I'm another FP fan. I just use the regular cycle. Takes less than half an hour.
I always use cold and rarely prerinse - only if there's a really mank one
Wow, thanks everyone for your amazing feedback! Sounds like you're all in nappy heaven!
Raven here's what we're currently doing for every wash, which just gets the nappies clean - ie no smell:
Rinse each of the 3 year old's nappies by hand as we take them off her
We use paper liners in every nappy.
Dispose of poo in the loo & rinse off any eccess
Pre-rinse in the machine
Set the machine on heavy duty, 60degrees, high water level. Trick the machine into putting twice the water it intends too in. This cycle does it's own pre-rinse on top of the one mentioned above, and lasts about 2.5 hours.
Do an extra rinse at the end of the heavy duty cycle.
We sometimes also have to wash the pooey nappies entirely separately.
I think I'll definitely be getting a new machine!
Ali.
To get rid of the smell, add a few drops of tea tree or lavender to your wash AND rinse cycles. Also, use NO 'commercial' detergents at all. Get a hold of some Eco Store detergent, or the Eartch Choice works well also. Make sure you only use at most HALF the recommended dose per load.
The smell you are talking about more often comes form the build up of the detergents in the nappies.
Dry your nappies in the sun or at least on an airer as much as possible - not the dryer.
Also, this will allow you to do a single cycle wash - so no need for extra rinses at all - saving you time, money and most importantly, the environment! (No point having a front loader to save water if you use 3 rinse cycles anyway )
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