formerly a great product, which is now offered in a significantly reduced quality

We have a total of 3 purchased from this wall driers within the last 20 years. This year I bought another. This is - compared to the previously purchased - qualitatively much inferior. The plastic is generally thin (thus affects the whole part "labbriger"), the clotheslines are not as tight as before (look thinner, but I have not measured it) and what particularly annoys me: the dryer is now an ugly aluminum rod instead of the chrome-plated rod. Unfortunately the bar is not to be replaced by a rod from the hardware store, as determined eingelasssen. Everyone knows that aluminum has a soft metal and causing abrasion, eg when bars are attached to the rod. The result is an ugly black coating, which you have to wipe the floor, so it does not ruin a laundry. How can you get a saving idea just like that? I could upset me terribly! If the manufacturer but take in God's name 5 more and then offer the old quality.

After I was disappointed by the Leifheit Telegant so I have the competing product, the Artweger 2A6WH ARTDRY wall tumble ordered. This makes a more robust impression. However designed the extension and retraction of linen something hakeliger as the Leifheit. When Leifheit one pushes the lines together with one hand, that goes a jiffy. When Artweger must proceed slowly and help out when it hooked me, what is often the case - but the Hakeln can easily solve. During Artweger so can be a bit bitchy and sometimes a helping hand needed the Leifheit is unfortunately now only a thin shadow of his former solidity.
I have nevertheless ultimately opted for the Leifheit, because with me the dryer for more than 50% is folded.

My recommendation would be the following: if you have to rely on the dryer fold every time after use, you might be better served with the Leifheit be (despite the very annoying quality regressed). If you develop the dryer anyway always extended on the wall and you have to fold it very rarely, I would tend to Artweger.