Are you a Sudsophobe ? A Rinsoholic ?

[henene4]

With laundry, I generally aim at 3 rinses, 4 for big loads of towels and bedding.

Now, with the Bauknecht (Whirlpool), I always have to hit the extra rinse button. If it for some reason decides to cut washing time, it only carrys out 2 rinses. Which, really, just isn't enough with low water levels. With extra rinse I get 4 high rinses on a full load of cottons on Cottons 40°, and 4 mid level rinses on Cottons 60°.
The AEG defaults to 3 rinses with any load bigger then half full. However, if I load to max capacity or wash bedding, I hit extra rinse. This however adds 2 rinses. But given that it leaves out the spin between main wash and 1st rinse then (and its rinsing system of ultra low level with really good spins), I get 4ish rinses then.
On short and Easy Care cycles, extra rinse is default for me.

But, I probably would be rinsing less if water wasn't that absurdley hard around here. I need about 100-120ml of detergent for 4 pairs of jeans and some other items to get decent jobs done. But thats with 42gpg&#92°dH water hardness.

With dishwashers: I find 1 interim rinse (so 2 rinses total) for daily loads plenty enough. I wouldn't like less, but except for special occasions, more is just not needed in my view. I mean, the water exchange rate on dishes is probably north of 90% in a typical DW, given only a fine film will stay on the dishes between rinses and cup bottoms won't hold an ocean either.

 

[mrboilwash]

Don`t get me wrong guys, I`m all for good rinsing results, always have been.
Got my Miele programmed to maximum rinse levels and always use (unless it`s a very small load) Water Plus which is programmed to an additional rinse. We have plenty of rainfall in Germany, so it doesn`t make much sense to sacrifice well rinsed clothes.

The problem is if I dose the detergent properly (for my needs) I still get plenty of suds in the last (3rd) rinse.

Years ago when I still had a mechanical timer I would simply add a rinse when I felt it was necessary. When I got my first PCB controlled machine I simply gave in and let the fabric softener (in the last rinse of course) take care of the suds.
Never had any skin issues because of that.

@washer111
When my Miele was new it also gave me problems by accerlerating too quickly then it often went into suds or water locks but it DID NOT always slow down as it should to clear the pump and then accelerate slowly again. It sometimes just ignored suds locks and kept on spinning.
Not sure if you experience exactly the same problem, but if you do the remedy is to raise both front legs by at least 2 cm. A Miele repairman adviced me to do so after countless service calls. It still accelerates very quickly with smallish loads but now it is much more reliable at detecting problems and taking the right action.

 

[circlew]

I always wash any new item of clothing before wearing, other than a coat.

My friend Jay got lazy about going to the washateria, so had to buy a package of underwear, as he was out. A couple days later he was itching, and they had irritated a certain part of his body! I'd warned him, but he didn't listen.