Also measure your home’s doors and hallways en route to the laundry room-to ensure that a new machine will fit through them. (You’ll see the dimensions noted in our washing machine ratings.) Allow at least 6 inches behind the washer for plumbing hookups, and about an inch between the washer and dryer. Space: High-capacity washers might be wider than the standard 27 inches, so factor that in as you measure the square footage you have to work with before choosing a model. “You make the tub either deeper or wider-or both.” So when you’re shopping, he says, “reach all the way in to make sure you can pick laundry off the bottom.” “There are only a few ways manufacturers can increase capacity,” Handel says. Clothes expand as they dry and need the added space to tumble around.Įase of use: Large-capacity washers have practical implications: The depth of the tub might not work for everyone. dryer capacity: Matching washer and dryer sets remain popular, and when shopping you’ll notice that the claimed capacity of the two machines is different-the dryer’s is larger.
So, yes, you can wash any size load in a large washer. Small loads: All the front-loaders and HE top-loaders in our washing machine ratings have a sensor that adjusts the amount of water based on the weight of the load. An extra rinse cycle might be also helpful for these bulky items. It’s best washed by itself, for better agitation and rinsing. It comes in handy with that winter ski wear or those oversized summer beach towels.Ĭomforters: Instead of lugging your king-size comforter to a laundromat, you can wash it in any washer with a claimed capacity of at least 4.5 cubic feet, according to our tests. Large tub (5 cubic feet and more): can wash up to 18 to 25 pounds of laundry, or roughly 17 towels.Medium tub (about 4.5 cubic feet): can wash up to 16 pounds of laundry, or 11 towels.Small tub (about 3.2 cubic feet): can wash up to 14 pounds of laundry, or roughly nine thick full-sized bath towels.Here’s what that means in practical terms. Tub capacities of models in our washing machine ratings range from 3.2 to 5.8 cubic feet (though we’ve tested larger capacities in the past). Since the laundry keeps coming, a large-capacity washer can minimize your chore. The trick is to leave enough room for the clothes to move about within the drum.
“The other drawback is that your laundry does not get cleaned, because there is no room for the water and clothes to circulate.” “Overloading definitely puts more load on the washer’s components, which can lead to an earlier demise,” says Rich Handel, the CR test engineer who runs our washer lab.
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