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I see all sorts of answers online, but am not fully convinced. I tried finding some research on the longevity of clothes between wash and wash + dry. Considering that it dries for hours just the mechanical movement should damage the clothes I would assume?

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[โ€“] pineapple@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago

Washing clothes defnetely damages your clothes. If you want your clothes to last as long as possible only wash them when they need them not just because you've worn them for a day. Also you can air them out instead of washing them to reduce the amount of wash cycles.