To desperately ask…Do you wash….

I don't as the sheet always ends up inside the duvet case and doesn't rinse the soap out properly but I think it's because my machine is tiny. My mothers is twice the size and the few times I've done them together in her machine there was no issue.

If you are doing them together and they are not coming out covered in soap keep doing it, otherwise maybe split them.

If it puts your mind at rest OP, just this morning I've wash a king size duvet, sheet, pillow cases and some trousers and hoodies all in the same 9 kg machine, that wasn't even full.

This is typical of how I've done washing for nearly 30 years and in that time our first washing machine still worked when we left it at our old house as it was 11 years old and as it was probably on it's way out we didn't want to move it only to have to get a new one shortly after.

The second one lasted about 16 years and the third one, only being around 2-3 years old is obviously just about new so I've no concerns about it needing replacing any time soon.

Do the buttons up on the duvet cover so stuff doesn't get swallowed by it and make the wash inefficient and hard to sort out.

Set the spin to 900 rather than 1200 - I was told to do this to prolong the life of the machine and ours (god, don't jinx it!) is now getting on for 18 years old.

Unless you have a really gigantic king-size ++ duvet cover, I would have thought a standard 8kg drum would manage a duvet cover plus bottom sheet, plus pillow cases, plus top sheet if you use one. My machine does fine with this sort of load - but can't you tell if the drum is overloaded or not?

Overloading can potentially cause problems, that's true.

Our machine is 10kg capacity and we have bog standard double size bedding, so it's not an issue. But as @andthat says above, if it's too full just take something out.

People can be idiots @hejsl…always assuming that their life experiences are the same as everyone else’s and not considering perspectives behind their own.

You won’t break the machine washing them together. Just don’t overload it as that is more likely to cause damage and won’t wash properly. So if it feels ‘stuffed’ in there, take something out.

I use a top and a bottom sheet, so the sheets and pillow cases get washed more often than the duvet cover, all my bed linen is white so I don’t worry about matching. When the duvet cover eventually gets washed they all go in together.

No one is talking about overloading! We’re obviously talking about machines that have the capacity to wash the load. If the machine didn’t have the capacity, common sense would dictate not to keep loading it with more items… lol

The drum should only be half full. So whatever quantity of bedding fills to that level for your machine. People on here will have different sized drums and bedding. For instance, I have a Samsung ecobubble, I put the bottom sheet and pillow cases (superking) in one load and the duvet cover in another load.

I’ve been washing bedding for well over 50 years. Just chuck it all in together, duvet cover closed so other stuff doesn’t get inside it. All comes out clean and how on earth can your laundry damage a washing machine? It’s exactly what they’re built for.

Could you pop the sheet inside one of the pillowcases if you're worried about them tangling? No idea if this would make a difference. I do mine together usually - never thought about it really.

If they are different colour, yes.

Who told you that? It depends on the capacity of your machine as to how big a load it can handle.

Not issue for the machine though!

That's not quite right. Overloading can damage the machine

https://www.candy-home.com/en_GB/blog/what-happens-if-you-overload-your-washing-machine/

This.

Mattress protectors either get washed separately every now and again or with a sheet or 2, just depends what fits.

Of course you can wash them together unless you have a teeny weeny drum in the washing machine. If they both fit in easily with a little additional space, then they are good to go together. If you are forcing them in then they may not wash or rinse thoroughly. Not issue for the machine though!

I wash the bottom sheet with other white stuff; duvet cover (fastened closed) with other coloured stuff.

Separately, because the duvet cover is king size so it won't all fit in together without overloading the machine. Duvet cover on its own, pillowcases and sheet together, usually with a hand towel or two.

I have a 6kg machine and prefer to do the cover and some pillowcases and t-shirts, and the sheet in another wash. You're right to not overload the machine.

This

Oh come on, no one washes one item at a time exclusively. Yes the washing machine is capable of washing both at the same time

Depends on the colour

Always close up the duvet cover before putting it in the wash. I find everything else finds it's way in there during the wash and it can cause uneven spinning which the machine doesn't like.

I usually wash duvet cover, 4 pillow cases, bottom sheet, two towels and maybe some tea towels together and don't have a problem.

You won't break you're machine.

yep.

I've washed them all together for around 40 years now and I've never found an issue. I don't tumble them together though as they end up in lump and don't dry properly. I only do this if the weather is bad though.

We have a King Size bed and Super King duvet and a mattress protector.

A bedding wash is two washes as there’s too much volume to do in one was, but the bottom sheet either goes in with the duvet or the mattress protector without any rhyme or reason. In fact it probably would be better just doing with the mattress protector as it does get a bit knotted in the dryer with the duvet cover. Nothing a couple of shakes doesn’t fix though.