I also like to hang my clothes outside. I have a drying rack that hangs on the patio. Occasionally if we have a little breeze I will find something floating in the pool, other than that no problems, no shrinkage and the whites actually look whiter. I live in Arizona so we have mostly sunny days. I do own a dryer that has a steam function so if anything needs to be softened like towels I toss it in for 3 minutes