parch Reserve for $100

A dry place for sweaty clothes to land.

Parch dries your workout clothes under UV-C light and vents the air through a charcoal filter. It is built to stop the permanent stink and the mildew that come from leaving them damp, so you can wash them when you get to it.

Reserve yours for $100

Refundable deposit. $450 when it ships, estimated December 2027.

Parch hamper in Oat: a smooth head over a fluted pull-out basket, a thin warm light on the front, a tan leather pull tab and a foot pedal at the base Parch hamper in Moss, a muted sage green Parch hamper in Clay, a soft terracotta Parch hamper in Charcoal, a warm dark gray
Color Oat
Dry in about three hoursMoving air dries synthetic workout clothes in about three hours and cotton in about six. Odor bacteria and mildew both need moisture.
UV-C lightSix UV-C LEDs shine on the clothes while they dry, on the surface where odor-causing bacteria grow. The light stays sealed inside.
Charcoal filterAir leaves through activated charcoal, which traps odor before it reaches your room.
Wash when you canThe basket holds about a week of workout clothes and keeps them dry, so laundry waits for you.

Design targets, to be confirmed by testing before we ship.

The smell starts after the workout.

Fresh sweat has very little odor. The smell is made later, on the fabric, by bacteria that feed on sweat and skin oils.1 They need moisture to do it, and so does mildew.2 In an ordinary hamper, damp clothes sit pressed together with the lid shut, sometimes for days, and slow drying in humid air helps those bacteria multiply.3

Synthetic sportswear has it worst. The bacteria behind the smell grow better on polyester than on cotton,1 and the odor they leave does not wash out of polyester completely. Each wear adds more, which is how a shirt ends up with a stink that never leaves.4

Parch works on the moisture. Your workout clothes are dried within hours of you taking them off, with UV-C light on the fabric while they dry, and the week's pile is kept dry until you can wash it.

You use it like any hamper.

  1. Parch with the lid open and a shirt, shorts and sock lying flat on the drying deck inside

    Step on the pedal and drop your clothes in.

    The lid lifts hands-free. They land on a flat deck at the top, spread out in one layer instead of balled up in a pile.

  2. Close view of the front of Parch: the warm status light, the Parch wordmark, the leather pull tab and the top of the fluted basket front

    Close the lid and leave it.

    A quiet fan moves room air across the clothes, and the light on the front glows while it works. Once the sensors read dry, the deck opens and they drop into the basket with the rest of the week.

  3. Parch with the fluted basket drawer pulled out by its leather tab, clothes inside

    On laundry day, pull out the basket.

    The fluted front is a drawer. It slides out by the leather tab and carries to the machine. It holds about a week of workout clothes.

The base of Parch with the drip tray pulled out, holding a little water

Soaked clothes are fine too.

Clothes from a run in the rain, or rinsed out in the sink, hold far more water than sweat puts in. Parch lets the excess drain off the deck into a pull-out tray, then adds warm air to finish drying. A drenched set of cotton workout clothes should be dry in six to seven hours.

The light tells you when the tray needs emptying. It lifts out and goes in the dishwasher.

Parch in Oat standing against a plaster wall on an oak floor, beside a low bench with folded towels, a vase of dried grasses and a rolled exercise mat

What changes at home

The bedroom stops smelling like a gym bag.

Workout clothes dry within hours instead of sitting damp for days, and the air leaving Parch passes through a charcoal filter.

Nothing hangs off doors and chair backs.

The drying happens inside the hamper, out of sight, so sweaty clothes have one place to go the moment they come off.

Laundry waits until you are ready.

The basket holds about a week of workout clothes and keeps air moving through them, so nothing sits damp while it waits for the wash.

Wet days stop being a problem.

Clothes soaked by rain go in the same way as sweaty ones. Parch notices the extra water and handles it.

What's inside

Six parts do the work. Most weeks none of them needs you. The filter is changed twice a year.

Parch cut in half from front to back, showing workout clothes drying on the deck near the top, the fan and filter behind it, and a week of dry clothes in the basket below

  1. Drying deck

    Two ribbed aluminum flaps hold one workout's clothes in a single layer, so air reaches all of them. The flaps swing open to drop the clothes once they are dry.

  2. Fan

    One slow 120 mm fan draws room air in at the base, up through the stored clothes and across the deck. The target is 30 dBA at one meter, the WHO guideline level for a bedroom at night.5

  3. Humidity sensors

    Parch compares the air going in with the air coming out and stops when they match. Dry time depends on the load, so there is no timer to set.

  4. UV-C light

    Six 275 nm LEDs light the clothes while they dry. UV-C only treats the surfaces it can reach,6 which is why Parch handles one spread-out layer at a time. We will publish independent lab results before shipping and make no germ claims until then.

  5. Charcoal filter

    Air leaves through activated carbon, which holds odor back. The filter lifts out and is replaced about every six months.

  6. Warm air and drip tray

    For soaked loads a 150 watt warm-air stage switches on by itself. Water that drains off the deck runs down to a tray you pull out and empty.

The UV-C chamber is light-tight, and a hardware interlock cuts the LEDs the moment the lid or the basket opens.7 Parch produces no ozone and uses no fragrance.

Details

These are design targets. Parch is in development, and every figure will be confirmed by testing before we ship.

Size
17.3 × 15.7 × 27.2 in44 × 40 × 69 cm. About 39 in tall with the lid open.
Capacity
About a week of workout clothesSeven workouts in a 16 gallon (60 liter) basket
Dry time
About 3 hours for synthetic workout clothes, 6 for cottonIn a room at 72 °F (22 °C) and 50% humidity. Longer in humid rooms.
Sound
30 dBA at one meter while dryingSlower and quieter in a dark room. The warm-air stage is louder, about 35 dBA.
Power
Plugs into a wall outletAbout 7 kWh a year in normal use. Each soaked load adds roughly 1 kWh.
Weight
21.6 lb9.8 kg
Filter
Activated charcoalOne fitted and one spare in the box
Colors
Oat, Moss, Clay, CharcoalOne tone per unit, with a deeper base and a leather pull tab
Parch in Oat Parch in Moss Parch in Clay Parch in Charcoal
Color Oat

Reserve your Parch

  • Parch$450

    One-time price. Shipping and tax are added before your order ships.

  • Filter plan$50 a year

    Two charcoal filters a year, sent when it is time to change. Optional. Billing starts when your Parch ships, and you can cancel at any time.

  • DeliveryDecember 2027

    This is our estimate. Parch is still in development, and we will email you if the date moves.

  • Due today$100

    A refundable deposit. It holds your place in line and comes off the price.

Reserve in Oat for $100

Cancel at any time before shipping for a full refund of your deposit.

  1. You pay $100 today.
  2. Before production starts, we email you to confirm your color and address.
  3. When your Parch is ready to ship, you pay the remaining $350 plus shipping and tax.

Questions

Is the deposit refundable?

Yes. Until your order ships you can cancel and get the full $100 back.

When will Parch ship?

Our estimate is December 2027. Parch is in development, so that date can move. If it does, we will tell you, and you can keep your place or take a refund.

Does Parch wash or sanitize clothes?

No. Parch dries clothes and keeps them dry until you wash them, which takes away the moisture that odor-causing bacteria need. It does not replace the wash.

Is the UV-C light safe?

UV-C can hurt eyes and skin, so Parch keeps it sealed inside. The chamber is light-tight, and the LEDs are wired through an interlock that cuts their power as soon as the lid or basket opens. Software cannot override it.

Will it fade or damage my clothes?

The UV-C dose in one cycle is small. By our estimate a garment would need more than 800 cycles to reach the lowest dose that weakened fabric in a published study.8 That study used a different material, so we are testing colored and stretch fabrics ourselves before shipping. The warm-air stage is designed to keep fabric below 104 °F (40 °C).

Do I need the filter plan?

No, it is optional. Parch ships with one filter fitted and a spare in the box. The plan sends two a year after that for $50, and you can cancel it at any time.

Where should it go?

Anywhere you would keep a hamper that is near a wall outlet. Bumpers on the back keep the exhaust clear of the wall. It dries fastest in a room that is not humid, so a bedroom or closet suits it better than a steamy bathroom.

Are these photographs?

No. Parch is in development, and the images on this page are computer renders of the current design. Details may change before production.