelous. I was there around New Years time, and it was quite chilly. Having warm towels available after taking a shower was heavenly.

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**Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-heated-towel-rails/602047/23 "2016-01-15T07:11:21Z")

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