The Only Laundry Cycle You Should Use

[rp2813]

Where did they find this guy?  And he's blasting out this advice (like sanitizing diapers with the "quick" cycle) on HGTV?  If we had a functioning Congress, I'd say they should reel in the runaway misinformation train before it hits warp speed.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/believe-not-only-cycle-washing-191603499.html

 

[DADoES]

 
"In the ’70s, you needed the ‘bulky bedding’ cycle and the ‘sanitary’ cycle ... it was a legit thing."

Somebody, please show me a 1970s washer with those cycles.

 

[ea56]

HGTV needs to vet its “experts” better!  I’m surprised that this fool doesn’t also recommend washing the dirty diapers with the dishtowels and dinner napkins to save time.  At least today there aren’t many families that still use cloth diapers, so thats a relief.

 

My stepfathers sister used to rinse out the dirty diapers in the kitchen sink and then right after doing so wash the lettuce for that nights dinner salad in the very same kitchen sink without at the very least bothering to first scour it out with Ajax, YUK!!  And these morons wondered why they always had diarrhea?  I was only about 12  when I witnessed this and even I knew better than that.

 

Eddie

 

[qsd-dan]

"In the ’70s, you needed the ‘bulky bedding’ cycle and the ‘sanitary’ cycle ... it was a legit thing."

W...T...F

I bet this guy is so young his grandmother was a small child in the 70's.

"If I could build a washing machine, it would just have one button — you’d just push it, and it’d be warm water and ‘express’ cycle and that’s it.”

Define warm. I don't want my darks in warm water, also don't want my whites in warm water, either.

“If you do the ‘whitest whites’ cycle, it’s two hours and 20 minutes to two hours and 45 minutes. In that amount of time, I could watch an entire ‘Star Wars’ and I couldn’t do all of my laundry in one day that way.”

Get a top loader, dude. Grow TF up, Star Wars is for children. Get out of fantasy land and into reality.

"We also chatted about Richardson’s favorite laundry detergent, why he never uses bleach, how he fragrances his clothes in the dryer without using dryer sheets and much more here."

He better be using at least chlorine bleach with a short cycle like that. *shivers*

I don't need my clothes to reek of any fragrance.

 

[appnut]

Well Speed Wash on my LG is 15 minutes and does not do a spin between wash and the one rinse. (at least the Duet did a spin bettween the wash & rinse. Using the Normal cycle with the exact same parameters as found on the speed wash cycle (lightest soil level and no extra rinse), default time is 23 minutes (8 minutes more). For those 8 minutes, gets you TurboWash activated, 2 minutes longer wash, a spin between wash & rinse, and the intense rinsing of the only rinse on Normal wash. For assured rinsing, I think I can live with those 8 more minutes. FYI, adding an extra rinse on Speed Wash doesn't allow for an interim spin either.

 

[Chetlaham]

The article might be nothing more than click bait AI. Vague terminology without any technical detail or verifiable sources written in an airy open ended syntax structure. It sounds like legit journalism, a brilliant master piece to the unwashed masses, but those who know their subject being presented, know its fake. Yes I know this from the Huff post- but that doesn't mean Huff is being real or factual. With big tech censoring everything and only "trusted" sources waved from being weighted against internet algorithms there is a huge click vacuum being filled at the moment.

 

[ryner1988]

LMAO I actually saw this article a couple days ago and remember thinking oh holy sh*t, this guy's gonna be the laughing stock of AW.org as soon as a matter of days. LOL I wasn't disappointed! And I agree with everyone here, this person is a total idiot! Bulky and sanitary cycles on any washer made in the 70's...I was born in '88 so I might be ignorant, but I didn't think that existed at all during that time period. Wasn't the bulky cycle introduced when low-water washers started to become more commonplace?

I have a quick wash cycle on my washer but very seldom use it, not because agitation time isn't long enough because it probably is, but because I find the final spin isn't long enough for full loads. I expect lots of other people feel the same way.

Ryne

 

[angus]

I've seen this guy before on some talk show or other. Not impressive at all- completely disconnected from reality and tries too hard to be a "personality". And most of his advice is BS. But I guess anyone can be a self proclaimed "expert" today just like everyone is suddenly a "lifestyle expert" or "career coach". My advice is ignore him and anything he proffers. I'm guessing he also has his own website where he sells "products" .

What bugs me is the number of people looking for a magic bullet to make laundry a "check the box" exercise that would rather waste time listening to him then actually using common sense to solve their laundry issues.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

stupidity

SMH. This is just pure stupidity. What is wrong with this fool? Does he think we're stupid?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

stupid guy

This guy is so stupid! LOL! Bulky and sanitary in the 70's? I thought they came about in the 2000's! Not everything needs a quick cycle unless you need a few items in an emergency that are lightly soiled and need freshening! SMH! WTF! And this is on top of shoving everything in the wash without sorting and getting dingy laundry as a result! Never using bleach on whites? I'd have a heart attack! Nobody wants dingy whites that smell like CRAP! Not everything needs warm water! You have some loads that need cold and others needing hot. The only time I wash in warm is with light colors or when the weather is freezing.[this post was last edited: 2/9/2024-07:22]

 

[gelaundry4ever]

washing everything on speed wash

I mean, who washes everything on speed wash? Not everything will get completely clean! The last time I checked, that cycle was designed for a small load of lightly soiled laundry. I'd rather do EVERYTHING right than to follow the crowd. Once again, people will complain that their whites came out dingy. GEE, I wonder why? I swear, people don't read their user's manual. Absolutely stupid.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

to dadoes

I have NEVER seen a washer from the 70s with bulky or sanitary, let alone the 80s and 90s. As for the 2000s, those cycles were just coming onto the scene.

 

[huebschman]

To reply #11

You're right. People simply knew how to do laundry, which now has become rocket science . But maybe some vintage FL's with water heater had a sanitary cycle. I don't know.

 

[ryner1988]

Reply #7

"But I guess anyone can be a self proclaimed "expert" today just like everyone is suddenly a "lifestyle expert" or "career coach."

Don't you know anyone can be anything they want to be? All you have to do is have the dream and BAM! that wish is yours overnight. You don't need any qualifications or experience, just walk right in, say a few well-placed words to get everyone to think you're the second coming of Jesus, and well what do ya know, you're a life style coach, or laundry expert, or CEO, or hell, the president of the GD United States tomorrow! Holy crap it's magic!

Ryne

 

[donprohel]

Not to be picky...

...but this so-called "Laundry Evangelist" sells soap (soap!) for use in washing machines, enough said

 

[gelaundry4ever]

picky about laundry

I'm very picky when it comes to doing laundry. I only do it the right way. Doing laundry isn't rocket science! Look at how dirty people's clothes are as a result of washing everything on express, even when they stink or are severely stained. This totally reeks of nasty. Doing laundry is like cooking. Both take varying amounts of time. I'd rather go by the manual at the very least. Not to sound obnoxious, but who has time to screw up laundry? Also, I don't believe his soaps will work. Give me Tide or Persil any day of the week.
If I wash laundry on the long cycle, so what? I want real results. It's not like I'm in a rush all the time.

 

[wayupnorth]

My Maytag 511 from 1984

Has only a regular, PP and delicate cycles with hot warm cold and small to extra large loads. Simple is what I want not confusing multi-cycles and todays cheap crap that breaks down, no thanks, I will keep what works for me. And 40 years later it still works perfectly like it did when it just came out of the box new.

 

[ea56]

I’m with you Tim, simple is better!  Why does anyone need a machine to select the cycle time, temp, spin speed and agitation speed.?  Just give me a washer that lets ME select these options as I see necessary.

 

Eddie

 

[gelaundry4ever]

I agree.

I completely agree. Let me choose how I want to wash how I see fit. The last time I had one lasted until 2017 which was the GE plastic tup as it did a better job. The most shocking thing is that it lasted that long considering how cheaply built it was. I seriously couldn't believe it.