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Re:Does Clean Laundry Have Germs? by rsynnott on Monday May 14, 2018 @05:04PM (#17069438)
The likes of Comsumer Report have tended to find that modern front-loading machines are almost universally more effective than the old low-efficiency top loaders popular in the US, and can also attain much higher temperatures (fairly basic models can do a >90 degree C wash, say). So that’s probably not it.

Though there might be an element of misuse. My machine warns in the manual to do a 60or 90 degree wash with no clothes every couple of months to clean the machine. I suspect most people don’t do this.

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Re:Does Clean Laundry Have Germs? by weavie on Monday May 14, 2018 @06:16PM (#17069949)
Would it be necessary to do this wash without clothes? I missed that bit and generally do a high temperature wash with my sheets figuring I am killing two birds with one stone...
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Re:Does Clean Laundry Have Germs? by bartman on Monday May 14, 2018 @07:23PM (#17070305)
Should be fine with clothes. My Siemens has a cleaning reminder that turn on after a month or so unless at least one wash with 60C or higher has been done.
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Re:Does Clean Laundry Have Germs? by rsynnott on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @01:45PM (#17075956)
The manual normally says "with no clothes", but I'm not sure what the basis for that is.
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Re:Does Clean Laundry Have Germs? by sandworm101 on Monday May 14, 2018 @05:20PM (#17069570)
Bleach also works. Run a hot load, with or without actual laundry, and enough bleach to kill everything.
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Re:Does Clean Laundry Have Germs? by greedo on Monday May 14, 2018 @06:43PM (#17070090)
Doing a 90C wash may kill some germs, but it'll do a better job of killing your clothing. Delicate mode is the best thing for your clothes.
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