Camp ground laundries

We have used many campground laundry facilites and have never run into any of that. We do not ever state in state parks, so don't know about them. We have run across some campgrounds that only have 1 of each, and the washers and dryers may be older, but they were not dirty. They are also usually cheaper than a laundry mat. We have even run into ones that were free.

We never ran into any problems with the washer/dryers at camp grounds we stayed at. We were on the road 46 days on our cross country trip.

At one of the campground laundromats, the wi-fi was much better than at the trailer so I took the laptop up there and uploaded my blog and along with some pictures while waiting for the clothes to wash and dry.

We didn't think we'd ever use the W/D that came in the MH. But, it was there and we liked the motor home.
Decided to "try it out" on one of our trips.

BOY, how nice it is. It is on the "must-have" list now if we ever trade rigs.

As to the OP question, we've never encountered any problems in CG or town Laundromats. Never even really gave it much thought.

I haven't had any trouble, even in places with 'ratty' rigs.

Once in a non-cg laundry, I got bleach marks on a tshirt. That was kind of a bummer, but the same thing could have happened at home.

When I wash my cat's bedding I clean the fur out of the machine after.

jnharley wrote:
Nope, not embellished as we had first hand experience with someone urinating in the dryers at a military campground. You could see and smell the urine in the dryer. Thankfully, I always check first before blindly throwing in my clothes. Not sure how the machines would ever be usable again. I certainly never used them again. I guess we have bad luck because we find laundromats to be pricey and dirty. Currently, we are without our 5th wheel on a trip and have had to use campground laundries. The wash price is $3.50 per load and $.25 for 8 minutes of drying time which includes cool down at our current campground. I really miss our stackable washer/dryer in our 5th wheel. And we can do laundry on our terms, not wasting time sitting for hours in a laundromats waiting for washers/dryers to become free, where the machines are always broken and the dryers take a fortune to dry. We usually do laundry once or twice a week and we do not even own 2 weeks worth of clothing as full timers.

In my travels I have found that the facilities are a reflection of the guests. A bunch of ratty rigs and you will have ratty facilities. If the facilities are broken down, the rigs in the park will be as well. In my years of travel, I have never experienced what you describe as common. But then again, I have never stayed in a military campground. I wouldn't think such behaviors are illustrative of our serviceman, servicewomen, and veterans, but what do I know.

Only place that the laurdry facility was really bad was at La Pacifica RV park in San Ysidro in South San Diego, it has been converted into a trashy trailer park, dirty machines, not diapers but baby soiled clothing, tenis shoes, dog plankets, and cloths left fo days rotting in washing machines.

Used an outside laundromat, never ever go to La Pacfica, horrible place.

navegator

jnharley wrote:
Nope, not embellished as we had first hand experience with someone urinating in the dryers at a military campground. You could see and smell the urine in the dryer. Thankfully, I always check first before blindly throwing in my clothes. Not sure how the machines would ever be usable again. I certainly never used them again. I guess we have bad luck because we find laundromats to be pricey and dirty. Currently, we are without our 5th wheel on a trip and have had to use campground laundries. The wash price is $3.50 per load and $.25 for 8 minutes of drying time which includes cool down at our current campground. I really miss our stackable washer/dryer in our 5th wheel. And we can do laundry on our terms, not wasting time sitting for hours in a laundromats waiting for washers/dryers to become free, where the machines are always broken and the dryers take a fortune to dry. We usually do laundry once or twice a week and we do not even own 2 weeks worth of clothing as full timers.

Well at least we now know one place dryer urinating happened at; hope the MPs/security got the culprit.

Doesn't take us hours and hours to do the laundry. First stop in the morning generally means 2.5 hours later we are finished. 45 minutes for washing and about 1 hour to dry w/ 15-30 minutes to fold up. Faster than cleaning and replenishing the campsite.
Guess it all depends on whether you want to spend money and time OR time and money. I suspect the financial cost is about the same whether you have an on board set of machines or use the laundromat but never did a cost analysis.

Nope, not embellished as we had first hand experience with someone urinating in the dryers at a military campground. You could see and smell the urine in the dryer. Thankfully, I always check first before blindly throwing in my clothes. Not sure how the machines would ever be usable again. I certainly never used them again. I guess we have bad luck because we find laundromats to be pricey and dirty. Currently, we are without our 5th wheel on a trip and have had to use campground laundries. The wash price is $3.50 per load and $.25 for 8 minutes of drying time which includes cool down at our current campground. I really miss our stackable washer/dryer in our 5th wheel. And we can do laundry on our terms, not wasting time sitting for hours in a laundromats waiting for washers/dryers to become free, where the machines are always broken and the dryers take a fortune to dry. We usually do laundry once or twice a week and we do not even own 2 weeks worth of clothing as full timers.

Haven't had any of those problems. Use campground and town laundries all the time. If the area is clean and neat, most of the time you never have to worry. But I do check each machine before I put anything in them. Also clean out the dryer filter if needed before I use it. We have found some are better than others so in our travels we tend to stop and use those places.

We have used laundry facilities in CG's,cruise ships and even locally for large items and never had a problem or issue. This sounds like an urban legend, or at worst one bad experience.
RichH