Does size matter?

[OceanPrincess]

Size of your washing machine I mean!

I've got a 5.5kg machine and it seems like it gets full really quickly. I tend to do most of my washing Fri/Sat/Sun and by the time it gets to Friday and I put the kids' clothes on, I generally have to do three loads of kids' clothes just to get through it all

Is that normal? Would a bigger machine help?

It's so annoying - I generally do a load, put it in the basket, do the next load, put it in the basket, put the third load on, start hanging out and then go back for the last load when it is finished. It'd just be so much more efficient if I could wash it all at once.

I know I could wash more frequently but I really struggle to find the time during the week, working three days, Tuesdays are my grocery shopping day and then before I know it, it's Friday again and Mount Washmore is staring me in the face...

What sort of washing machine do you have? What size?

[Cass72]

I couldn't live withouth my 7.5kg top loader! It's a samsung. We got it through the good guys and ended up with a couple hundred dollars of the rrp.

[Beach Mama]

I have a Simpson 7.5kgs and love it. Would definitely make a difference hun, I can do a weeks worth of kids clothes in 1-2 loads depending how dirty they have been! Average 3-4 loads for the 4 of us a week plus sheets and towels. HTh!

ETA: Dh is a tradie so changes quite a bit, and Iz is obsessed with getting changed a million times a day

[Charlotte91]

I'v got a 5.5kg, and I swear sometimes we need a bigger one. Part of DH's work is working with chemicals, so his uniform needs to be washed often (by themselves).
DD is in cloth nappies.

But, it does the job.

[OceanPrincess]

Yes charlotte my DH is similar - his work clothes get so filthy and often have horrible things on them that they always have to go separate!

So bigger might be better...

And LOL 3LM yes I'll still have the same amount of clothes but it is about efficiencies!

They go up to 9kg That is huge!

[MummyNaomi]

We have a 8 kg Fisher and Paykel Aquasmart - we upgraded from an old reliable Simpson 5kg when DS arrived as our old machine bit the dust after almost 18 years.

My god it makes a difference, I reckon we do 3-4 loads a week, where as it was at least a daily load before, and you can fit quilts/blankets in with ease

We chose the aquasmart as it didn't really use any more water than our smaller one, was a great decision

So Yes, Size DOES matter

[Blixie]

we have an 8kg washing machine so i can wash our big doonas etc. I love it cos even if i don't wash all week i can wash all the clothes in 1-2 loads. I think bigger is definitely better

[MrsFabuloso]

LOL, you will still have the same amount of clothes to wash no matter the size of your machine! But I would have to say yes, it would probably be easier since you would be doing less loads. I have an 8kg washer and with 3 kids and 2 adults in the house, if I wash one load a day I can keep on top of it all. Some days it's two if I change sheets.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

I have a Simpson 7.5kgs and love it. Would definitely make a difference hun, I can do a weeks worth of kids clothes in 1-2 loads depending how dirty they have been! Average 3-4 loads for the 4 of us a week plus sheets and towels. HTh!

yep ours is the same! love my Simpson





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[FabFiona]

I have a 5.5 kg and I want bigger one. But I'd need more washing line space so no point getting a bigger machine until I have the washing line to match.

[MrsFabuloso]

Actually I lied...mine is 7kg!

[~Kim~]

I have a 9kg...but I can do smaller loads as it's an auto detected water level. This is my second FP and the next one will be the same. I can put my king and DDs queen sheets and under blankets in and it's all good.

[Amy_jellybean]

Just curious, do you guys seperate your loads or wash everything together???

I do my whites, darks and colours all seperate and then towels and a sheets are seperate as well.

[Sopdet]

I separate all my colours including weights of clothing.

When I was with my x, we had 5 of us and even though the machine was big, there were still a lot of loads done because of separating.

Growing up there were 7 of us (5 kids, 2 adults) and I know that the poor machine was used daily and was the largest on the market at the time.

[Beach Mama]

I separate whites and colours/darks in together - pretty lazy washereerer Ours is 14 years old and still going strong - old Simpsons were made in Australia apparently but aren't anymore. I thought it had died recently and was looking at new ones and would have bought an 8 - 8.5 kg if I was getting one and it fit in my gap in the laundry! Get the biggest you can I say, can only imagine kids need more and more washing done as they get older with uniforms, sport etc.

[Miss.September]

I think ours is only a 5.5. Fisher and Paykel. It's never been quite the same since we stored it in a shed while we built this place. Came out coated in dust (even though we'd covered it). Anyway!

I do DH's work clothes on the weekend. Mondays I do one load of DH and my general stuff combined (I don't separate dark/light). Then all of DD's stuff, including her sheets on a soak cycle. Then Tuesday I try to get all our towels done. My biggest problem is a tiny washing line and I hate using the dryer. Our sheets go in fortnightly and go in with the towels.

I think with another child, there will be another days worth, just due to the line space. DD's load can take up the entire line alone.

[jacklicky]

I wash once a week which is usually Thursday (I work half a day from home) so tend to try and do the weeks washing then. I have a 7.5kg top loader and love it.....I probally overfill it at times trying to fit all our clothes into two loads but honestly I probally do between 3-5 loads for 2 adults and 1 toddler. DH gets his work uniform drycleaned.

I do the same as you put a load on....hang it out while the next load is going....but I can only fit two loads on my line at once (hence the overfilling).

DD has discovered a love of changing her clothes so now I usually have to do another load or two on Fridays as well....but love love love the bigger machine....

[OceanPrincess]

Definitely think I need a bigger machine. Thought I would have trouble convincing DH - just emailed him a link to the one I've decided I want (8kg F&P, it is the brand I know and love...) and wrote "We could sell our current one on eBay or Gumtree." and he rang me and goes "Cool a bigger washing machine! Why don't we just keep the other one in storage in case the new one breaks?"

Gotta love him!

I'm amazed at how organised people are. Maybe that's my problem - I should be more organised. If it wrote it down somewhere, like on our family whiteboard, then if DH came home early (like it seems he is today) he could look at the board and throw a load on.

Maybe.