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I wouldn't be surprised if it's balanced out by having to spend more time shopping for clothes because all those repeated trips through the washer and dryer wea

I wouldn't be surprised if it's balanced out by having to spend more time shopping for clothes because all those repeated trips through the washer and dryer wear them out more quickly. A while back we got fed up with our apartment's laundry facilities, and switched to one of those Haier portable washer units, drying on a clothesline, and washing less often. At this point I'm almost annoyed with how much longer my clothing is lasting, because I'm ready for some new colors.

atwebb 8y ago
We have a completely different experience, I have many of the same polos and jeans as I had 10 years ago. Still going strong with just a bit of fading. Small differences in people's perspective and lifestyles like this is fascinating to me.
richeyryan 8y ago
What difference does your Haier make? I don't follow the effect it has. I'm from Ireland where using a washing machine and a clothesline is the norm and a drier is less common. I think I might be missing some of the context for your point
- bunderbunder 8y ago
  I'm not sure that it's really the key difference. The main thing is that its small load size, together with needing to line dry, encourages us to be more judicious about how frequently we wash our garments. I wouldn't be surprised if the way that it agitates turns out to be gentler, though. Dryers are probably the worst of it. Every time you clean a lint trap, it's a demonstration of how much wear and tear they put on fabric.
  - richeyryan 8y ago
    Ah cool, yeah I would agree with you. I was wondering if there was an extra dimension I was missing
JohnFen 8y ago
> all those repeated trips through the washer and dryer wear them out more quickly. Particularly the drier. But I think most people use their driers wrong -- they want their clothes to be bone dry when they come out, and that's what causes the largest amount of wear and tear (all that lint in your lint trap is the result of damage to your clothing). Better to have the drier get the clothes almost, but not quite, completely dry.

atwebb 8y ago

We have a completely different experience, I have many of the same polos and jeans as I had 10 years ago. Still going strong with just a bit of fading. Small differences in people's perspective and lifestyles like this is fascinating to me.

richeyryan 8y ago

What difference does your Haier make? I don't follow the effect it has. I'm from Ireland where using a washing machine and a clothesline is the norm and a drier is less common. I think I might be missing some of the context for your point

bunderbunder 8y ago
I'm not sure that it's really the key difference. The main thing is that its small load size, together with needing to line dry, encourages us to be more judicious about how frequently we wash our garments. I wouldn't be surprised if the way that it agitates turns out to be gentler, though. Dryers are probably the worst of it. Every time you clean a lint trap, it's a demonstration of how much wear and tear they put on fabric.
- richeyryan 8y ago
  Ah cool, yeah I would agree with you. I was wondering if there was an extra dimension I was missing

JohnFen 8y ago

> all those repeated trips through the washer and dryer wear them out more quickly. Particularly the drier. But I think most people use their driers wrong -- they want their clothes to be bone dry when they come out, and that's what causes the largest amount of wear and tear (all that lint in your lint trap is the result of damage to your clothing). Better to have the drier get the clothes almost, but not quite, completely dry.