BEVS

Totally off-topicbut may I just say that someone needed to tell my neighbour this a while ago. It was sang to by torchlight and it did not like that anymore than we did.

bourbon-biscuit

Well, if it works for you, no worries

sarahw

Mine even plays the national anthem like this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1lknCZF54

pippalonghorn

These top loaders seem alot more interesting than my front loader.

Tom1983

I thought I was going to be getting a review on the new album here.

Surf powder, persil powder, persil liquid pouches, you name it - it's gone in the top loader with a load, result - stains still viewable. I've learned since having a kid that removing stains is nigh on impossible on a top loader. It's either the machine or it's the powder. Then again, we don't get far with removing stains when using stain powder in buckets. Read the label, follow the instructions and nothing happens

Where's the vanish lady when you need her?

pippalonghorn

Hi Tom. Have you tried googling the word stain removal? It great. Got rid of lots of different stains off my daughters clothes and bibs.

jmh

One of the things I like about the top loader is that you can always chuck in the sock you missed and only saw after you set the machine going. I'm always finding solo socks after the washing is started.

bourbon-biscuit

Now, with this I can help (confess to being a teensy weensy bit laundry-obsessive): you need a 'soak' function on your machine. You also need to treat stains as soon as noted, which is where the Kiwi tub comes in handy for sluicing and treating (I use luke warm water to wet and the pink dab on stuff and then rub the offending item lightly). Most stains I treat the night before laundering so the stain remover gets a good go. Next, you need to use an enzyme detergent (I know, it's not as skin or environmentally friendly - I use an enviro detergent for towels & bedding but hate the way everything goes grey and stains are unshiftable with non enzyme ones) and a warm wash with a decent 30 min of soaking. For whites I add a little napisan too, and occasionally do this for light coloureds (I do 'whites', 'light colours', 'sports stuff' [two sport mad folk in this house produce 1-2 sets of smelly, soaking sports gear EVERY freakin' day- more bonus of enzyme wash] and 'dark colours' - since getting the top loader I do towels/flannels on their own for lint reasons). Deep rinse and my final stain/ greying onslaught is decent pegging in the Kiwi sun - undie crotches and any really stubborn stain shadows get pegged to face the sun in the morning and stay there all day. The sun is an excellent bleach. None of our white clothes are grey, and considering I have a husband who regularly goes bush running, cycling, sea swimming and playing tennis, and a teen who rows >5 x a week and runs and cycles, I do a LOT of laundry. Thankfully the other kid and I like our hobbies to be non-sweaty I love laundry - it's my guilty love

bourbon-biscuit

I forgot to say that I use half doses of laundry detergents and quarter doses of fabric softener. I think they make all cleaners (including shampoos and body wash) a lot stronger than they need to be so I either dilute or use half dose.

dannigirl

BB you need help! Is there a rehab for laundry addictions?

Gill and Rob

Bourbon- Biscuit ..... and do your pegs have to match too?

I also have an absolute laundry obsession but there is no way I will ever convert to a top loader.

Gill

bourbon-biscuit

Lol, there are worse guilty pleasures!

No, no matching pegs here. I also switched to plastic slide on pegs over wooden snap ones - they are much more suited for NZ conditions. My conversion was a necessary adaption and I am proud of how I have coped.

RobDon

I thought it was just me!

Persephone

I feel like I'm neglecting my clothing

Everything goes straight in the top loader all together, no fabric conditioner, a cold wash and then out on the line using whichever type of peg is available at the time I think they look ok

bourbon-biscuit

I use any type of peg but actual pegging technique is very important. And there's different peggings for summer and not summer, and for the line and the rack. I hate it when my kids peg stuff (i don't tell them) cos they do it all wrong - they do t shirts either at the shoulders or bottom hem and socks by the toes, ffs!