Washing machine or not?

Southdowners.
TCG said, “Only take enough clothes to last you two weeks”....NOT wear the same clothes for two weeks!!
He obviously meant that you rotated the same clothes in between washes!
 
another one with a twintub . great bit of kit.
mind i still carry a poser and my mangle ,they are ideal for using for rinsing the clothes ,speeds things up.
i still have a single tub washing machine as well but these days it sits at home ready to be used should the twintub breaks down.
the single tub and the mangle i used for about 5 years worked ok but the twintubs are cheap and they certainly make wash day a pleasure. start at about 9 in the morning and by half ten all done . mind the drying isnt finished till a few hours later.
do know several that have tumble dryers in their campers but i decided to miss out on that one.
but look out for a posser and mangle they can be ideal if you dont have much room for storage .
 
On our next van i think I will fit a small automatic in the garage. They aren’t a lot of money and as we will hopefully be spending extended times away it will definitely be used.
Maybe a bit of a luxury but so is a 6 figure motorhome.
 
Thanks very much for all of the replies.
Space isn’t a huge issue for us as we’ve got a decent size garage. Having said that, I’m not sure we’ve enough space for the full size version like Robert Clarke.

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Rodneyplonker said:
Southdowners.
TCG said, “Only take enough clothes to last you two weeks”....NOT wear the same clothes for two weeks!!
He obviously meant that you rotated the same clothes in between washes!
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I don’t think I said anything of the kind..... think you are quoting the wrong person
 
Spwilkinson said:
Thanks very much for all of the replies.
Space isn’t a huge issue for us as we’ve got a decent size garage. Having said that, I’m not sure we’ve enough space for the full size version like Robert Clarke.
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Robert Clarkes’ machine isn’t a full size. You can buy small machines for motorhomes or boats. A lot of Chandlers sell them.
 
One like this.
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Southdowners said:
Personally I can't imagine wearing anything for two weeks without washing it. Sounds a bit grim to me!
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Think you may have misunderstood. The idea was to take enough clothes for two weeks, which is what we do, 15pairs of underpants take up little space for example.

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We have a plastic camping twin tub and have been using one for the last 5 yrs....worth their weight in gold and paid for itself many times over.... yes you do need room to store it and some of the fittings are delicate...the filler hose isn't very good for example so we just use buckets to fill by hand...they all seem to use similar motors etc...it is also surprising what you can wash...ours handles single quilt covers and beach towels no problem...
 
For washing of our undies we tend to use this method of filling with hot water and powder roll the bag down and swoosh about and then use water to rinse... hope for nice weather and hang them out. I have managed t shirts in them too, but not jeans. Just as an additional thought. Multi use for the bag and easy storage. Just a comment while I have time to ponder ?
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Much, much easier to simply pop into a launderette once a week, or fortnight, depending on how much clothes you want to cart around. Motorhoming should be about relaxing as much as poss and it's dead easy to just sit in the launderette and read your book. A bit of ''enforced'' downtime, if you will. It turns a chore into something relaxing, we find. Or better still - some launderettes will even do it for you, and iron it! We did a fortnight's washing recently in Pontefract and the lovely lady there charged us £13 to do it all, plus ironed it beautifully. That pans out to less than a pound a day! We toddled of for a nose about the area and a bite of brekky while she did it, then collected it a couple of hours later, bang-on time. Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy. Gotta be better than doing it like your Grandma used to....................Mick & Lisa.
 
We have a large domestic sink. One of the reasons was so we could hand wash.

To dry, a retractable multi washing line across bathroom. Our heating is plumbed so the bathroom vent is always open, but the others can be closed. Makes the bathroom a big airing cupboard without the rest of van getting hot :)

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Mick Kennedy said:
Much, much easier to simply pop into a launderette once a week, or fortnight, depending on how much clothes you want to cart around. Motorhoming should be about relaxing as much as poss and it's dead easy to just sit in the launderette and read your book. A bit of ''enforced'' downtime, if you will. It turns a chore into something relaxing, we find. Or better still - some launderettes will even do it for you, and iron it! We did a fortnight's washing recently in Pontefract and the lovely lady there charged us £13 to do it all, plus ironed it beautifully. That pans out to less than a pound a day! We toddled of for a nose about the area and a bite of brekky while she did it, then collected it a couple of hours later, bang-on time. Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy. Gotta be better than doing it like your Grandma used to....................Mick & Lisa.
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what 13 quid ! thats a weeks food allowance.
mind i bet you eat out in restaurants and use pubs etc and pay to use campsites and pay to just park when going shopping.
if your away for a 6month travel thats alot of laundry bills.
far nicer to be away in the middle of nowhere and do your own washing , cook your own food and hardly spend a penny other than fuel.
takes alsorts though in this world.
 
Allanm said:
No.
Organise your wardrobe so you only take easy to wash clothes.
Take enough clothes that will last you two weeks.
(Many people wash their clothes too often)
Find a launderette ( they are everywhere) and relax while the machines do the hard work.
Wash clothes every two weeks.
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Store wine in washer while driving
Then drink wine while washing is on instead of looking for a laundrette, getting home annd having to remove the horse and dog hair from your clothes picked up in the Laundrette
 
An hour or so at a launderette or most of the day filling and emptying a tiny washing machine, lugging around clean and waste water then trying to get the clothes dry............?
Launderette every time for us..........
 
Rob Turner said:
Robert Clarkes’ machine isn’t a full size. You can buy small machines for motorhomes or boats. A lot of Chandlers sell them.
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I fitted a Candy Aquamatic in my last boat. About 2/3 full size, and a really excellent piece of kit for the money and NO electronics...!
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It sat under the microwave with plenty of room to spare!

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vwalan said:
what 13 quid ! thats a weeks food allowance.
mind i bet you eat out in restaurants and use pubs etc and pay to use campsites and pay to just park when going shopping.
if your away for a 6month travel thats alot of laundry bills.
far nicer to be away in the middle of nowhere and do your own washing , cook your own food and hardly spend a penny other than fuel.
takes alsorts though in this world.
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Yes mate, you're right - it takes all sorts. Different things make different people happy..........and that's a good thing. Worked hard all our lives, so now it's treat time. And yes, again guilty as charged - we eat out in restaurants (at times) and use pubs and (shock! Horror!) we pay to use campsites. And the best part? We meet some jolly nice people while doing so, and do our little bit in helping keep them employed, to boot. What devils we are, eh? To each his own, I guess..............

Mick & Lisa

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People on the next pitch to us in Spain had one. It was the most irritating noise I’ve ever heard, drove us round the bend. Eventually we got fed up with being forced to go out every other day to get away from the noise and left the site. I can see the attraction of having one, but do please be considerate of your neighbours.
 
We had a Indesit washer/dryer in the RV , hardly knew it was running , but you do need a big water tank , and grey tank , also if not on hook up an onboard Gennie .
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and of course the space and payload . ;)
 
tacr2man said:
We had a Indesit washer/dryer in the RV , hardly knew it was running , but you do need a big water tank , and grey tank , also if not on hook up an onboard Gennie . View attachment 379842
and of course the space and payload . ;)
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But that is a full size machine. The smaller machines don’t need as much power and a lot less water.
 
5 months in Spain, used ours loads, saved way more than it cost to buy second hand. Washes great, spins amazingly. Not heavy and low energy consumption. Used it in remote areas miles from washing machines. Try it for yourself.

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philsil1304 said:
We met an MHer with a twin tub. She bought it because, previously, when she was waiting to use the campsite washing machine, a person was unloading bedding and saying that the launderette was a godsend as their kids had been up all night with the runs and vomiting.
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ive seen plenty of people put the dog bedding in campsite machines as well, so I’d rather use my own machine and seeing as I have nothing else to do I don’t mind lugging water about ?
 
Reallyretired said:
Think you may have misunderstood. The idea was to take enough clothes for two weeks, which is what we do, 15pairs of underpants take up little space for example.
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So you stand by the washing machine a la full Monty.
 
We use one of those big flexible plastic tubs with handles to do washing, including sheets and towels then use a small White Knight spinner. Some things come out of the spinner almost dry and it only weighs about 3kg. There are always loads of these small spinners for sale on ebay and gumtree, ours cost us £10 and was like new.
J

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