honestly - do you wash bras by hand?

[bluefoxmug]

just got a couple of new ones.
label says handwash only.
I have never handwashed a bra before. mesh-bag and in with it all.

Screw that, no i dont lol

Mine just go in with the regular wash.

Never hand wash. Do not even put them in a mesh bag! Everything gets shoved in the machine and washed all together (never separate light/white clothes either! )

Yes, because of the wires, and because they cost £35 each.

I put them in the machine on delicates. Bras only.

my bras last pretty ok.
I wear them a good few years before the elastic stops being elastic.
so why does the label say that if machinewashing seems ok?

No because they were 3 for £15 and I can't be assed with that. Life's to short to be faffing around hand washing things.

Nope. Anything that needs to be worn daily should be machine washable. Putting “hand wash only” on bras is a cop out to stop companies having to replace damaged bras. They know perfectly well that 99.9% of women machine wash bras.

No

I don't have torture devices wired bras

Any can’t they be made properly machine washable?

Nope, they go in the wash with the regular washing. Never ever tumble dry them though

My dh had to take apart the washing machine because the wire came out of my bra and got trapped. I wash them in a pillow case now.

I hook them together and put them on a cold 20 rinse with a splatter of Epson salts or dettol antibacterial laundry stuff.

Bras hate heat, that's all. Wash them on cold.

*20 min

Only with my expensive (IMO) Bravissomo sports bra. I machine washed it by mistake and ruined it.
Others I machine wash.

I agree with a pp. a garment that is worn close to the body needs to be easily washable.
maybe bravissimo is not a good as they claim then...

I put them in a mesh bag and wash in the machine

Nope. Fasten the back and put them in the machine on a normal 40 wash.

I wash lunchbags in the washer as well.
that's what the 20 min quickwash is for.

Hand wash. I use soak liquid so literally soak in the sink while I shower, take out of sink and hang up. Not hard work in any way and at £40 a bra, I want them to last!

I use a bra bag - and stick them in with other stuff at 39 degrees

*30 degrees

God no, who has time for that.

Little warning. The other day I popped two undewired bras in a net bag and put them in the machine with my other stuff. The wires popped and SMASHED the glass door on my one year old washing machine. Glass everywhere.