The subject has come up before regarding the practicality of owning a portable washer and possible drawbacks. This is the second load of wash, The first load was done to test out the new Splendide WD2100XC. I am laying in bed parked in a campground on my way to NY using my notebook computer to post this. I have discovered something about the washer that is a big plus. The rhythmic sound of the washer is quite comforting and from now on I will try to schedule my clothes washing at bed time and let the sound of the washer lull me off to sleep. As a matter of fact the sound of the washer is slowly making me unable to continue keep my eyes open so good night to one and all

silvercorvette wrote:The subject has come up before regarding the practicality of owning a portable washer and possible drawbacks. This is the second load of wash, The first load was done to test out the new Splendide WD2100XC. I am laying in bed parked in a campground on my way to NY using my notebook computer to post this. I have discovered something about the washer that is a big plus. The rhythmic sound of the washer is quite comforting and from now on I will try to schedule my clothes washing at bed time and let the sound of the washer lull me off to sleep. As a matter of fact the sound of the washer is slowly making me unable to continue keep my eyes open so good night to one and allYou may find yourself awakened by an out of balance load when the spin cycle starts. :)

Cheaper to just buy a recording of a washer running.... :DHappy trails,

If the RV park I'm in has a laundry room, I use their machines, otherwise I hit a laundromat. Anyplace that I can use multiple washers and dryers. One for colors, one for whites. Pocket T-shirts and jeans for the color load, underwear for the white load. I don't go anyplace that requires me to be more dressed up than that. Anything that requires ironing isn't part of my wardrobe, either at home or on the road.I had a buddy in college that dumped all his freshly laundered clothes from home in one corner of his room and piled the dirty clothes in an opposite corner. When all the clothes were in the "dirty pile", it magically became the "clean pile" and he started another "dirty pile". Nobody wanted to be his roommate. :)

We were just at a N.C. campground that said in the rules,no washer/dryer use allowed. How can the actually tell,unless the trailer is shaking from the spin cycle.Personal have no need or room for a washer/dryer.

When I first married the DW she brought a 20" box fan into the bedroom and fired it up. I slept in silence for the first 18 years of my life, thought what the heck is this about?Fast forward about 7 years, I stayed overnight at a hotel for work. Finally a night of silence. Couldn't sleep at all.I travel overnight almost every week for work now. After 23 years I can't begin to fall asleep without a fan. We keep looking for a smaller fan to put in the suitcase but loud enough to be effective.

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16 Replies

Greentow
Explorer
May 23, 2013
3d rig with washer and dryer. Wife won't be without. The RV is it's own (clothes, dishes, etc.)
JEBar
Explorer
May 23, 2013
since buying Sunnybrook Titan TT back in '02, having a separate washer and dryer has become a must have for us in any camper we would purchase .... for folks who like to spend time in a Laundromat go for it, that's just not for me .... as noted, when using smaller capacity units you have to keep up with the laundry, if you wait to do it all in one day, that's all you will get done .... as with many items, there is no way one can recoup the cost of the machines in savings of not feeding the coin operated machines .... to us, cost savings do not enter the picture .... we don't have a Bigfoot auto leveling system to save money on leveling blocks .... for us, there are just some things that we are willing pay for in the name of convenience

Jim
frankdamp
Explorer
May 23, 2013
.When we first bought our house, we left our washer and dryer for the buyers of our old one. We bought a combo washer/dryer called a "Eurotech". This was back in 1999. The current Splendide is a dead ringer for that POS Eurotech.

One of its big sales pitch advantages was the "high speed spin", at 1200 rpm. It shook so bad from starting with all the wet clothes at the 6 o'clock position in the drum that it shook pictures off the wall in the adjacent bedroom and popped out wallboard nails in the laundry room. We gave up on it and traded it back to the dealer for a conventional top loader and matching dryer. If the Splendide is anything like that Eurotech, I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole.

We haven't bothered with a washing machine in the RV. We do laundry in the CG facilities about every third day, staying an extra night if necessary.
paulcardoza
Explorer
May 22, 2013
We actually wash in our Splendide, so we can stuff a larger load in it and not worry about drying. Then we bring the wet clothes to the CG dryers and can dry the entire load for $1.
doxiemom11
Explorer II
May 22, 2013
I have found that most campgrounds are much cheaper that a laundromat. I don't mind using machines in either. So far all have been very clean facilities and machines. I don't go to large cities though. If one looked junky and dirty, I would simply wait until we moved to the next place. Only takes about 2 hrs and then I'm done for at least 10-14 days.
JoeChiOhki
Explorer II
May 21, 2013
Usually, I end up at a local laundromat, as I normally have 6-8 large loads of laundry and its cheaper usually at the bigger in town laundromat than at the RV park, but not always, sometimes I come across a RV park with some good old top load washers and nice dryers for a good price.
Tripalot
Explorer
May 19, 2013
If you don't go to the c.g. laundry, how do you hear all the latest gossip. It is also a good place to talk to others about local places of interest and restaurants etc. Meeting others and chatting makes the time go faster but if at all possible, I head back to the M.H. and return to the laundry at the appropriate time.
down_home
Explorer II
May 19, 2013
The Splendide works fine if you keep ahead of the clothes. Doesn
t do many at a time. Really don't want to spend half a day at the laundry or leave them in the machine untended. Some of the campgrounds can cost ten to twenty dollars to wash and dry all the clothes.
If we can get around to it separate washer and dryer is the ticket. Lose the storage for towels etc though.
GMT830
Explorer
May 19, 2013
A light rain on the camper roof is pretty nice too.
NC_Hauler
Explorer
May 19, 2013
..The wife loves our Splendide washer/dryer combo. Never an issue, does all our clothes and we've never been to a campground anywhere that stated as part of their rules that you couldn't use your own washer/dryer combo..can't be dumping anything worse than sewage into their drain already; maybe the cost of electricity to the campground?

My wife would much rather wash clothes in the camper than go to laundry mat at a campground or go looking for one in case campground doesn't offer that service.

When mounted solidly, the washer dryer combo is just barely noticeable to us, (spin cycle and then it's no big deal).

Having worked years and years of night shift, I'd run a fan to kill outside noises thru the day when I was trying to sleep...been doing it for so long that the wife and I purchased a "sound machine" and have on at home and one in the 5er...turn it on before we go to bed at night and it works for us, and quite inexpensive.