Abstract: A dryer assembly is for drying garments, the dryer assembly having: a housing with an air inlet and an outlet; a centrifugal impeller for generating a flow of air from the inlet to the outlet, the centrifugal impeller having backwardly curved blades and being adapted to draw in air through the inlet in a direction parallel its rotational axis and to distribute the air radially out into an internal chamber of the housing, the chamber being formed so as to guide the air radially from the impeller towards the outlet, a control unit adapted to control the impeller based on input from a user; and an adapter having an inlet connected to the outlet of the housing and one or more outlets through which air from the dryer housing may flow to dry garment placed around, at or near the outlet, the adapter being releasably connected to the housing.