Wash & Dry Clothes in ONE machine

[kenny]

It's about time.

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[meresal]

They have had the 2-in-1 machines in parts of Europe for some time now. I''ve seen them on House Hunters International a few times.

It still kind of baffles me though!

 

[kenny]

One thing to buy instead of two.

You don''t have to move clothes from one machine to the other.

What''s baffling?

 

[Skippy123]

I am pretty sure Consumer Reports reported that they didn't do a very good job like the regular washer and dryers. Also that the capacity is quite small and that if you overload them then they do a super bad job. eta: I was excited about them until I read that.

 

[kenny]

Making, shipping, using, discarding big box of metal instead of two is more green.

I think it is only a matter time before a manufacturer improves the design and these catch on.

 

[lilyfoot]

Date: 11/12/2009 7:42:15 PM
Author: meresal
They have had the 2-in-1 machines in parts of Europe for some time now. I''ve seen them on House Hunters International a few times.

It still kind of baffles me though!

Yeah, I''ve known about these for a long time.

The only reason it would bother me is because sometimes I''ve got more than 1 load to do. I don''t want to have to wait for the first load to wash and dry before I can start on the second one.

However, I rarely do laundry these days (BF does it), so take my opinion with a grain of salt

 

[Munchkin]

My parents have one. I don''t care for it.

1. It has a small capacity and I always have to run the dry cycle again to fully dry anything cotton. That eliminates any "green-ness" in my book as I end up using 2 hours of electricity to dry towels or sheets. We can''t line dry my bedding or towels because I have very severe pollen allergies.

2. I have some clothes (i.e. jeans) that I don''t dry. I have to do a separate load of just those clothes to avoid drying. The other option would be to only set it to wash and then set it to dry after getting the clothes out - but that defeats the purpose.

3. I don''t think my things get as clean.

4. Finally, you can''t use good smelling dryer sheets. I don''t like how my clothes smell out of that machine.

Thankfully, it is only at my parents (little tiny) cottage. It was selected purely to save space. I don''t think they would buy another.

 

[Shoopy]

That article is from 2004 so I''m guessing it hasn''t caught on.

 

[softly softly]

I''ve had one for the past five years and have no real complaints. I typically dry my clothes outside (which is hands down the greenest way possible) and generally go out of my way to avoid using a tumble dryer, so the drying facility is really just there as a back up - I''ve probably used it less than 20 times in the past 5 years.

We selected this particular brand because it had a generous capacity (8kgs) was the most water efficent at the time and also to save space.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Date: 11/12/2009 8:52:51 PM
Author: Munchkin

2. I have some clothes (i.e. jeans) that I don''t dry. I have to do a separate load of just those clothes to avoid drying. The other option would be to only set it to wash and then set it to dry after getting the clothes out - but that defeats the purpose.

Some of my clothes also aren''t put in the dryer. In fact, I line dry and/or flat dry almost all my stuff. Like I''m going to let a $150 pair of jeans get shrunk up in the dryer.

I even lay out some of my favorite $20 Old Navy sweaters.