There’s actually only one cycle you ever need to use on your washing machine. Have you ever wondered exactly how dirty your laundry needs to be to justify using your washing machine’s “heavy duty” cycle? Advertisement Advertisement“All of those cycles [on the washing machine] exist because they used to exist,” he said. You don’t need them anymore, but too many people want to buy a machine and they’re like, ‘My mom’s machine has “whitest whites.”’ If I could build a washing machine, it would just have one button — you’d just push it, and it’d be warm water and ‘express’ cycle and that’s it.”Another (perhaps obvious) advantage of only using the “express” cycle? “The express cycle is 30 minutes or less, so you can do several loads of laundry quickly,” Richardson said.

Source: Huffington Post March 07, 2026 19:08 UTC