Shower Stall Technology Helps RVers on Laundry Day
When we first began full time RVing my wife insisted that we must have a washer dryer in our rig. We shopped and chose the Splendide washer/dryer combo that is manufactured in Italy. These units fit in nicely with the RV lifestyle and are becoming more popular.
If you are not familiar with these units, they run a wash cycle and when complete, move to a drying cycle. Very handy as you do not need to physically move the cloths from one machine to another. They are also very economical on water, electricity and space. In our 5th wheel, we were able to use the space over our combo machine as extra closet space that would have otherwise been occupied by a stackable unit. 
These machines have their drawbacks in that they only do small loads. For instance a typical load would be a set of sheets and pillow cases as one load or a pair of jeans and two shirts and a couple pairs of socks. So, you need become accustomed to doing smaller loads. It really is not a problem because you don’t have to worry about loading the washed clothing into the dryer. You can load the machine, set the timer and go out to dinner and they’ll be done when you return. One of the major drawbacks to these units is that if you don’t know what you’re doing, you end up with lots of wrinkles. There are several methods for doing laundry in these machines that achieve a near wrinkle-free result. I recommend that if you own one of these machines or plan to buy one that you get the book “Wrinkle-Free RV Laundry Using Your Combination Washer/Dryer Unit” by Sandra Jones. Click here to see this book: Wrinkle -Free RV Laundry In this book Sandra shows you how to get the most out of your machine using her tested techniques. One of the things that we do is to take out our shirts and blouses and hang them up to air dry and then put them back in the drying cycle to “fluff” them after they are almost dry. Our technique works well for us, but requires more effort. 
The RV began to look like a commercial laundry with clothes hanging everywhere on cabinet door handles, so I installed a shower curtain rod in our hallway near the machine for this purpose. These rods are also handy for hanging ironing, for steaming garments or temporary storage while you hang up a pile of clean laundry. 
They're an inexpensive solution and require no tools, screws, glues or nails to install. Simply twist the ends and the rod expands against the opposing walls and holds itself in place. So we borrowed technology from the shower stall to help us achieve an elegant solution with another application. Helping you get the most out of your RV appliances - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing, Dr. of RVology and ROAD Scholar
If you are not familiar with these units, they run a wash cycle and when complete, move to a drying cycle. Very handy as you do not need to physically move the cloths from one machine to another. They are also very economical on water, electricity and space. In our 5th wheel, we were able to use the space over our combo machine as extra closet space that would have otherwise been occupied by a stackable unit. 
These machines have their drawbacks in that they only do small loads. For instance a typical load would be a set of sheets and pillow cases as one load or a pair of jeans and two shirts and a couple pairs of socks. So, you need become accustomed to doing smaller loads. It really is not a problem because you don’t have to worry about loading the washed clothing into the dryer. You can load the machine, set the timer and go out to dinner and they’ll be done when you return. One of the major drawbacks to these units is that if you don’t know what you’re doing, you end up with lots of wrinkles. There are several methods for doing laundry in these machines that achieve a near wrinkle-free result. I recommend that if you own one of these machines or plan to buy one that you get the book “Wrinkle-Free RV Laundry Using Your Combination Washer/Dryer Unit” by Sandra Jones. Click here to see this book: Wrinkle -Free RV Laundry In this book Sandra shows you how to get the most out of your machine using her tested techniques. One of the things that we do is to take out our shirts and blouses and hang them up to air dry and then put them back in the drying cycle to “fluff” them after they are almost dry. Our technique works well for us, but requires more effort. 
The RV began to look like a commercial laundry with clothes hanging everywhere on cabinet door handles, so I installed a shower curtain rod in our hallway near the machine for this purpose. These rods are also handy for hanging ironing, for steaming garments or temporary storage while you hang up a pile of clean laundry. 
They're an inexpensive solution and require no tools, screws, glues or nails to install. Simply twist the ends and the rod expands against the opposing walls and holds itself in place. So we borrowed technology from the shower stall to help us achieve an elegant solution with another application. Helping you get the most out of your RV appliances - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing, Dr. of RVology and ROAD Scholar
posted by Jim Twamley at
10/03/2007 11:14:00 PM
2 Comments:
We never leave our motorhome for any period of time with the water turned on much less while using our Slendide Washer/Dryer. Have seen two real flooding disasters in the last couple of years. Not willing to take that chance after seeing these two incidents.
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Anonymous, at October 18, 2007 6:29:00 AM PDT
We love our washer/dryer combo. We waited 8 months traveling around the USA before we put the unit in our class A motor home (36 feet). We got tired of using laundrymats. We found them to be dirty, crowded and some of them only had 3-4 washers and 2-3 dryers which meant it took hours for us to get a week's worth of washing done. I keep up with doing a load of laundry in our combo by starting a load when I start dinner, the load is done by the time we go to bed! We will never be without one.
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Anonymous, at October 24, 2007 7:31:00 AM PDT
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