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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

TuxedoKat

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14. Whatever you do

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 11:29 PM

Oct 2012

Keep your top loader as long as you can. I have a front loader and don't like it. It doesn't use much water to wash the clothes and it doesn't always get them very clean either. Sometimes I'll have to wash certain things twice. Also, I think it is harder on the clothes than a top loader. It doesn't seem to spin them dry as well either. Also, they get a moldy smell from water collecting in the front.

Maybe I just don't have a very good one, but for my next washer I will go back to a top loader. Unfortunately all the new top loaders use alot less water than the old ones so I'm not too hopeful about them. I guess you are supposed to put fewer clothes in them, but it will take up more time to do more loads of laundry. If I could find a good old-fashioned working top loader second-hand I would buy it.

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Turning my old, heavy duty top load washing machine into a high efficiency model [View all] Kaleva Aug 2012 OP

I'd think hard about hauling a five gallon bucket of water up two flights on a regular basis.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #1

A 5 gallon bucket filled 1/2 way or so would lessen sloshing over the sides while hauling Kaleva Aug 2012 #4

Looking at your other post about rainwater for gardening I gather you pay 1.6 cents per gallon. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #6

Now that's an idea! Use the rinse water for the next loads wash water. Thanks! Kaleva Aug 2012 #7

A few days ago,I timed myself taking a shower & calculated I used about 12 gallons a day showering. Kaleva Aug 2012 #8

Anything that avoids lugging water up two flights of stairs and still saves is a win in my book.. Fumesucker Aug 2012 #9

A couple of things. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #2

The thing about even the off brand detergents is that one can't use that water for gardens. Kaleva Aug 2012 #5

The other thing about the high efficiency... Phentex Aug 2012 #3

A possible 3-peat with the washing machine rinse water Kaleva Aug 2012 #10

How did the clothes come out? Fumesucker Aug 2012 #11

I won't know that till the next time I do laundry Kaleva Sep 2012 #12

Prewashing my dirtiest clothes in the tub after taking a shower made a big difference Kaleva Sep 2012 #13

Whatever you do TuxedoKat Oct 2012 #14