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There’s an easy way to cut down on laundry - wear your clothes multiple times between cleanings.... honestly I usually wear jeans 2-3 days between washes. Every
by torpfactory 9y ago
There’s an easy way to cut down on laundry - wear your clothes multiple times between cleanings.... honestly I usually wear jeans 2-3 days between washes. Everything else is single day only... except when I go backpacking and then wear the same thing for a week straight. The smell is... complex.
- notatoad 9y agoChinos are fine with 2-3 days of wear between washes, jeans should be fine with a lot more. Unless you're a really sweaty person.
- wbillingsley 9y agoAny minute now, I'm expecting someone to pipe up "Oh, I just shower clothed..."
- ulucs 9y agoI actually saw that advice on a running forum as a solution to handle laundry between morning and afternoon runs.
- philipkglass 9y agoI did this once when I spent a week in a hotel near company HQ and forgot to pack a rotation of shirts in my luggage. I wore my one shirt into the shower each night and shampooed/rinsed it using my body as a support form. To dry it after wringing out I left it on my upside-down laptop overnight, with a busy-wait program running on the laptop to make it nice and toasty.
- adrianN 9y agoI thought it's well known that jeans don't get dirty.
- fyfy18 9y agoIt’s also worth looking at what materials you are buying. Typically clothes made from natural fibres breath better, which reduces moisture and odors. Merino wool is especially good for this, so you can wear it longer between washes.
- toomanybeersies 9y agoI've gone several years without washing merino wool clothing. You just need to air it out after use.
- semi-extrinsic 9y agoWhen you go on long hikes, you bring two boxer shorts: one that you wear the entire time, then on the last evening before returning to civilization, you burn it in the campfire and put on the clean one.
- intrasight 9y agoThere's an even easier way. Work at home naked.
- pymai 9y agoin most cases, the only reason your clothes get smelly is if you get smelly, so cleaning yourself more often might help. you dont have to shower every day, but cleaning the key areas does help and can easily be done just using the sink and warm water. even socks will last a lot longer if you just quickly wash your feet every morning or twice a day if you have the time
- stordoff 9y agoUnless you're particularly active, or there are other contaminants (spills, mud etc.), a pair of jeans should be fine for a fair bit longer than that.