Vestly · Free tool
Sort your laundry into compatible wash loads.
Whites, darks, jeans, delicates, new clothes: not everything goes in together. Add your laundry with its color, fabric and the maximum temperature on the care label, enter your washer’s capacity, and the tool builds compatible loads, with the program, the temperature and the pieces to air-dry.
- Free, no account
- Calculated on your device
- Nothing you enter is sent
Today’s laundry
An example basket is already filled in. Edit it or add your own items.
6 loads to run
Load 1 · Whites and lights
60 °C / 140 °FCotton2.2 lb · 15% of the drum- 4 × White T-shirts
Load 2 · Whites and lights
40 °C / 104 °FCotton1.7 lb · 11% of the drum- 3 × Light shirts
Load 3 · Darks and blacks (jeans included)
30 °C / 86 °FCotton6.6 lb · 44% of the drum- 3 × Jeans
- 2 × Black sweaters
- 2 × Leggings
Load 4 · Light delicates
30 °C / 86 °FWool or delicate0.9 lb · 6% of the drum- 1 × Cream wool sweater
Load 5 · Bright colors
60 °C / 140 °FCotton5.3 lb · 35% of the drum- 3 × Bath towels
Load 6 · New colored clothes, wash alone
40 °C / 104 °FCotton0.6 lb · 4% of the drum- 1 × Red T-shirt
Air-dry (no dryer): Light shirts, Jeans, Leggings, Cream wool sweater. Weights are averages per type of item; target fill: 80% of capacity. 4 load(s) are less than 30% full: waiting for more laundry of that kind saves a cycle.
How to use it
- Enter your washer’s capacity (it is printed on the machine or in the manual), in pounds or kilograms.
- Add each type of item: name, quantity, color, fabric, maximum temperature on the label, new or not, dryer allowed or not.
- Read the suggested loads: temperature, program, estimated weight and fill.
- Copy the list, export it to CSV or print it as a checklist.
A worked example
Example basket (15 lb drum, target fill 80%, that is 12 lb): 4 white T-shirts (140 °F / 60 °C), 3 light shirts (104 °F / 40 °C), 3 pairs of jeans, 2 black sweaters, 2 pairs of leggings (86 °F / 30 °C), 1 wool sweater, 3 bright towels, 1 new red T-shirt.
- Whites and lights at hot: the white T-shirts (2.2 lb).
- Whites and lights at warm: the light shirts (1.7 lb).
- Darks and blacks at cold: jeans, black sweaters, leggings (6.6 lb), at the lowest temperature in the load.
- Light delicates at cold: the wool sweater.
- Bright colors at hot: the towels.
- New colored clothes: the red T-shirt, alone.
Six loads for 19 items; several are lightly filled, so waiting for a bit more laundry saves cycles.
Method, assumptions and limits
Method. Each item is placed in a group: new and colored, delicates (wool, silk) light or dark, bright colors, lights, or darks (jeans, blacks). Within a group, items with a maximum temperature of 60 °C (140 °F) or more are separated from those below. A load’s temperature is the lowest in the load. Groups that are too heavy are split using an average weight per type of item (from 0.15 kg for silk to 0.8 kg for towels) to stay under 80% of capacity.
Limits. Weights are averages, and the care label always overrides this sorting. Very dirty, stained or dye-unstable items (new jeans, bright red) need special treatment. For silk, very fragile wool or dry-clean-only pieces, follow the brand’s instructions.
Frequently asked questions
Can whites and lights be washed together?
Yes if their maximum temperature is compatible and nothing bleeds. The tool groups them, then separates them when the temperature gap is large.
Why wash a new garment alone?
A new colored garment can bleed in its first wash. The tool puts it in its own load to protect the rest of the laundry.
Why 80% of capacity?
An overfull drum washes and rinses poorly. Aiming for about four fifths leaves room for the laundry to move.
Is my basket sent anywhere?
No, it stays in the page. Export the list if you want to keep it.