dj-gabriele
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Is a 20Km round trip to wash ones clothes considered normal
I don't think that ANYWHERE in Europe one has to travel that much to find a laundromat or laundry to wash one's comforter! Distances are way smaller!
...well, maybe in the remote regions of the Alps or on the Scottish highlands!
I never bothered nor I'm interested in getting a bigger washing machine for that kind of items!
I give them to my favourite laundry and get them back 2 days later, cleaned, dried and vacuum packed and it costs around 12-18 euros, the laundromat costs at least 6€ to wash and 6€ to dry, so there's no point in using overused machines that god-only-knows what they've washed before!
Anyway, in Italy we have comforters/duvets that may or may not have a removable cover (most often not) and under it the proper "top" sheet and on the mattress there is the cover and the bottom sheet. So you only need to change the sheets weekly and the duvet and mattress cover are to be laundered only a few times a year!
SECOND QUESTION ANSWERED:
Maybe the stance in non usa machines is all the wash article are stuck together and never move with respect to another?
You might haven't not noticed the photos I posted, first with a stationary drum and the other with the revolving drum, it almost doesn't look like the same load!
And the photos were shoot only 30 seconds apart... so the clothes get continuous relative motion! And my machine is an especially crappy one! Go figure with a better one!
I don't think that ANYWHERE in Europe one has to travel that much to find a laundromat or laundry to wash one's comforter! Distances are way smaller!
...well, maybe in the remote regions of the Alps or on the Scottish highlands!
I never bothered nor I'm interested in getting a bigger washing machine for that kind of items!
I give them to my favourite laundry and get them back 2 days later, cleaned, dried and vacuum packed and it costs around 12-18 euros, the laundromat costs at least 6€ to wash and 6€ to dry, so there's no point in using overused machines that god-only-knows what they've washed before!
Anyway, in Italy we have comforters/duvets that may or may not have a removable cover (most often not) and under it the proper "top" sheet and on the mattress there is the cover and the bottom sheet. So you only need to change the sheets weekly and the duvet and mattress cover are to be laundered only a few times a year!
SECOND QUESTION ANSWERED:
Maybe the stance in non usa machines is all the wash article are stuck together and never move with respect to another?

You might haven't not noticed the photos I posted, first with a stationary drum and the other with the revolving drum, it almost doesn't look like the same load!
And the photos were shoot only 30 seconds apart... so the clothes get continuous relative motion! And my machine is an especially crappy one! Go figure with a better one!