Top Loaders versus Front Loader Washing Machines

Some laundromats are much different than what you describe.
There was one in town where you could just drop off your laundry basket and they would wash the clothes and have them folded and ready for you to pick up later.
At one time smoking was allowed. Now no longer.
If there is an attendant around you know you have found a quality place.
 

Camper6 said:
Some laundromats are much different than what you describe.
There was one in town where you could just drop off your laundry basket and they would wash the clothes and have them folded and ready for you to pick up later.
At one time smoking was allowed. Now no longer.
If there is an attendant around you know you have found a quality place.
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We used to have such a service. Don't know if the Laundromat still offers it.

Years ago, decades now, we had a Laundromat where the owner was always there. Best place in town. Clean, no-nonsense, well maintained.
 
Pinky said:
What I don't like about front-loaders, is, once you close it, you can't add anything to the wash.
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The front-loader that I have breaks all the rules in that regard. I can push the pause button, a few seconds pass, at which point the door unlocks, allowing me access to the machine. Once done, I push the pause button again, the door locks, and the washing machine resumes exactly where it left off.
 
Aunt Marg said:
The front-loader that I have breaks all the rules in that regard. I can push the pause button, a few seconds pass, at which point the door unlocks, allowing me access to the machine. Once done, I push the pause button again, the door locks, and the washing machine resumes exactly where it left off.
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Doesn't the water spill out?

Camper6 said:
There was one in town where you could just drop off your laundry basket and they would wash the clothes and have them folded and ready for you to pick up later.
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Fluff and Fold is what they're called here. I used that for a while when still single and in my mid-twenties. My apartment had no laundry facilities and I detested wasting an evening or several hours on a weekend just to manage laundry.
 
StarSong said:
Doesn't the water spill out?


Fluff and Fold is what they're called here. I used that for a while when still single and in my mid-twenties. My apartment had no laundry facilities and I detested wasting an evening or several hours on a weekend just to manage laundry.
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Not even close. The water level comes nowhere near the front opening.

On my washing machine there's an option called "Water Plus", where more water can be selected to super clean whatever it is that may happen to require more water such as bulky bedding loads, duvets, etc.
 
StarSong said:
Doesn't the water spill out?


Fluff and Fold is what they're called here. I used that for a while when still single and in my mid-twenties. My apartment had no laundry facilities and I detested wasting an evening or several hours on a weekend just to manage laundry.
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Smart move. You can accumulate money but you can't accumulate time.
 
Well people it certainly seems like the front loaders have been improved. The top loaders still plug along.
My sister bought a top loader. Her complaint is that the spin cycle is so intense that the clothes get wrinkles. She likes to hang her clothes on a clothes line.
 
StarSong said:
Doesn't the water spill out?


Fluff and Fold is what they're called here. I used that for a while when still single and in my mid-twenties. My apartment had no laundry facilities and I detested wasting an evening or several hours on a weekend just to manage laundry.
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I've never heard the term, "fluff and fold" before.

One of our Laundromats offered laundering services a few years ago, maybe they still do.
 
Pinky said:
What I don't like about front-loaders, is, once you close it, you can't add anything to the wash.
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Is there a pause button or can you turn it off to start again. I put the machine (front loader) on and forgot to put something else in. I put it on pause and waited but light kept flashing so turned it off and waited a minute or so and was able to open the door and start again. Hope that makes some sense @Pinky 🤗
 
Camper6 said:
Well people it certainly seems like the front loaders have been improved. The top loaders still plug along.
My sister bought a top loader. Her complaint is that the spin cycle is so intense that the clothes get wrinkles. She likes to hang her clothes on a clothes line.
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I hang washing, too, and don't find my front-loading washing machine to wrinkle clothing and articles any worse or more than my old-fashioned top-loader washing machine did, but what I do find is it can be a PITA to pull out washing from a front-loading washer, because everything seems to get glued together.

Really, that's my biggest beef with my front-loading washing machine, aside from that I do like my front-loader.
 
Bottom-line for me, I grew up in a home where a top-loader washing machine was the norm, and for years I had a top-loader as well, so for me, my memories are largely attached to top-loading washing machines.

They just make a home feel like a home to me. Somehow I feel more like a homemaker when using a top-loading washing machine. I know for many, they won't get what I'm saying, but... that's just me.
 
Aunt Marg said:
The front-loader that I have breaks all the rules in that regard. I can push the pause button, a few seconds pass, at which point the door unlocks, allowing me access to the machine. Once done, I push the pause button again, the door locks, and the washing machine resumes exactly where it left off.
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Mine does as well.
 
Pinky said:
What I don't like about front-loaders, is, once you close it, you can't add anything to the wash.
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Different machines have different options.......both front loads i've had that option.....pause.....take out or put in.....shut door and resume.
 

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