Dry brush upside down or on its base?
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Doesn't matter, but I always hang mine bristles down.
I bought a cheap chrome stand off amazon that holds the brush/razor quite nicely inside my medicine cabinet. Easy storage with a blade in the razor and keeps it out of the way.
Some people say it don't matter but you definitely can't go wrong with bristles down.
I have read that it really doesn't matter but I have always hung mine bristles down to dry. I use 3 of my stands so each brush hangs for 3 days before putting back into rotation. I used to use the plastic hangers but now use all that will hold razors as well. The plus to these is the brush opening is I think 31ish mm. So I can hang large knot brushes.
I dry mine sideways 
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As a force of habit, I hang mine upside down! 
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My synthetic came with a small plastic stand so I hang it on that bristles down.
I dry my brushes bristles up. I shake them and towel dry them, so there's not much water left to cause damage.
Mine are bristles up. Moisture evaporates upward, so I shake the excess moisture out and put it on the counter
I dry mine sideways
Mine's on a 45 degree angle
Upside down, just because that's the way I've always done it.
Ya hang some, ya stand some. Can't win them all.
I hang mine. I think Gravity has more pull than evaporation in my area of the world. ��
With bristles down, water does not gravitate down into the dark and potentially mouldy knot. That especially has significance in the warm wet season. Any dust in the air would fall on the handle and outside bristles and not get in between them. Upside-down storage would typically be for in-reserve dry brushes in a cabinet.
I dry mine sideways
Have you compared sideway drying speed to base and upside down?
I've tried both and found upside down is faster.
But for the large brush, knot area always dried up slow.
Mine are hung brisles down. Sometimes if I'm in a rush when I finish shaving I'll leave them handle down on the shaving cabinet. I think if it meant the demise of your brush, brush makers would have a strict warning with every one shipped.
I was just kidding, although I don't see why laying a brush on it's side wouldn't work. Maybe I should try it LOL!!
