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Recently did 3 perm press loads in my new-to-me combo Splendide. Did them on empty gray just for this experiment. Took 60% of my 65-gal tank, or 39 gals, which averages 13 gals per load.that seems like a lot to me. I was hoping for 9ish-10ish for boondocking.

What's your experience?

Jerry Lewis

2008 Allure 470 38' 31611
McKinney TX

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Hi and good for you for giving this a try. I've been meaning to do it but just never have. I read in a booklet for which I pad $9 or $10, only a few pages, on how to best use our Slendides, that it's just as good to use the Express on either the Regular or permanent press. So I've only used the Express. Just as an aside, how many pieces of clothing, such as 3 golf shirts, or 3 pairs of knit sweat pants, do you put in? Thanks.

Mary Frederick
06 Inspire 51784

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Jerry,


We have been full timing for 8 years. My wife uses the washer a couple time a week. The water usage seem to be what we experience according to my wife.


We don't usually use the washer unless the grey tank is open.



Jock Vargo

2005 Inspire
51428

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I'll try the Express. So far, my knit shirts have come out much duller than using my S&B washer was. I always washed in warm there and always with powder. This cold wash and liquid concentrate is all new territory for me. With some pre-treating, the food stains come out, but the clothes look older than they are.
At first, using Regular, I was getting really wrinkled clothes. The perm press dry cycle seems to have helped some. I also quit using dry-after-wash and waited until all loads were done. This seemed to make it easier to sort the drying loads to keep the sizes down.
I really don't like the preset drying times: 30,70,90, and so on. I find I want to do 45 or 60, but the timer dial doesn't seem to work in between the presets. Anyone who knows how to dry custom times would be welcomed to advise.

Jerry Lewis

2008 Allure 470 38' 31611
McKinney TX
 

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I didn't even know there were times for me to choose. I find that on regular, the 30 minute dry leaves clothes more wrinkled, plus I have to do an additional 30 to make sure things are dry. I also learned how to turn it off, wait maybe 1 minute plus a few seconds, and the door unlocks. Do you already now that? I don't use cold water but half way between cold and warm. I do exactly what you do and wait until a load is done, and this will sound silly, but my little book said to do it, fold each shirt or pair of shorts or whatever up sort of nice, toss them back in, go all the way around and end up on the express dry cycle, assuming you have pushed the 30 minutes then. Sometimes, I will hang clothes up in the bedroom, shower, wherever. Also, this book told me to do this, and it really works. When you get them out of the dryer, and you have to be right there to make this work, the dryer ends, get them out, and each one lay down flat on the bed and hand press, then the next shirt, for example, lay on top of the one on the bed, hand press the 2nd one, and keep on going. It really works! The time for the wash for express on the perm press (the one under the regular) is shorter I think than the regular, and the clothes do seem less wrinkled on the perm press. I hope some of this makes sense!!! Mary Frederick, 06 Inspire, 51784