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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Washing machine question
This is probably a really dumb question lol. Is there a big difference in how clean my clothes get if I run the machine on rapid wash (30 min) vs normal wash (54 min)? Obviously I am sure there is some difference but wondering if I should switch to doing mostly rapid washes unless I have a heavily soiled load? I am thinking it would potentially save a ton of water and energy but I don't want my clothes to not get clean 
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Re: Washing machine question
It's my understanding that clothes get the same amount of clean, but the regular wash cycle uses less water and energy than the rapid wash.
ETA: I should qualify that answer. I have a steam washer. My basic cycle is a steam cycle which reduces energy and water consumption. My quick wash cycle is not a steam cycle so it uses more energy/water. That's probably different if you don't use the steam option. I was afraid I've had it backwards for the past 7 mos or so. lol!
Now I have to go find the manual for mine. It has "quick" and "normal" and I thought the quick one took less water and energy, so that's what I've been using. Maybe I was wrong.
Update: found my manual already (shocking) - the quick cycle on mine uses the same amount of water and less energy. The time difference is only 7 minutes on mine though - 36 vs. 43 minutes. You can probably throw out my answer.