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Colors don't bleed much these days. Some might, e.g. on handmade clothing such as tyedye but most commercial colors don't. If you wash items of different weigh

Colors don't bleed much these days. Some might, e.g. on handmade clothing such as tyedye but most commercial colors don't. If you wash items of different weights, fabrics, etc. together the load can get unbalanced more easily. Such as as single heavy towel or jacket in with a bunch of light synthetic items. The "towels" setting uses warmer water and faster spin speed but an overall shorter cycle (at least on my washer) compared to the "normal" cycle. This probably presumes that towels usually are made of cotton and aren't very dirty. I agree that a fully manual mode would be nice. My washer (LG) doesn't have that but by knowing what the various cycles and optional settings (e.g. soil level, extra rinse) do you can get pretty close to what you want.

dzhiurgis 11mo ago
> I agree that a fully manual mode would be nice. Enter "why wifi on your washing machine makes sense"
- butvacuum 11mo ago
  Not needed. Pure software change, cycle programs aren't difficult, and there's plenty of buttons to use to input them.
dylan604 11mo ago
> Colors don't bleed much these days. Some might, e.g. on handmade clothing such as tyedye but most commercial colors don't. Sadly, with fast fashion, we've regressed to the point places like Shein/Fashion Nova sell pool attire vs swim suit that is not meant to get wet due to the dyes not holding when wet.
bgbntty2 11mo ago
Thanks! I forgot about the unbalancing. I wish the open source washing machine projects actually took off. From what I remember they were created mostly to help poorer nations, which is a good goal. I've had to hand wash in the past and it was awful. So slow, boring and annoying. And you either have to wring by hand, which ruined several underpants I had, or you have to let the clothes dry naturally, which I didn't try. The hand washing videos say to lay the clothes on a towel, but I didn't have a whole free room to lay down all the clothes, so I wrung them.

dzhiurgis 11mo ago

> I agree that a fully manual mode would be nice. Enter "why wifi on your washing machine makes sense"

butvacuum 11mo ago
Not needed. Pure software change, cycle programs aren't difficult, and there's plenty of buttons to use to input them.

dylan604 11mo ago

> Colors don't bleed much these days. Some might, e.g. on handmade clothing such as tyedye but most commercial colors don't. Sadly, with fast fashion, we've regressed to the point places like Shein/Fashion Nova sell pool attire vs swim suit that is not meant to get wet due to the dyes not holding when wet.

bgbntty2 11mo ago

Thanks! I forgot about the unbalancing. I wish the open source washing machine projects actually took off. From what I remember they were created mostly to help poorer nations, which is a good goal. I've had to hand wash in the past and it was awful. So slow, boring and annoying. And you either have to wring by hand, which ruined several underpants I had, or you have to let the clothes dry naturally, which I didn't try. The hand washing videos say to lay the clothes on a towel, but I didn't have a whole free room to lay down all the clothes, so I wrung them.