I used to think that J52 and at home, I carefully separate the washing into suitable piles, the delicates get washed in their own detergent, the coloureds ditto. The delicates are never tumble dried but hung on a maiden near the central heating boiler. Everything else gets hung outside on my washing line.
Now we are travelling, I have to do the laundry all together, all at the same temperature, same detergent etc. and get it dried as soon as it comes out of the washer.
Guess what? Nothing has suffered. Even my white shorts are still white.
That's why I want a modern dryer - I think they do far less damage to fabrics than old ones do, and they leave the clothes uncreased.
The question is, if I use the tumbler more, and use the iron a lot less, will I use more or less electricity?