Rinse hold in a washing machine

Owners of modern washing machines sometimes don't realize how many useful features are hidden within their expensive automatic assistants. While some machine functions are perfectly logical and intuitive, even given their names, other options only raise questions. For example, why is a rinse hold feature necessary in a washing machine, how can it be used, and how can it help with washing clothes?

Features of this function

Often, home appliance users never even consider changing the default wash settings, as the basic options are almost always sufficient to remove stains and dirt from their favorite clothes. Because of this, housewives often feel there's no point in using a rinse hold, as they can usually control the entire wash cycle and empty the drum promptly. The rinse hold feature is useful for those users who do not have the time or opportunity to immediately remove items from the appliance after use.

If you need to start a wash cycle and then leave to run errands, but you're worried you won't be back in time to finish your work and your clothes will get ruined while they're in the washer, use the rinse hold feature.

What is this function good for, and what benefits does it offer the washing machine and the user? It prevents water from draining after the final rinse, so all clothes will remain soaked in the drum until the user initiates the drain or spin cycle. This has certain advantages.

• The clothes will float in the water instead of rotting inside the washing machine. Unpleasant odors from clothes that have been in the washing machine for many hours usually require a second wash to remove.
• Clothes won't develop creases or wrinkles due to prolonged wet storage in the drum. Ironing these types of creases takes a long time, so to save time, it's best to use the rinse hold feature.
• Finally, excessive moisture from wet, gradually drying laundry in the drum can cause black mold to form inside the washing machine, which is difficult to remove. After this, you usually have to remove the door seal to thoroughly clean it of mold, and clean the washing machine itself with citric acid.

Ultimately, the rinse hold feature is not nearly as useless as it is made out to be. Not only can it protect your washing machine from mold and germs, but it can also keep your clothes clean and tidy, so you don't have to spend hours getting them into a decent condition, smoothing out creases and folds.

Auxiliary functions of the washing machine

The more modern and expensive the appliance, the more useful additional features it has that improve washing quality and make life easier for homemakers. Some of these options are widely known and used in almost every cycle, while others are activated only occasionally, but all are useful. Let's list the most popular and important ones.

• Spinning. This is necessary to further spin out clothes at the exact speed needed for a given situation.
• Drain. This option is used when you don't need to rinse or spin your laundry, but just want to drain the water from the washer.
• Ironing Made Easy. Another intuitive feature. It allows you to wash clothes so they're virtually wrinkle-free after the wash cycle. When enabled, this mode skips the intermediate spin cycle and uses significantly more water for the rinse cycle than a standard wash cycle.
• Half Load. This option allows you to save on your electricity bills, as the half load cycle is shortened when activated. This is useful when there aren't enough dirty clothes for a full wash yet, but you need to quickly get them in order.
• Delayed Start. A useful option for those who carefully plan their lives. If you need clean clothes early in the morning or when you return from a trip, you can time it and activate this mode, and the machine will wash your clothes exactly on time.
• Extra Rinse. Activating this mode adds an extra rinse cycle to the one set by the manufacturer. This allows you to completely remove detergent from your clothes, which is especially important for allergy sufferers and parents of small children.
• Rinse and Drain. This button activates the rinse and spin cycle without washing the clothes.
• Spin off. In this mode, the washing machine will simply wash the items and then finish. This mode is essential for washing delicate fabrics that could be damaged by a hard spin cycle.
• Water level monitoring. If your washing machine has this feature, the smart machine will first determine the amount of clothes in the drum and then, based on this information, draw in the optimal amount of water for washing, helping you save on water bills.
• Child lock. Again, it's self-explanatory: this feature prevents inquisitive little ones from opening the washing machine while it's in use.

This list isn't exhaustive, as new modes and additional features are added almost daily. However, this is a basic list of current options found in almost every washing machine. For more information on features, please refer to the manufacturer's official manual, which always provides a full list of the machine's advantages.

   

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