Is it worth the washer and dryer?

MTPockets1 wrote:
I've seen several of these threads and it seems most who reply are very committed to their W/D. Looking closely at the reasons in support of them, are the same reasons we have never wanted them. We full time now in our third RV and travel more than we stay in one spot. We find a laundromat once every two weeks, spend 2 hours, and never even think about it until next time, two weeks later. The thought of having to throw in a few pieces many times a week is nauseating. It's like being a farmer having to constantly tend the animals. That one laundry day is something we actually look forward to, get it over and done, lunch out, maybe a museum or historic site, a mountain road, etc. No need to stay close to home to remove or mess with a bunch of constant little loads... Yech! Well, enjoy your washing while we enjoy doing no washing.

2- weeks? Yikes, I couldn't let our smelly clothes sit for more than a day, much less a week.

I don't enjoy doing laundry and that's why we have an onboard W/D. The load goes in first thing in the morning and as soon as it's done, I'll toss in the dryer. If we traveled more frequently, I would use the washer as storage until we got to next stop. Turn it on as soon as we've hooked up water. The new front-loading Splendide's use very water, so our gray tank doesn't fill up very fast.

When our destination is one or two nights on the road, I wait until we're stationary and then catch up on the laundry.

And I've had the opposite experience with Laundramats being clean and entertaining. They are occasionally in iffy areas and we don't feel comfortable just sitting staring at old magazines or CNN on a TV screen. I'd rather have a load in the washer or dryer and be out shopping...