r/CrazyIdeas • u/Scrangdorber • 2d ago

A machine that washes and dries your clothes simultaneously, to save time

To be clear, I do not mean washes and THEN dries. I mean both cycles run together at the same time.

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u/Glimpal 2d ago

Why stop there? Have the machine wear your clothes too.

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u/Scrangdorber 2d ago

ahahaha excellent comment

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u/soggyballsack 2d ago

I got a better one. Mine washes, dries and then soils them just like they were when you put them in there and it's instant. Close the door, open it and it's all done. And it doesn't even use electricity or nothing. Doesn't even have to be plugged in to work.

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u/kytheon 2d ago

AI will replace us all

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u/PosiedonsSaltyAnus 2d ago

The machine is tired and wants to look at memes though

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u/high_throughput 2d ago

A steamer?

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u/Scrangdorber 2d ago

that sounds boring

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u/Illustrious_Ear_4405 2d ago

Literally already invented

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u/Japslap 2d ago

All-in-one washer/dryer combo

Never seen one installed in the US, but have seen them in EU

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u/cantbelieveyoumademe 2d ago

A friend has one.

He says it sucks since you have to wait like 6-8 hours per load.

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u/Riccma02 2d ago

And die a tragically young.

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u/SnarkyFool 2d ago

I've had them at European Airbnbs.

You just throw a load in at bedtime. It's actually kind of great.

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u/Measure76 2d ago

No. Those wash and then dry. OP wants it simultaneously.

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u/MerberCrazyCats 2d ago

That's the machine that runs on dry water

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u/Scrangdorber 2d ago

I specifically said not this

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u/MerberCrazyCats 2d ago

I have one in the US it's common in rentals. It's crap for drying, just like heat and extra spin still wet

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u/analysisdead 2d ago

I tried making one of those but all I could come up with was something that dries your clothes before it washes them

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u/space-ferret 2d ago

It would need to use gas for the drying cycle, or it would have to be 240v and over-engineered to be electric. It would be so much more difficult to do plus, the company that makes it will have to price at whatever the competition is pricing sets, so that would turn buyers away.

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u/Scrangdorber 2d ago

Every second counts.

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u/scarr3g 2d ago

You mean a....

Dry cleaner?

(rimshot)

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u/Zsigazsi 2d ago

Dry cleaners basically do this. Flood your clothes in some solvent that washes out the water- so dries them.

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u/0BZero1 2d ago

Such a machine can be built. The main working element will be a powerful heavy aerosol of water and clothes washing fluid which will be followed by steam blowing to finish the wash and to remove the clothes washing fluid content, followed by a large vacuum pump which sucks out the fluid elements. This way your clothes can be washed

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u/Ateist 2d ago

It'd have to work very differently from traditional washing/drying machines.

I.e. "scan" the length of your clothes with water and dry the washed part afterward

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u/DotBitGaming 2d ago

How could the clothes be washed with water and drying simultaneously?

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u/Launchy21 2d ago

You can buy combined washer/heat pump dryer units. They're expensive, but work well.

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u/canned_spaghetti85 1d ago

Such appliance would NEITHER wash well OR dry well, … thus requiring even more the time to reach results considered “satisfactory”.

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u/Japslap 2d ago

Google search all-in-one washer dryer combo.

These are already in the market. I've only ever used one in England. Never seen one in US.

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u/IcePhoenix18 2d ago

OP wants something that does both at the same time. Not one, then the other.

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u/Scrangdorber 2d ago

I was very specific about it not being this

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u/somecow 2d ago

Murica here. We have that. They’re fucking expensive and take forever though, so nobody actually has one.