Not bothering to separate colours

Oh and I have enough whites because my towels and sheets are white.

I have a washing basket with three sections so I separate darks, lights and whites while I’m putting stuff in there. Easy to just grab whichever one’s full and bung in the machine.

I do sometimes dither if I’ve got a tip which is white but with dark bits on it. Tend to put in darks and hope for the best!

We separate, but with 4 of us there's enough washing for full loads of white, dark, colours.
Colours last better INHO if not washed with darks

I separate whites/pastels together then colours separately.

dd went to dads and stepmum did a wash and didn’t separate. The wash has one light grey sock in, the other was here. My dp couldn’t believe the difference it made, the socks didn’t look like a pair.

The one at home wash bright light grey, the one she brought home was dull.

I remember because it was the moment dp finally understood why I separated the washing 😂

Nearly all of my sheets are white or light blue or grey.

Not being funny but you separate into about 5 categories surely you'll either be running the machine with three things in it or be waiting weeks for stuff to be washed

I wait until I have a full load.

but in my experience no, most people don't have white sheets.

Maybe it's an age or generation thing? I won't see 60 again and everyone I know has white sheets and light coloured bedding.

I use white sheets in the summer, so do wash my whites with them, but in my experience no, most people don't have white sheets.

I'm 64 and have been washing my whites and lights together all my life. I've never had a white garment turn grey, and my whites are whiter than many other people's are. I would never put them in with the dark clothes however, that's just asking for trouble!!

i have a 15 min quick wash function which i use to do a mid week shift of my work uniform.

I only separate if there's something that might run.

But a blocked filter is easy to clear. Look for a youtube video; don't get an engineer out.

When there was just my washing to consider, I just separated into whites/light colours and everything else, so 2 loads...but now there are enough people to warrant separate loads, we do whites/darks/light colours/pinks-reds-oranges. Towels are washed separately as we have 'all in one' washing capsules, and I don't like fabric softener on the towels. I wash my period underwear on its own too, and I'll wash the reusable nappies on their own. Bedding on its own just because we have those coverless duvets, so one of those, the fitted sheet and pillowcases makes a load.

It sounds a lot written out, but we sort as it's put in the dirty laundry, and we average a load every day, so no great trial.

When they’re all mixed up, the white items tend to become dull

YANBU, I just bung it all in together. Occasionally I stick DD’s school polos in with knock off Aldi vanish and hang them in the sun if they start to look a bit grey. I don’t really have anything white of my own because it would inevitably end up splattered in something!

I am 47.

I have never separated anything in my life.

I do wash new stuff separately in case it runs and if it runs I pretty much don't wear it again.

Not being funny but you separate into about 5 categories surely you'll either be running the machine with three things in it or be waiting weeks for stuff to be washed.

I didn't use to separate them but I got tired of my white stuff turning murky and grey. I also have three children so we have enough white between us for 1-2 loads a week of white a week (bed linen, towels, school tops, my tops, vests etc).

Very occasionally do I separate and that's only if I've got enough for a big white wash. Other than that, everything gets washed together.

I bung everything in together with a colour catcher
I don't have anything white though( it doesn't suit me!)

I've never once separated colours.

I also tend to just cook everything at around Gas Mark 7 and it's always fine

I separate everything. Can spot the people who don't a mile off. Dingy whites & light/bright clothing. Can also spot people who wash coloured clothes in persil non bio - it fades red/blue/green school jumpers terribly

I just put all clothes in together. Towels and bedding separate as they are done at a higher temp. Clothes all done at 30.
Only time I separate things is the first time I wash something and even then I often put it in with underwear that I'm not worried about if the colour runs

What's wrong with colour catchers??

I separate everything. DD's clothes are mostly pinks and light colours so I do hers together.
School uniform for all 3 goes on one wash.
White items on another wash.
Darker colours for the boys on another.
DH's and my black/dark go together.
My light colours go in one.

I have an Ikea Kallax unit with separate boxes to put all the dirty washing in and when the box is full I wash it.

I separate whites coloured and darks.
I hate to see grey looking whites

Just typed a longish message which I lost . Thanks for the tip re net bags for the colour catchers . Our washing machine regularly blocks with them - but the model has a way of cleaning out the filter .

Colour catcher and separate washes here as often leave an item in the washing machine by mistake . Lots of washing due mostly to DC3 .

Not a fan of greige school shirts and also dyed a whole wash greyish / blue whilst on holiday which we then had to wear .

I bung everything in together but then me and DH only have a handful of white T-shirts. I don’t think we even own enough white clothing for them to be a separate load!