Do you wash everything at 30?

[FindingMeno]

It seems pretty much everything now says to wash at 30°.
Do you follow this, and are you finding clothes are still stained/ have odours? Or that your washing machine smells?
I am wondering if washing on a 40° instead will solve this or whether it will ruin things.
I'm not sure if the 30° is for environmental reasons or because so much clothing is particularly delicate lately.
I do service washes and the odd hotter wash for towels etc, and it seems to make no difference what products I use.
Any wisdom to share please?

I wash whites at 40 and smelly darks eg gym kit, socks, boxers etc. They're all ok. If things aren't really dirty or smelly, they go in at 30.

No idea if it's wrong or right, it's just what I do

I do everything at 40 pretty much unless delicates.
Towels & bedding at 60. No idea if that's right or wrong either but that's what I do.

Everything at 40 mainly

40 if it’s dirty
30 just needs freshing up
towels 60

I do most things at 40⁰C. There's a couple of things dd has that says 30⁰C so I occasionally use that. Then I often do towels and bedding at 60⁰C.

Wash everything on a quick mixed wash at 40’.

Find at 30’ that body odours are not fully cleared and also muddy items don’t get as cleaned.
Will occasionally wash towels and always pillow cases at 60’ for a more thorough clean.

I've washed everything at 30 for a while now. Clothes(inc gym), bedding (weekly), towels (weekly) all smell good and house smells good.

Whites and colors at 40
Bedding 60
towels and rage 90
i think the 30 thing is nonesense

I use a spray for armpit smells for my sports tops and use laundry sanitiser if I'm washing sports wear. I dont often use 30⁹C and mostly wash at 40⁰C

Almost everything at 40 regardless of label apart from wool or delicates . Bedding and towels at 60

I used to do 30, as it was the quicker wash option in my old machine. In my new one it’s 40 and my clothes are definitely coming out cleaner and fresher smelling. I’m not going back to 30!

30 degrees is what I use for delicates and knitwear. Everything else at 40, and towels & bedding at 60.

No. Towels & ‘smelly stuff’, eg socks, underwear etc get washed at 60. Everything else gets washed at 40 which is the lowest temperature setting our ancient but indestructible Hotpoint has.

I think the whole wash at 30 thing is partly environment and partly cheaper on electricity.

I ignore it and wash at what the label recommends and boil wash teatowels and bedding to scald the bacteria out of the machine. I don't think washing at 30 kills bacteria or removes stains, or does anything of any use at all really, and it's counter-productive to the environment to be washing with all these chemicals that claim they get your washing clean at lower temperatures.

And the slime/black stuff that builds up in the pipes because machines are cold-water feed only is grim, even when you don't put detergent or softener in the drawer. So that needs a kettle of boiling water through it every week too.

So it's all a false economy gimmick to me.

That's my thoughts on modern day laundry anyway.

Same. Bodily fluids and all that, got to be 60 degrees.

I wash it all at 30 to keep costs down, but I do use an antibacterial alongside. However, getting stains out is a nightmare, even with vanish they don’t shift.

Normal clothes at 20 and if gym gear is in the load add laundry disinfectant. Towels and bed linen at 60. Everything comes out clean and not smelly.

Everything on ‘easy care’ 40, except bedding and towels(60).

Completely agree, particularly about the amount of chemicals needed. Seems like another money making scam to me. Wouldn’t be the first under the guise of saving the plant.

Everything mainly at 40.
Towels and flannels 60.
Only if they are delicate I wash at 30.

Everything at 30 apart from whites which go on at 40. No smells & all comes up lovely & clean.

I did find my machine smelled when I used liquid detergent. Now I use powder it’s totally fine.

40 degs for some things, 60 for towels/bedding, 30 for delicates.

I don't go by degrees, I go by machine pre-sets. "Cottons" (towels, sheets, duvet covers) are going on 60 degrees. "Sportswear" has some clever cycle on 30 degrees, but does a soak as well. "Mixed load" is a 40 degree cycle.

We started to wash everything at 30 last year when energy prices went up. Noticed no difference to the laundry. All comes out clean, fresh and sanitised. Whites are white etc. We don't scrimp on laundry pods though and pop in a capful of zoflora for very soiled/grubby items so not sure if that makes a difference?

I’ve been doing washing at 20 for about 4 months and everything comes out as perfectly clean as it did at 40…I was resistant to going below 40 for years but thought I’d give it a go. I’ve always pre treated any stains before washing