How much laundry is a full load

The product should then be multiplied by the depth of the tub to get the volume capacity of your washer in cubic feet. If you are planning to buy a new washer, you have to remember that different styles have different capacities.

Compact washers are normally 2. If you need one with a larger capacity, check the front loaders. They can range from 4. Sometimes, they can go as big as 5 cubic feet.

Once you know your washing machine capacity, it is time to figure out how much laundry it can hold in every wash. While it is economical and faster to do full loads, you must never cram clothes if you want to clean them well and extend the life of your washer. Then the machines got bigger, and most no longer have the center agitator, which increased load capacity. Front-load washers now rely on a tumbling stroke to move clothes through the water and detergent solution.

And while it's energy-efficient to run only full loads of laundry, overfilling the washing machine is not good for the clothes or the machine.

But how do you know how much laundry makes a full load? There are a couple of easy options. How much laundry makes a "full load" depends on the size, or capacity, of your washing machine. Low-capacity top-loaders may accommodate only 6 pounds of clothing to be full.

Medium-capacity top-loading washing machines can usually tolerate 7—8 pounds. The highest capacity top-loaders might do well with as much as 12—15 pounds. Front-loading washing machines often can hold as much as 18 pounds of clothing.

Refer to your machine's owner's manual or contact the manufacturer for specific load-weight recommendations for your machine model. So how many items are in 1 pound—or one load—of clothing, or can you weigh it?

Either approach works, and you can choose whichever you prefer. To weigh a load of laundry, put the entire load into a laundry basket. Step 3: Once dissolved, you can briefly turn the flow of water off usually by pulling the dial out and then load your clothes.

With the water gushing in, it packs the clothes down which can make it hard to tell when the load is full. Step 4: Once you are happy with the size of the load, turn the water back on push the dial back in and let the washer do its thing. Questions about load size or how to actually start the machine? Ask away in the comments…. Then I add the clothes one piece at a time, until it seems full.

Is this ok, or not a good idea? Also, if I am going to use bleach, I do all of the above but wait till the clothes have been on the wash cycle for about 5mins, then I add the bleach to it. Is this good or am I just wasting my time doing it in so many steps? It puts in your fabric softener when it should go in and your bleach too.

Honestly, that schedule would be too high maintenance for me. I use the features on the washer to add my additives at the appropriate time in the wash cycle so I can get busy doing other things. If you want to step away from that level of involvement, you could always try being a little less involved.

First try adding the bleach to the bleach dispenser. If that works well, then start adding the clothes all at once after the detergent dissolves. I do that as well Joanne. I have a basic top loader machine with no auto-adding-booster compartments. If you add your clothes prior to completely filling, then the first few clothes you put in will soak up a majority of the water with the detergent, while the last few clothes on the top layer will simply soak up just water with little to no detergent.

Also, detergents and softeners are harder to mix in cold water. So I start with hot water, very quickly mix in detergent, etc, and before the washer gets more than a few inches full, I switch back to cold water. Laela, YES, this was my exact method when I had a top loader and could easily adjust the water temperature. I used to let everything dissolve first to but since I got this water efficient washer,i dont no what to do.

It says to add detergent,add clothes,then turn it on. Lacy, you can definitely still add clothes, but you have to do it rather slowly. Add a few garments, then let them soak up the water…add a few more, then soak up the water…repeat. If you have only 8 t shirts to wash what position should you put them in? Should you put 4 at the bottom and 4 on top? And should you load them on both sides of the agitator?

Yes, load the clothes as evenly as you can space them around the agitator. What if you have a washing machine that requires you to put everything into it at once and the lid locks? Hi Everyone. You can also determine the size of your load by weight or the amount of clothes as well.

Extra-large load: If you have a HE machine, then an extra-large load at full capacity is around 21 pounds. Just make sure you leave enough of a gap in the drum so that your hand can fit inside, allowing the clothes to tumble freely. To give you a more itemized idea about how much laundry can fit in various load sizes, you can see a more specific guide in our diagram below.

If your hand fits between your clothes and the wall of the drum, then you have the perfect load size. If you have no more clothes to wash, and you really just need to do one load, then check to see if your machine has a half-load setting on it. This will use less water than a full load. If you have nothing else to add to the load, see if your machine has a half-load setting to conserve water.

Every machine is different when it comes to the load sizes they can handle. Top loaders are usually not as large as front-loading machines, so a full load would be about 12 pounds of laundry.