[dutchmensport]

No matter what you do, a washer AND dryer is going to take up space in your camper. It's a trade off... loose some space and gain the convenience of not having to use laundry mats or campground facilities, or... keep the space and continue the inconvenience.

When we installed our washer and dryer we lost an entire cabinet. At first, we were concerned about loosing this storage space. But in the long run, it actually SAVED us storage space? Why?

Because, first ... we no longer needed to drag along a full closet of clothes any more because we don't have to wait so long between washing loads. Second, we don't have to use 2 or 3 or 4 laundry baskets to collect all that laundry between laundry mat trips. We toss all our dirty laundry directly into the washing machine now and use it for the laundry basket. That eliminated all those laundry baskets sitting around. Third, that cabinet was used for storing sheets, blankets, pillow cases, extra towels. With the washing machine on board, we no longer needed to carry such an arsenal of bed linens any more. Fourth, it eliminated hanging wet clothes, towels, and bathing suits from hanging around in the bathroom, in the bed room, an every where else. After returning from swimming, simply toss the bathing suits, towels, everything directly in the dryer and let it run for 30 minutes. Don't worry about taking it out, just take it out a couple hours later when you return to the swimming pool. That bathing suit is now nice and DRY and not wet and cold.

Because of the washing machine and dryer, we were forced to move everything around on shelves and re-think exactly what are carrying with us all the time. We eliminated a LOT of stuff from the closet and the drawers. In the long run, having the washing machine and the dryer saved us space, it did not take space. It will do the same for you too.

Now about the combo unit. You do not want to go that route. The combo does washing and drying. If you use that washing machine for a laundry basket between washes and then you want to dry wet clothing, you've got to dump everything out of that combo unit to use the dryer. NOW.... you need that laundry basket, a big bulky crappy item that takes up a lot of space so you can put everything in it. Or simply use that big bulky crappy basket for your dirty laundry ... and now you have lost space somewhere else.

And has been mentioned, a combo unit will take 2 1/2 hours or more to run from start to finish. A stackable set may take as long, but you can be washing one one while drying another at the same time, which actually shortens the over all length of time.

We do laundry about ever 2 days. Loads are smaller this way, we can washing everything in one load that way, and we can also wash our bath towels and kitchen towels at the same time (all in one load), and keep everything done up. We never had a massive load of laundry any more. And because its right there at the trailer, we can throw start the washing machine and take off. Come back, throw it in the dryer and take off again if we want.

The separate dryers is what we both like the most, especially when it rains and we've been outside!