How many loads of laundry do you do per week?

[lenny523]

About 12 loads a week.I kind of enjoy washing and the whole process has been all the more merrier ever since I bought a new front loading washer from best brand appliance(http://www.bestbrandappliance.ca/en/catalog/2529-Laundry/42-Washers).
According to an article from lifehacker it is better that you wash you clothes based on how close it is to your body.T-shirts,socks and underwear should be washed often and you don’t have to wash jeans at all unless it is really dirty.

 

[grwasher_expert]

I thought everyone has seen my setup/collection.....at least

I'm new to the AW forum and a had never seen your Neptune collection.
On sublect:
I usually do 4-6 loads/week.The standard loads I do every week are:
2-3 loads of darks at 30 ºC
1 load of sheets/bedding+towels at 40 ºC
1 load of whites(mainly underwear) and light coloreds at 50 ºC(I prefer that programme for my whites because the 60 ºC cotton programme lasts almost 4 hours(!) while the 50 º mixed cycle lasts 2 hours)

In the winter I also do an extra load of jeans on the special jeans programme(40 ºC) every 10 days and a load of woolens (jumpers and scarves) on the special woolens/hand washing programme(30 ºC) every 2 weeks.

 

[liamy1]

Found...

The below interesting, it's relating to washer capacities and how many loads of laundry on average a person would be expected to produce.

In relation to washer capacities - I believe this will have the biggest impact on how many loads a week are needed.

Then there are obvious things like how many clothes are worn, how often washed and separating habits - as they're individual, example; although most sources tell you not to run a load of just towels, I won't wash towels with anything else, as it accelerates wear on other fabrics.

Going back to capacities, as I have mentioned on AW a few times. The capacity/volume of washing machines has always struck me as a bit of a farce - it really does vary from manufacturer to manufacturer; example; the 8KG Hoover and 8KG Bosch washing machines that I had - the drums were nothing alike (Hoovers tall and shallow, Bosch stubby and deep).

Also, a standard UK double hollow fibre duvet (comforter) would fill the Bosch drum, but in weight, that doesn't come anywhere near 8KG. It wouldn't have even fit in the Hoover.

The bedding I have now (microfibre cluster) wouldn't have even fit in my 12kg LG, but again does not weigh 12kg.

And as I'm sure most know, the way the weight/capacity ratings are graded are the biggest farce of all.

 

[liamy1]

Sorry

Forgot the link

http://https//unclutterer.com/2009/...-a-family-of-four-spend-on-laundry-each-week/

 

[mjg0619]

WOW that lineup of Neptunes looks great, Martin!

I absolutely love my Neptune dryer. One of these days I really should look around to find a washer to go with it. Your laundry room looks like the appliance department at Sears the day the Neptune was launched!

 

[mattywashboy]

For me and my other half I do between 3 and 5 loads a week depending on what my work roster is like. I sometimes save up all the washing except bedding and towels and wash it over a couple of days every month.
We have enough clothes to last a month or so. It just depends how busy we are because I like to take my time getting laundry washed, ironed and sorted away . I section out my Laundry into the following loads:

Underwear, socks, pajamas, tracksuit pants - Hot 60* wash
T-Shirts (dark) - 30* cool
T-Shirts (white) and partners business shirts (light coloured) - 40* warm
Bedding - 60* Hot
Towels- 60 or 95*
In winter months I have an extra load of jumpers which are washed on 40*

There are also times where I use the twin tub to do my laundry which makes things a lot quicker and hands on. Mostly though I use the trusty automatic

Matt

 

[gorenje]

liamy1

You said just fine! You're right, the number of loads depends on many factors and habits.

And then for example someone may have a very large washing machine but doesn't fill it to the capacity so that one load will become three loads.

What you said about the volume of washers is true.

My father's gorenje washing machine for example has a capacity of 8 KG and the drum volume is 64 L. The same 8 KG rating of a Candy washing machine has only 48 L drum volume.

 

[liamy1]

Oh....

And another thing that has never made sense to me; detergent dosing.

We all know, detergent dosing is given on weight of laundry to be washed, but surely what determines the strength of a detergent solution is the amount of water the detergent is being mixed into?

Especially when you consider that most peoples' wash loads would not reach actual weight given on the detergent pack.

Funnily enough, handwashing instructions do this - it is given as detergent measure in ml/amount of water in litres (also every other cleaner I know does - e.g bleach again the advice is put so many mls into so many litres of water).

So why is detergent guided on the weight of fabric? Sure soil level/fabric type all play a role, but would imagine the biggest reason is, not many know (or care) how much water is used in the wash cycle.

I do know (well I would ) - a cotton cycle on my washer uses 49-54L a cycle, the wash portion of that cycle can use as little as 14L of water.

It's not, and never will be, and exact science (there are way, way too many variables).

 

[grwasher_expert]

Detergent dosing

Considering that detergent strength depends on the amount of water it is mixed with(% detergent concentration of the solution),I was wondering if I should use more detergent when using delicates or woolens cycles,where much more water is used during main wash than on the standard cotton cycles.Wouldn't the detergent be much more diluted that way?

 

[liamy1]

Wouldn't the detergent be much more diluted that way?

I'd day this would depend on the detergent. I find silk and wool detergents (persil/woolite/stergene etc) produce WAY too many suds anyway, so unless you were using a standard detergent (which depending on the fabric you're washing, could be wrecked by enzymes/bleaches), I wouldn't use anymore.

But if you were washing a non wool/silk item, but were using the delicate/wool program, I wouldn't expect more suds with a standard detergent, as you say, there is more water in the tub and these cycles usually have slow agitation patterns.

 

[ronhic]

We average 6 loads a week and have done for years now.

Whites - 50-60c
Lights - 40c
Darks - 30-40c
Sheets - 50-60c
Towels - 40-60c depending on which towels
Dog bedding - 40c ....thankfully from dogs that don't moult and are groomed every 3 weeks(love a Wheaten terrier)

Sometimes a load may flip to the next week, but then something always seems to take its place such as pull-overs/sweaters/jumpers or filthy garden kit.

 

[kimball455]

Hello ...

5 - 7 loads/week

Bath towels
Bed linens
Shirts
Jeans
Undies/t/shirts
and, possibly, cat beds and blankets and that increased it to 9 loads

LG front load LG gas dryer. And, as you can see, the top of the dryer is a great nap location for George Herbert.

Harry

 

[tolivac]

2-3 loads per week-lights-HOT,darks,Warm.

 

[washman]

1.45 loads

 

[chachp]

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: helvetica;">Two of us, 4.5 washer, I do about 4-6 loads per week just depends.</span>

<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">1 load of Colors (T-Shirts, socks, colored underwear, etc.)</span></li>
<li>1 load of Jeans - Cold water, low spin, hang dry</li>
<li>1 load of shirts that I wash in cold and hang to dry</li>
<li>1 load of white T-Shirts, warm water to reduce the bands shrinking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I used to do these on the Sanitary cycle but I didn’t like what it did to bands and the bottoms of the T shirts.</li>
<li>1 load of White towels, white kitchen towels, hubby’s white socks using the Sanitary cycle, Prewash, Steam and probably other options if they were available!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Cycle ends up being about 3.5 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>His socks are pretty bad as are the kitchen towels but everything comes out sparkling white.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I use Persil powder and OxiClean – great results!!</li>
</ul>
 

 

[bobbi]

I try to do everything as efficiently as possible, so my set up is probably different than most.

I do at least 4 loads per week for a family of three. Lights and whites done together account for one load, then my darks have to be split into two loads, then my husband's filthy work jeans are last. But it's not often that I only have those loads to do. I alternate between doing rugs one week and bedding the next week. In the winter, I will have a load of coats every week too.

If I am pressed for time, I will just do the four loads I first mentioned, but then I have to play catch up the following week, so that is only for situations where I have no choice.