The amount of laundry you can do in one load depends on the drum size of your washer dryer, the larger the drum size the more laundry the machine will be able to handle effectively.
Drum size is measured by the weight it can handle, for example a 5kg drum can handle 5kg of washing. However with washer dryers the total load capacity for washing and drying is different, washer dryers can wash more clothes at once than they can dry. Therefore, to get the best drying results the load size must be reduced, this is because to best wash clothes they should be close together. To best dry clothes they need room to allow them to move through the warm air. Also when clothing has room to move when drying it can help reduce creases.
Washer dryers can be used three ways; washing only, drying only and washing and drying as a whole cycle without a break in-between.
Load Capacities
| Drum Size |
Family Size |
Capacity |
Drying |
| |
|
Wash |
T-shirts |
Duvet |
Drying |
T-shirts |
| 5kg |
Couples and small families |
5kg |
25 |
- |
3kg |
9 |
| 6kg |
Medium size families |
6kg |
30 |
Single |
4kg |
12 |
| 7kg |
Medium size families |
7kg |
35 |
Double |
5kg |
15 |
| 8kg |
Medium size families |
8kg |
40 |
Queen Size |
6kg |
18 |
| 9kg |
Larger families |
9kg |
45 |
King Size |
7kg |
21 |
| 10kg |
Larger families |
10kg |
50 |
- |
8kg |
24 |
It can work out cheaper, in terms of how much water and electricity get used, to a few big washes rather than lots of little washes. On the other hand small wash loads can be quicker and better suited to particular types of fabric.
So which is right for you? You can see from our helpful table what the drum sizes mean in real terms. Obviously you won’t always be washing/drying just t-shirts at a time but if you think about how big a pile of 30 t-shirts would be or how big a single duvet is you will get a rough idea about how much washing and drying can be done at a time.
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