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For CR’s engineers, doing laundry is a mission. By putting hundreds of stained fabric swatches into washing machines, they can see how well each appliance handles red wine, cocoa, and soot. Cycle ...

As someone who writes about cleaning on a regular basis, you’d think I'd like cleaning more than I do. But certain tasks just seem like a never-ending battle, and I often find that this is the case ...

When Consumer Reports released its list of the worst products of 2025, it found one specific brand of washing machine had ...

A robot capable of doing laundry sadly won’t be available for the public to buy, as it is only intended to help appliance manufacturers test their washing machines. Gianluca Palli at the University of ...

Forgetting to clean this overlooked part can lead to funky odors.

When you buy a new washing machine, you expect it to do the job. But Consumer Reports tests show several of the newest washers are not up to it. Federal regulations that require washers to use less ...

For CR’s engineers, doing laundry is a mission. By putting hundreds of stained fabric swatches into washing machines, they can see how well each appliance handles red wine, cocoa, and soot. Cycle ...