Tumble dry, normal heat
Tumble drying is fine at the normal heat setting, with a normal load. GINETEX gives 80 °C as the normal drying temperature.
What to do
Use the dryer's normal or 'cupboard dry' heat. Take items out while barely damp if you want fewer creases.
- Maximum temperature
- 80 °C (176 °F) dryer air
- Family
- Drying (square)
- ISO 3758 name
- Tumble drying possible, normal temperature
- Distinguishing mark
- circle + 2 dots
On US and Canadian labels
The dots do not mean the same heat in North America: there two dots is medium heat (not exceeding 65 °C / 149 °F) and three dots is high (75 °C). An ISO two-dot label is the top ISO setting; a US two-dot label is the middle one.
Often confused with
Tumble drying is allowed, but only on a mild, reduced-heat setting. GINETEX gives 60 °C for this setting.
Other drying symbols
Tumble dry, low heatcircle + 1 dotDo not tumble drycircle + crossTumble dry, high heatcircle + 3 dots · USTumble dry, any heatempty circle · USTumble dry, no heat (air only)filled circle · USDo not drycrossed square · USLine dry1 vertical lineDrip dry (hang wet)2 vertical linesDry flat1 horizontal lineDrip dry flat2 horizontal linesLine dry in the shade1 vertical line + cornerDrip dry in the shade2 vertical lines + cornerDry flat in the shade1 horizontal line + cornerDrip dry flat in the shade2 horizontal lines + corner
Sources
- GINETEX — Care symbols (existing care symbols under ISO 3758:2023) — checked 2026-09-22
- Government of Canada, Office of Consumer Affairs — Guide to Apparel and Textile Care Symbols (North American system) — checked 2026-09-22
Meanings are paraphrased from these sources, not quoted, and checked on the date shown.