I'm so confused! My washer has those 2 options and I never know which one to use when I want to wash my bras and my nice tops I don't want to throw in the normal cycle. Can somone explain this to me? thanks!
Although I am an apt. dweller and do not own a washing machine and haven't since before they got all fancy, I would think hand wash is gentler than gentle cycle.
Now I have to go fantasize about having a brand new washer/dryer in my home...Sigh!
I'm not sure what kind of machine you have, but I usually wash all my nice clothes/bras on the 'permanent press, delicate cycle'. I know this is the cycle where the machine's agitator isn't as hard on clothes, like on the regular wash. HTH!
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Hmmm. Have you tried looking for the manual online? Or emailing the manufacturer?
But I don't put anything in the machine that doesn't say it's machine washable, even on delicate/low/whatever. I physically wash by hand anything that says so on the tag. I don't know if I'd risk the good stuff on a machine cycle even if it's supposed to work.