At what temperature do you wash towels?

dragonette

single person here - towels take a while to build up so often go in at 90. Probably should go back to 60 most of the time for them

catkins

I always wash towels and bedding at 60. I wouldn't feel they were properly clean at any lower temperature.

PinkGladioli

I wash them at 60 because I like a hard absorbent towel, hotel towels are always like new, don't soak anything up.

tattycath

I usually wash them at 60 but I have to do them when I'm not in a rush. Our 60 wash takes nearly 2 hours.

spadoosh

Im 30 and dirty! :cool:

Smoosh

I always do mine at 60.

Margaret_

Thank you all for your replies, it looks as if the consensus is a hot wash, so I'll stick with that. It sounds as if 30 is fine for one person but doesn't seem right for a hotel, I'll be giving The Dorchester a miss I think!

missbiggles1

Ilona wrote: »

I wash everything at 30 on a 30 minute cycle. Have been doing for years, still alive, hardly ever ill. Single person household.
Ilona

I tend to up that to 40 and a slightly longer cycle but I agree, rarely ill. Neither was my late husband who was on oxygen with a severely depleted immune system for over 8 years.

People should worry more about hand hygiene in the cold and flu season than "bugs" in washing.

maman

60 here for the majority of towels which are white. The odd few coloured ones that I have go in with 40 degree washes.

spadoosh

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I tend to up that to 40 and a slightly longer cycle but I agree, rarely ill. Neither was my late husband who was on oxygen with a severely depleted immune system for over 8 years.

People should worry more about hand hygiene in the cold and flu season than "bugs" in washing.

It does seem a bit odd people are worried about the germs and bacteria they are wiping off from their own bodies or the bodies of their family members.

I get the impression theres a few who will whack out the anti bacterial gel during foreplay.... :cool::rotfl: