Laundry Day

As i said we bought a washing machine when we were first in China. A group of the crew decided to go in on it and split up the cost. Total cost for the machine was about 50 bucks. To be technical, it isn't a full washing machine. It is an agitator and that takes most of the work out of washing clothes.

It has a 15 min wash cycle on it and a hose on the side to drain the water out of it. I like to run the cycle about 4 times per load of laundry (2 with soap and 2 without). Once you have done all that i ring out the extra water and hang up my clothes to dry. Here is a full load of socks and underwear.

As you can imagine, it takes about 4 or 5 loads to do all my laundry (you can fit about half the amount of clothes you would into a normal machine). Once i have finished all my laundry, my room is filled up with wet clothes . Since it is so humid in China, it then takes another 2 or 3 days for the clothes to dry. Here is the rest of my laundry (yet to be cleaned).

Considering the two alternatives, i think this is a pretty good way to do laundry. Those being, washing all clothes one by one in the sink or on a washing board or sending out your laundry for about 75 bucks.