I need a massive laundry hamper

[Dorisdolalee]

I am fed up of hundreds of piles of washing and the basket I've got is way too
Small. Does anyone have any ideas for very big useful and solid laundry baskets.

[dementedpixie]

We have 2 in our bedroom for me/dh. One for darks and one for lights. The kids have a pop up one each in their rooms. I make up a load from all the baskets depending on whether its darks, whites, colours, etc

[Hufflepuffin]

We have this one, it's brilliant AmazonBasics Three-Bag Laundry Sorter www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NUS5KI6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NEA0xbEFENE7C?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[dementedpixie]

www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4025689.htm#pdpProductReviews these are the ones we have in our room - one for lights, one for darks

[Batteriesallgone]

I have a double one from John Lewis downstairs in the utility room next to the washing machine. I split into whites and darks. Each side can hold just over two loads (8kg machine but tend to under-load it). It's white and quite attractive. Then I also have small wicker ones in each bedroom.

I fecking HATED lugging heavy washing baskets downstairs so now every day or two the bedroom ones get brought down and emptied / sorted into the big one and a wash goes on.

[Dorisdolalee]

Well I have a too small flat and too many people and kids not old enough to put things in washing baskets somim
Thinking I'd like a really huge but not too unattractive one.
Thanks all for your ideas. Envious of your stairs and utility rooms

[Dorisdolalee]

Hufflepuffin that looks like a good one. It means business!

[Crystal15]

I have a big wicker one from argos. It can hold like 2 weeks worth of clothes, not that I should be admitting to that! I have a folded away sports direct bag which I carry loads down in

[dementedpixie]

The trouble with a huge one is that stuff can get lost down the bottom of it. That's why I would prefer more than one smaller one or a sectioned one to separate them out

[Dorisdolalee]

Yes I do think sections are a good idea

[Hufflepuffin]

Having the three sections has made it less of a chore to put washing on as it is all pre sorted, and I like that you can carry the sections downstairs. It's big though!

[MinnowAndTheBear]

I have a similar one to Huff and with no word of exaggeration it has changed my life

[Dorisdolalee]

Goodness. Love that minnow!
So how does it look in real life?! I'm worried it might be a bit functional looking. I don't have a utility room...

[Hufflepuffin]

It is functional looking! It looks better than a mound of laundry though... It's sturdier than it looks in the pictures. When we move I'm hoping it fits in a cupboard somewhere.... Three large nice ones would probably have the same effect!

[WellTidy]

I have that one that Huff linked to and I agree, it has changed my life. Genuinely. Before I got it, I was finding that I was doing a load of washing, sometimes two loads, every day. It was taking ages and really getting me down. Now I only wash a load when the section is full. I use one for whites, one for lights and one for darks. I don't put towels in there, they just get taken from the bathroom and washed once a week. Same with bedding, strip the beds and put the sheets straight into the machine.

[Dorisdolalee]

I'm almost entirely convinced. The washing piles in my flat massively depresses me and i feel like I'm just constantly shoving stuff in the washing machine so that I don't have to see it!

[Dorisdolalee]

Ok all
Ordered. I'll let you know how much my life has changed in a month or so!

[Eidel]

This washing basket has a 40 litre capacity, would that be big enough for you?

[dementedpixie]

40litres is small. That's a basket that I take clothes to the machine in and it holds about 1 washing load.

[Noseypoke]

I have the one Huff has too, but I have four sections. it's fab, you won't regret buying it!

[Hufflepuffin]

Four sections?! pant, pant

[Dorisdolalee]

I am enjoying it so far. I do feel more organised I have to say

[StillRabbit]

In my room I have three of these www.lakeland.co.uk/23455/Curver-Faux-Rattan-Lidded-Laundry-Basket-Slim-40L. Washing gets sorted as it is put in the baskets, lights, darks and 'special' (things that go on very gentle wash like bras and some of my dresses). I use those large plastic handled buckets from a garden centre to take my selected load to the machine, out of the machine, out to the line and off the line.