Washing Machine question: By default washing cycle is set to Warm/Cold. Why should i choose that over say...?

Question

...Warm/Warm cycle? Does it make any difference?

Answer 1

There has to be a default, but it has nothing to do with the preferred temperature in which to wash clothing, so there really isn't any reason to choose the default over another cycle.

The best way to choose the water temperature is to decide how likely the material is to shrink or bleed color. If it will shrink or bleed it's color, then the colder the water the better. Whites stay white and bleach yields better results when used in combination with hot water. Clothing with stains such as ink, blood, or chocolate should be washed in cold water so the stain doesn't set-in. Stains from oily foods should be washed in hot water. I have found warm water to be of no use, and rinsing in hot water is definitely a waste of electricity.

Answer 2

Cost of hot water is another consideration. The warm/warm cycle uses hot water as part of the water usage in all cycles. With warm/cold the rinse cycle does not use any hot water. The other answers are probably right true.

Answer 3

The warm cold setting means warm wash and cold rinse.

Warm warm is warm wash and warm rince.

Unless the water where you live is very cold ike near freezing the warm cold is better because it uses less energy not heating the water for the fince cycle.

Answer 4

Yes it does make a difference because some fabrics can only handle cooler temperatures than warm/warm and cold minimizes shrinkage. Plus it also saves you money on your heating bill if you use warm/cold temperatures

Answer 5

Shrinkage increases with water tempature as does the effectiveness of detergents. Therefore, a cold water rinse reduces the sudsing of the detergent allowing the detergent to be rinsed from the fabric. Oh i forgot. You might also be interested in the cost (energy) savings aspect of using cold water.

Answer 6

You save money by not heating water in the rinse cycle