Tip: Laundry on hold

[yvi]

So, I am lazy. Heh, no surprise there, many of us are.

I also want everything being done and over with when I sit down and have dinner in the evening. So whatever needs to get done in the household, I will do right after I come home or it'll cost me a lot more energy to get up and do it later.

I also, and this is a bad combination, am responsible for the laundry in my household. Coming home at 5-6, then putting things in the washing machine mans it's done by around 8, at which point I will either not notice that it's done or won't have the energy to care. So then I get to hang it up to dry at 10-ish before I go to bed. Which sucks. I also can't just turn it on in the morning because then it will smell when I come back.

However, washing-machine-building-people actually seem to care about me! As I recently discovered, my washing machine has a button for "wash until the last cycle, resume when button is pushed again".

So now I can gather up the laundry in the mornings, turn it on, come back in the evenings and push the button, and fold the laundry from the last load just in time for the current one to finish.

Voila, problem solved. Reading the manual sometimes does help ;)

Comments

[draigwen]

One of the reasons I bought the one I've got is that it has a timer function - so I switch it on in the morning to start in the afternoon, so it's just ready when I get home. Of course, I still then forget and end up putting the laundry to dry a little too late...

[yvi]

Oh, a timer sounds shiny! Mine was a rather cheap model, but when I upgrade at one point, I hope to get that function as well.

Of course, I still then forget and end up putting the laundry to dry a little too late

I do that so often it's embarrassing. My washing machine doesn't beep when it's done...

[kathmandu]

My washer doesn't have that feature, but I sometimes make it fit my schedule better by sorting the dirty clothes when I have a free moment, and then when I come home the next day I can immediately throw a hamperful into the washer. It shortens the effective duration of a laundry session.

[marymac]

For anyone regarding their washing machine in dismay: this function is also known as 'rinse-hold'.

Do ensure the lock on your washer door functions properly before you use it, otherwise flooding may ensue when the unwary attempt to be helpful.

My housemates learn these things so you don't have to.

[schnurble]

Our door lock works (already checked by being unwary) :o)

Hubby uses this feature when washing his work shirts. When the machine stops, he rinses away the water without spinning, takes out the shirts and hangs them up dripping wet (is much easier to iron), and then continues to try-spin the rest of the laundry load.

Btw, presorting laundry saves a lot of time. We have three clothes baskets, one for white stuff, one for colorful stuff and one for > 60°C (140°F) stuff. It's also quick to see when there's enough of a kind to fill a load.

[yvi]

Pfff, sorting washing. That's so last decade ;)

[I pull out the 60°C stuff every week or so. Color sorting? Have never had anything bleed color since not sorting - that's 3 years now]