Is ok to wash cotton items on the shorter synthetic cycle?

All modern washing machines take a long time to wash, which is a constant source of frustration for people. Unfortunately, many people are very time poor and circumvent the long wash times by using inappropriate wash cycles, which take less time but do not wash as thoroughly. This can result in a build up of grease and grime and even black mould inside the machine shortening its life.

The synthetics wash does everything wrong for cottons, the water levels, how much the drum revolves and even how firmly it turns the drum to "wash" the laundry, rinse levels and spin speeds are all not good enough to properly wash cottons.

You should try to use the proper cottons wash ideally. For most people the faster the spin the better for cottons, but 1200 - 1400 is plenty fast enough. If you can manually alter the final spin speed try dropping it down to around those speeds. If laundry isn't too dirty also try option buttons which may reduce the time but beware of eco option buttons which can actually increase wash times.

For an understanding of why they take so long read my article here - why does washing machine take so long to wash?