What temperature do you wash clothes?

[mamapaparazzi]

I've always washed clothes on cold/cold simply because it's cheaper (less electricity used than using hot or warm), but I washed a load tonight on warm/cold and noticed that the clothes came out MUCH nicer than ever before... so I did a little research and found out that when I bleach things, I should be using hot water... which explains why bleaching never really worked well for me, lol.

So I was wondering... what temp do you wash your clothes? Different temps for different items or do you wash everything at the same temp?

[Schleetle]

cold for colors, hot for whites.

[retsillacam]

warm for colors hot for whites

[SWasson]

Most things on warm, delicates on cold. I rarely use hot, and bleach seems to work fine on warm.

[Dolphinangel76]

Cold for colors. Hot for whites & towels.

[ilovetracilynn]

i usually use warm

[mirandar2001]

 Always on cold.

I use Seventh Generation laundry soap. I don't use bleach, I don't want that poison on my family's skin. If we need brightening, there's always Borax.

[Mom2jngnc]

cold for everything... unless I have a sweater that says warm... and then it sits in a basket a very LONG time waiting for a load of laundry.

I have a front loader, and have never had any issues, with how clean my clothes are.  

[nurbabe82]

 warm for dh's work clothes and sometimes ds's clothes depending on how hard he played outside. cold for everything else.

[Mommy2LPK]

cold - because its cheaper!

unless it has pee or poop on it, then its going through the hot cycle.

[fallnangel3]

Cold for everything except socks, those I bleach in hot