Not so bad when you own your own washer and dryer.
Panic inducing when you use a laundromat or other communal laundry room.
Idk man, I think it depends what the weather is like, and whether or not your home is climate controlled.
If I forget my laundry for a mere 4 hours in summer, it gets mildewy (gets hot and humid and I donāt have central air, only window units, so they donāt always run), and needs to be entirely rewashed on the sanitary setting.
This is the case regardless how often I bleach/clean the machine, I think the house water supply is the problem, but regardless, when itās hot, it can be panic inducing even if itās your own. That extra time to re-run (sanitary is 1.5 hrs to the 45 min of a normal cycle) has fucked up my day several times.
I spent two years stumbling through learning Home Assistant just so I could make custom sensors to alert me all through the house when my laundry is done.
Worth it.
Hahahahah cool. I learned Home Assistant because I was tired of getting blinded by full power lights when I pee at night.
How'd you set it up? Vibration, sound, power sensor or something else?
Not the guy you're asking, but this can be done quite easily with wifi power plugs that measure electricity use. I've done this for my old washer and my current dryer.
First you need to hook the power measing plug up into home assistant and collect some data for various washing programs, then you can make some automations that trigger on specific power consumptions.
A lot of people have done this, here's one: https://www.homeautomationguy.io/blog/home-assistant-automations/washing-machine-notifications
(my old washer died and now I have one with wifi and don't need the wifi power plug anymore)
Yep. I've got smart plugs on my washer and dryer, and when the cycle ends it sends an alert to my phone, makes an announcement, and changes some lights to specific colors. Worth it. Otherwise I might just forget about my laundry for days.
"Ahh, my stove!" "Sigh, my plants have died meanwhile." "Yet another unpayed bill? I'll take care of it ... tomorrow ...morrow."
Saved me just now.
Thanks friend, doing it now!
Thanks, I forgot about my laundry
I did too! š
Use a timer on your phone.
It seems to perpetually happen to me with whites. Iāll try to rewash them to get the mildew smell out and it never helps. So all my white undershirts smell like shitty mildew for a week until the next time I wash them, then theyāre fine again , the cycle repeats like every two or three weeks.
Have you tried using an enzyme detergent? I find that helps substantially with that issue.
I use the enzyme detergent every 3-4 times I wash, or whenever I forget my laundry long enough for that to happen (4hrs in summer, overnight in winter). The sanitary (extra hot) cycle plus the enzyme detergent is a winning combo for me.
I will have to look into that. I usually just get the cheapest detergent in bulk at Sam's Club and don't usually think twice about it, so I don't remember ever seeing anything like that, but I'll keep an eye out for it and give it a try.
Depending on what style of washing machine you have, you might need to clean the washer itself btw
I feel like thereās either reasons or fixes for this but I canāt remember either. Top of the head theories areā¦ vinegar andā¦ dirty.
You misspelled days, tho.
When I need to do laundry again I find the last one still there.
Lol have some in the machine now
The plan was always "do it after breakfast", so I'm still good, check back in a couple of hours though šWhat generally works for me is filling the machine at the end of a day and setting the delay so it runs early in the morning, then by the time I've had some food and a little energy boost to deal with it it's only been waiting for a couple of hours (tbf any less than about 7-8 hours should still be fine, anything longer and I might run the load again lol)
Nah. Today's "Augh, my laundry" was the drying rack nearly being blown off the balcony.
The number of times I've said "Ugh, I have to go do laundry" in a livestream chat and someone goes "oh shoot, thanks" is proof this works.
