Can I use quick wash on all laundry as most wash times are too long?
Hi. My elderly parents (with incontinence issues) have just bought a Bosch WAQ283S1GB vario perfect. Problem is the quick wash only seems to run for 15 minutes which seems very short to achieve reasonable results. My mother also finds the controls and settings very confusing.
I'm hoping I can find a simple way for her to set a quick wash that will cover all contingencies with a short cycle of 30 minutes or so?
Has anybody had the same problem and found a solution?
Thanks
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Bosch WAQ283S1GB quick wash too short for general laundry
- The problem
- Owner found the 15-minute quick wash on a Bosch WAQ283S1GB too short and wanted a simple 30-minute setting suitable for most laundry, including washing affected by incontinence.
- Likely cause
- No fault was reported. The discussion indicates the machine’s 15-minute quick wash is only intended for very lightly worn items and is not suitable for normally soiled or contaminated laundry.
- What fixed it
- The accepted advice was not to rely on the 15-minute quick wash for general washing. Use the normal programme appropriate to the fabric care label instead. A further reply stated that the VarioPerfect/Speed Perfect option can be used with cotton programmes to shorten wash times to roughly 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes, rather than 30 minutes. For clothes, cottons 40 was suggested; for sheets and towels, cottons 60 was suggested. Heavily soiled or hygiene-sensitive loads were said to need a higher-temperature wash where appropriate.
- Checks to try
- Confirmed the quick wash programme runs for 15 minutes
- Advised to check for a 'vario speed' or 'speed perfect' button
- Advised to use the wash-label-recommended programme
2 Answers
A quick wash cycle taking only 15 minutes is a gimmick, useless for most people. Maybe if you'd worn a shirt for 3 or 4 hours in cool conditions and then just wanted to freshen it up it might be ok, but any laundry that is dirty needs a proper wash.
Unfortunately all modern washing machines take a long time to wash compared with older ones. If laundry is lightly soiled I would try the proper wash cycle but using option buttons such as half load and economy wash, but if soiled though incontinence issues, any quick wash cycle would be very inappropriate.
I would use the proper wash cycle as indicated on their wash labels for that - why modern washing machines take longer to wash
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Sorry, I'm a little late with this one.
Bosch Varioperfect should have a button called "vario speed" or "speed perfect". This can be used on any of the cottons cycles to reduce the wash time to around 1 hour - 1 hour 20 mins. Your folks should be fine using cottons 40 for clothes and cottons 60 for sheets and towels. If there's anything with, errm, unpleasant stains on, I would recommend going higher for hygiene.
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