[A/S] Re: Washer/dryer combo

["Maurice Riggins <maurice.riggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <maurice.riggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a 34' Limited, and considered this when we first got it... for 
about 10 minutes.  Here's the link to the manufacturer of the one CW 
sells:

http://www.splendide.com/index.html

It tells you in Tip 1, it can't dry a full wash load... you have to 
take 1/2 of it out, and dry them separately.  Many campgrounds won't 
let you put up a clothesline.  They're known for being slow, but if 
you're gonna spend the day laying around in the trailer, maybe that's 
not a problem.

I believe the one where the dryer vents outdoors (requiring cutting a 
hole in the trailer) is too deep to go in my double closet.  They 
have a model that condenses the moisture in the air, and it uses a 
lot more cold water to do that.  It's probably shallow enough to fit, 
but then I'd have to run wiring and plumbing to a side of the trailer 
that doesn't have it, and really beef up the bottom of the closet to 
handle the weight.  I'd probably want to upgrade the 30 amp power to 
50 amp because they add another 12.5 amps.

But the real killer is that even at less than 25", it would take up 
about two thirds of the double wardrobe 24 hours X 7 days a week.  
How much of that time do you spend doing laundry?  The double 
wardrobe was one of the reasons we went with a 34'!  We NEED the 
closet space!  Without it, there's not much laundry to do.

A combo'll take most of a whole day to do a coupla loads of laundry.  
I used to live in apartments that had a laundromat.  Every Saturday, 
by 9-10AM I was DONE with a week's laundry for a couple using 
multiple machines simultaneously.  

We have a black and a white spring wire mesh hampers in the shower to 
presort dirty laundry (they sit on the toilet and vanity when the 
shower's in use) and will keep using the laundromat.  As Hunter 
mentioned, it's actually a great place to meet and chat with other 
campers.

Our decision was that if we had a 34'10 fiver where there's living 
space instead of trailer tongue, it might be nice to have a pair of 
those separate but stackable washer/dryer units in a space already 
plumbed and wired for it.  For us, these combo units are just too 
much of a compromise, too slow, take too much work to install, and 
take up too much valuable space.

Depends on what your priorities are... space outweighs doing laundry 
in house for us.

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Maurice
WBCCI 5446