You open your eyes in the middle of the night and realise you have just had another bout of night sweats. Your pillow case, bedsheets and blankets now share something in common with your gym towel after a hot yoga class! Nothing too much to worry about - sweating in your sleep is a pretty normal occurrence. You get back home and toss the gym towel into the dirty laundry basket but unlike the towel how often do you wash your blankets and your bedding? Full disclosure the next bit may gross you out…

Let's face it, unless you're a full-time naturist, laundry is irrefutably eternal! It's an inescapable endless chore that a lot of us would LOVE to avoid. Often it’s right up there with slow internet speeds and getting cut off on the roads as a source of personal frustrations. And then when the laundry goes undone, it can hijack your entire weekend. In fact, the average household washes between 3-5 loads of clothing per week and spends between 2-3 hours doing it. So here are 4 laundry tips dedicated to those who have better things to do than laundry.