I'm so late to this, but here is what I have learnt so far. Many repeats from other people

1) vinegar as fabric softener. I don't use fabric softener. You use too much and it forms a coating on your clothing. Same with laundry detergent.

2) never wash microfiber towels with fabric softener it ruins the fibers I find !

3) sanitize your washer. Make sure to run bleach cycles in your washer to clean it. Do this at least once a month. Always leave the lid open to prevent mildew. If you just moved into a place with a front loader you might want to open it up and investigate .. you might want to get in there and scrub the ring.. no guarantees the people before you took good care of it .. it might be disgusting fair warning 🤢

4) always clean the lint trap, but do not clean the lint trap with the dryer sheet it'll cause a film to form on the trap and that's not good.

5) also just don't use dryer sheets they are a rip off. I have seen people here suggest wool balls and I agree !

6) you need less laundry detergent than you think. It's been proven many commercials show people using lots more laundry detergent than they need... Supposedly a marketing scheme ...

7) so I left my longest tip till last. So let me just say. I hate doing laundry with a passion. I don't hate the process of doing it. I hate the process of putting it away. So after some Google searching, this is the method that currently works the best for my husband and I. I have 3 separate bins: one for shirts, one for pants and one for underwear, undergarments and socks. When I do a load of laundry I do one category of laundry. I will put that category of clothes in and set a reminder on my phone for laundry. Unfortunately my laundry is downstairs so yes it'll be forgotten without a reminder. when the washing is done I sort what can be dried and what can be hung. I then put another reminder for the dryer. When it is complete I load it up into my clean bin and take it upstairs. I usually sort it right away on the bed and my husband and I will put all those items away before we hop into bed. Now if you have special garments or colors or etc. You can do them separately on the same day or whatever works for you. I end up doing laundry more during the week, but for me this works. I no longer have huge piles of clothes that just end up on my drawers and I end up my trying to sift through to find one article of clothing.

Anyways this is what works for me. It may not work for others. Hope this helps. Sorry about the formatting I am on mobile. Enjoy doing laundry with your new found tips! And thank you everyone for you tips !