Comparisons of fabric care performances between conventional and high-efficiency washers and dryers

Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 2 Mean differences in fabric hand and fabric smoothness by three combinations of washer and dryer used

	Washer/dryer used						F
	Conventional washer/dryer		HE washer/conventional dryer		HE washer/HE dryer
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Fabric hand	2.82^b	.36	3.03^a	.36	3.14^a	.36	8.32***
Fabric smoothness	2.35^b	.05	2.70^a	.05	2.83^a	.05	14.39***

Fabric hand was evaluated by a rating of 1 to 5. “5” indicates “much softer than the standard unwashed fabric,” “3” indicates “as the standard unwashed fabric,” and “1” indicates “much rougher than the standard unwashed fabric”
Fabric smoothness was evaluated by a rating of 1 to 5. “5” indicates the best performance (i.e., smooth without any wrinkle)
*** p < .001
a, b Means with different letters are significantly different at .05 level according to the test of Tukey Honest Significant Difference