After moving his family from Brooklyn to Norway, entrepreneur Bjørn Holte ran into a regular problem: Having dry pairs of gloves and boots on-hand for his three little girls. Hemsedal, Norway gets plenty of snow in the winter and rain during the other seasons.

When Holte asked local parents what they used for dryers, no one seemed to have a good solution.

Holte then worked with engineers to invent the Hedgehog Dryer, a family of glove/boot dryers that use a patented turbine technology. It's something like the Dyson of glove dryers, using a brushless motor and a special impeller to create a powerful airflow. Australian industrial designer Lachlan Dunn handled the product design.

The line includes the Octopus model, designed for shoes and heavy boots:

The Wall model for shoes and gloves:

A Hanger variant of the Wall model:

And the Family model, for shoes and gloves.

All models feature a 10-hour timer and allow you to dial in the heat and airflow. There's also a "Tornado" mode, for when you need your stuff dried in a jiffy.

Prices run from €149 to €199 (USD $162 to $217).