laundry

All right, children that's enough!!!!! Stop arguing or I'll delete you both !!!!!!

MTPockets1 wrote:
said, folks that have them love them. I said for us, we can't get it for the reasons shown. Why be sarcastic? That machine can be heard at night; you're just used to it. If you can handle the regular laundry handling that's great. Enjoy life the way you choose as we do.

Maybe in rigs that aren't as well built as ours, or the w/d isn't installed correctly there is a lot of noise. But don't call me a liar. And if you don't want a w/d fine, but don't make up non-existent problems out to be the norm.

Barb

Just our observations that we have many full-timer friends and not one has a washer or dryer, including us. We've all been full-timing for over 10 years and don't have spiffy new rigs so perhaps that's the reason. However, we've never missed a W/D. We much prefer to get 2 weeks' worth done in 1-1/2 hours at the laundry and we've never seen dirty laundries like some people state. We couldn't stand to do laundry daily.

Everyone's different. There's no yes or no answer. It's what YOU prefer to do.

BarbaraOK wrote:

MTPockets1 wrote:
We ordered our 5th wheel with no W/D. Full timing now three yeas and use laundromat every 1 to 2 weeks. In and out in 2 hrs or maybe a little more, all dry and folded. Many posts from folks who seem to love their on board machines, but we've never been able to grip having to do laundry on board with the laundry detergent odor, having to take up the space for folding, it would be an almost daily exercise, always thinking about the next load, background washer or dryer noise, ... No, no, no. Get it done and forget it for two weeks is the way to go.

What noise? Most times I forget it is going - - we often set it on delayed start when going to bed (especially when doing towels) so it starts & finishes just before we get up. Never, ever has woken us up. Now maybe people who don't get it leveled correctly have some problems. Space for folding - I put the clothes on the bed, fold and put away in the drawers & closet next to the bed. Detergent odor - get fragrance free. And the softener odor goes OUTSIDE through the vent - so no odor in the rig. Thinking about the next load - 'Oh look, basket it full, start load when we go to bed'. Yes, that's a lot of work.

Sorry to sound sarcastic, but really the 'problems' you listed are none existent.

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Wrinkles happen because people don't take the time to learn how to use it properly. Most overload or don't get it balanced right - 2 of everything. Nibbed blue balls work well to help separate articles as they dry - fluffs them up. Take anything that might need to be ironed out while just a little damp, shake and hang up. No iron needed.


Barb

. I said, folks that have them love them. I said for us, we can't get it for the reasons shown. Why be sarcastic? That machine can be heard at night; you're just used to it. If you can handle the regular laundry handling that's great. Enjoy life the way you choose as we do.

We are soon to be full-timers, and our new fiver will have a stackable washer & dryer. I can do other things when the wash is running 'at home', instead of wasting time at the laundromat. I hate laundromats with a fiery passion, so it was a given for me.

Mrs. Gryphon

First most full timers I meet have a washer and dryer in their unit. We do laundry at our leisure. I have been RV'n for 31 years and this is the first unit with a stacked washer and dryer. We would not be without it. If you have your own w/d how many clothes do you really need if you can wash them when you want. We stay at private parks, state and federal campgrounds and have not had an issue yet. To each their own for us we like the convenience.

MTPockets1 wrote:
We ordered our 5th wheel with no W/D. Full timing now three yeas and use laundromat every 1 to 2 weeks. In and out in 2 hrs or maybe a little more, all dry and folded. Many posts from folks who seem to love their on board machines, but we've never been able to grip having to do laundry on board with the laundry detergent odor, having to take up the space for folding, it would be an almost daily exercise, always thinking about the next load, background washer or dryer noise, ... No, no, no. Get it done and forget it for two weeks is the way to go.

What noise? Most times I forget it is going - - we often set it on delayed start when going to bed (especially when doing towels) so it starts & finishes just before we get up. Never, ever has woken us up. Now maybe people who don't get it leveled correctly have some problems. Space for folding - I put the clothes on the bed, fold and put away in the drawers & closet next to the bed. Detergent odor - get fragrance free. And the softener odor goes OUTSIDE through the vent - so no odor in the rig. Thinking about the next load - 'Oh look, basket it full, start load when we go to bed'. Yes, that's a lot of work.

Sorry to sound sarcastic, but really the 'problems' you listed are none existent.

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Wrinkles happen because people don't take the time to learn how to use it properly. Most overload or don't get it balanced right - 2 of everything. Nibbed blue balls work well to help separate articles as they dry - fluffs them up. Take anything that might need to be ironed out while just a little damp, shake and hang up. No iron needed.


Barb

SDcampowneroperator wrote:
Small capacity and hungry power needs of W/D units limit you.
In the full time/ long time world of RVing, the space is likely better utilized for other purposes.
Also consider cost ( in your unit ) and time. You'll likely find it much more cost and time effective to use a laundromat.

Yes, I calculated it out at about 25¢ per load for drying (and that is being generous) and most times power is included in the cost of the site. Time - you mean the 2 minutes to load or unload? Otherwise, you don't have to sit and watch it go round and round. You do other things. Small capacity - well yes, but then there is only the two of us and we don't generate that much dirty laundry any more - no work clothes, just t-shirts & shorts plus underwear.

Barb

We are fulltimers, have the Splendide stackables, and they work very well. We can do laundry on our terms and we do not have to go to a nasty laundrymat where people have put who knows what in the machines. At one military campground, someone even had urinated in the dryer. We usually do our laundry a couple times a week when we are sitting around in the morning or evening in our pj's. We can carry a lot fewer clothes and we are lucky enough to have a separate closet for our stackables. Two or three weeks of clothing for the two of us would have to take up our washer/ dryer closet. We would rather have the machines than all those extra clothes.

we have a combo Splendide used it some for socks and undies. Small loads, clothes wrinkle. We are going to remove it. It died and we are going to remove it. If we decide to replace it, I would prefer a stackable pair rather than a combo unit.