Washing underwear on its own?

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Do people really wash all underwear on its own at 60 degrees as suggested on some internet pages?
I never used to just in with normal clothes wash , always keep tea towels etc seperate .
But after reading thought i would try.
But then it means leaving underwear to wash maybe once a week but still a quarter load and slowest 60 wash in my machine is 1.30 hrs
Currently i wash darks , coloureds , whites , underwear , towels , tea towels , bedding , face masks , floor clothes all in separate washes thats 9 separate washes minimum but normally have at least 2 dark washes a week and 2 coloured , and then theres the dog beds which i wash prob fornightly and always run machine on 95 service wash after
But struggling to keep up at moment working full time with so many washes and time they take
Quickest wash is 15 mins but nothing really goes in this so next up is 58 mins full wash , but 60 all over an hr
How do others divide theres ?

I do wash underwear in with clothes (at 30oC) and have no problem doing so. That said, I frequently a huge sock/underwear wash as it's just easier to get the socks paired and sorted when they're in one big pile.

Towels and tea towels are washed separately on a hotter was but underwear is washed with all other clothing!

I was mine and my partners on their own, but thats only because all of our underwear is white. If we had other whites we put them in with them.

Underwear (or any contaminated clothing) needs a wash at 60oC to kill bacteria. Any machine setting under that doesn't kill germs even though you think it is washing them off. It's temperature that counts. In principle its ok to wash anything together at that temp. if the fabric allows and not be worried about bacteria but in practice best to do separate anything to do with food from a general wash.

You will be contaminating your tea towels with things like E coli from your intestines and washing it around your tea towels without killing it..

I wash 'smalls' as one separate wash, but not at 60 degrees.

Bedding I wash separately, only because I can't fit anything else in, Bath Mat, toilet mat and cleaning cloths go separate so I can wash on higher wash but anything else regardless of whether or not it's white, colours or darks it all gets shoved in together.

My washing is literally split into two types of loads: nappies, muslins and baby clothes, and ‘everything else’. 🤷‍♀️

Everything in together with a colour catcher
Bedding usually separate only because I can't fit much else in
Only use tumble for bedding, towels jeans and anything I'm sure won't shrink

Underwear (or any contaminated clothing) needs a wash at 60oC to kill bacteria. Any machine setting under that doesn't kill germs even though you think it is washing them off. It's temperature that counts
Even with Covid it's only necessary to wash your hands with soap and water to get the virus off. You don't have to boil your hands. I would think the same applies to clothes unless it's scrubs for surgery etc. A domestic washing machine uses gallons of water.

The only special treatment my under garments get is an additional cold pre-rinse when my CSP is working over time. Then the rest of the wash goes in as normal. Sometimes the running gear too if that's particularly gross.

We have nice healthy immune systems. Even the DCs who wear the same pants size and can't remember who owns what.

I wash my husband’s tighty whiteys whilst he’s wearing them. He stands in the laundry room and I give his crotch a good going over with some hot soapy water and a stiff bristle scrubbing brush.

I slap all my washing against the same rock down by the river.

@GoudaGirl
Bit cringe but I was put tea towels and pants in the same wash quite often if they are the same colour. I'd be doing 10 washes a day if I didn't

Just to gross the more hygiene aware out, my dad washes everything at 30 and he has cheesy feet

Clean washing is the highlight of my life and if only I could make myself put it away properly!

I do darks (includes colours) & whites both on 60°c.
Periodically dog bedding and door mats get washed separately, usually on 90°c.

Darks
Whites
Colours

Tea towels, towels, face cloths, underwear, bedding all go in according to colour.

I'm still alive. Life is to short to fuck about with laundry much more than that.

Undies in with clothes of the same colour group (darks/lights) at 40 here. I did go through a phase ifvtrying to wash things at 30, but the clothes didn't smell clean.

Tea towels are washed with towels at 60 in this house. I iron the tea towels before putting them away, so I think that kills any germs.

What is going in to your underwear that you need to wash it separately?

@timeforanewstart

I use colour catchers too but now in a mesh bag as had couple get caught in my machine filter, also bought the reusable one which seems to also work

Colour catchers are great.

Just throw everything in together. 30 or 40 degreees . Detergent.

Try for six months aNd if not you still alive report back

Underwear (or any contaminated clothing) needs a wash at 60oC to kill bacteria.

But what do you mean by 'needs'? I am 49 years old and neither I nor any of my family have been harmed by washing underwear at 30 or 40°. SoI fail to see how it can possibly be necessary. What exactly is it meant to do to us?

Yes, I wash my knickers and towels at 60 degrees or more, separate from other clothing.
I don't think 40 degrees is hot enough to remove bacteria.

We separate light and dark, most of the time everything goes in together at 40 degrees on a short wash, and anything minging gets a pre soak in a bowl.

I only do a separate white wash which includes bras, school blouses, socks. Everything else goes on together.

Dark coloured and light coloured are separate. I don’t buy anything that can’t survive a normal 40c wash. Sheets usually make a load in their own as do towels, but if they were in with other things that’s fine. Otherwise I don’t separate by “type” at all, the whole point is that stuff comes out the machine clean.