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Top loader versus front loader
IngeJones
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Ok I think we have decided laundry has be be in this pack, so now it's time to start voting on the mechanics of the washing machine. I will be starting several new threads:
1) a thread for people who want top loaders to show their support
2) one for supporters of front loaders
3) a thread for laundry liquid
4) a thread for those who think laundry powder is better
5) for those who can talk about the benefits of one of those non-detergent balls. Oh absolutely it has to be this - much more eco-friendly.
6) a thread for whether the laundry liquid should be combined with softener.
Anything I have left out?
PS I could end up hoist by my own petard, and banned....
1) a thread for people who want top loaders to show their support
2) one for supporters of front loaders
3) a thread for laundry liquid
4) a thread for those who think laundry powder is better
5) for those who can talk about the benefits of one of those non-detergent balls. Oh absolutely it has to be this - much more eco-friendly.
6) a thread for whether the laundry liquid should be combined with softener.
Anything I have left out?
PS I could end up hoist by my own petard, and banned....
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ETA:You left out those who might want stacked units.
Though I think one of main reasons so many simmers voted for the theme was probably the fact that laundry was listed as a possible object.
It most likely wouldn't have had as many votes and won if it wasn't listed.
Personally I didn't list Eco living very high - I wanted the dangerous stuff pack. However now that it won I feel that I might just aswell talk about what I want for laundry, since it was listed and probably will be added.
Edit: I prefer stacked, saves space
a. It uses less water, thus is closer to fitting with the theme of eco freindly.
b. The same animations can be used for a dryer, freeing up the posibility of animations for fun things, that don't involve chores.
c. the washing machine bike is a front loader, it's also the most eco friendly washing machine you're likely to find.
1) I think the washers and dryers should be front loaders. The same animation could be used for both and it may be even be the same animation that is already in the game for dishwashers.
2) I would prefer liquid soap. I would prefer that it be combined with softener, but since I am not a serious simmer, I am sure that some players may want to have to add the softener during the wash time for realism. I guess there could be an option on the dryer when you click on it to use a dryer sheet.
3) What about a laundry mat? Would the washers and dryers be the same as the ones for sim's homes? Or would they be coin-operated? I would still want front loaders, but would like to see a tweaking of the animation for putting in the coins. Also, clothes would have to be dried at least twice (you know how it is when you have to use the laundry mat, clothes are always still damp). Vending machine at the venue for detergent and dryer sheets. Also snacks and drinks.
4) toddlers playing and sleeping in the washer and dryer.
5) Lint having a chance to catch on fire.
6) Laundry mats being a place to pick up other men or woman.
Hot or cold? (I know, cold uses less energy, thus more eco-friendly. But hot is much better at getting things clean, IMO. So cold becomes less efficient if you have to wash things multiple times just to get them clean.) Oh, and pre-wash stain removers? Spray or stick? So many questions, so many discussions . . .
They're not eco friendly either!
If you use a clothesline, you won't need them... or at least wear natural fibre clothing... or add vinegar to the wash instead... or make your own woolen dryerballs.
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Sorry to say it, your opinion is wrong. Hot bakes in bodily fluids. Blood temperature is the best for removing bolidly fluids (including sweat). And that really sucks in summer, cos the cold water comes out hotter than the hot here.
Not true. Scrub bad stains with castile soap before soaking in warm water with castile soap flakes.
Traditionally, castile soap is made from nothing more complicated than olive oil and ashes. It's amazing how two things that can cause stains, when mixed together (ok, the process is a tiny bit ore complicated than that), can remove stains!
Also, white garments are best washed with vinegar, and bleached by the power of the sun. People have been doing it for hundreds of years. Nature at it's finest! Good for laundry, great for the environment!
You might as well go pour it in the frog pond, for all the good it will do for the eco system.
It really comes down to two questions: Eco friendly? Or eco enemy?
If it's in the laundry isle of a supemarket, its the enemy of the environment.
If you could probably eat it, it's better for the environment.
P.S. Making natural soap is fun. A bit dangerous, due to what happens when you mix ashes with water, but fun all the same.
I was going to say that I prefer front loading under counter machines too because that way you can put stuff on top of it or something hanging from the wall. Much better!
Or you just vote for what you want and other people could vote for what they want. There was no side poll asking us which feature we were hoping for when we voted "Eco" (it was my #2 vote). We don't actually have any idea what the Simmers all over the world who could vote on this, almost none of whom post here, had in mind. Discussion here is well and truly split between people wanting laundry, people excited for solar panels and composting etc., and people (well, me) wondering if we could get a bit of both and call it "Clean Eco Stuff" or something. You could be in the majority for all we know.
It was my first vote but I now "can't see the wood for the trees" as the saying goes.
I am a person of "the rest of the world"
I'm now wondering if there are more people in the rest of the world who are playing than in the us. I just started the game up at approx 3.30pm (uk) and there are over 57, 000 players currently online. Much more than when toddlers got added (51,000 and seems to prove that Sims 4 is getting more popular as it goes along.
It would be interesting if anyone in the us could check at the equivalent time to see what the difference is.
I intended by that the non-English-speaking world - South America (it's not a time zone thing), much of Europe, Russia, Asia (that's a lot of people, Asia!) ... Not to mention all the many English-speaking people who don't go out of their way to come to a game-specific forum to talk about the game. I would never even begin to assume that our concerns and interests here are representative. Asia doesn't even *have* a Sims forum, judging by the language dropdown.
We, in the uk do not have a choice. We are lumped in with the us. We probably have more in common, thinking wise, with Australia and New Zealand but this is the larger site with all the news, so most congregate here.
I agree, I have seen suggestions already about this laundry being mandatory on residential lots. If that happens, we all better start saving our pennies now because we will all have to buy this or not be able to play, lol!
For real space savings, a combination washer and dryer:
Or maybe even something like this -- especially if it talks
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I had no clue they have a washer/dryer all in one
I hope they come in a few different styles to choose from.
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