Whilst this is practical advise from a savings discipline perspective, it tends to ignore the tax and investment planning aspect of the useful elements of both offset accounts and redraw. Simply putting your money into redraw as a savings measure frequently has dire consequences for people who...
Some simple rules that work almost every time.
Money borrowed = redraw
Money earned = offset (includes income, rent, dividends, etc)
If the offset account works properly, it should have the same interest saving effect as redraw.