Switch Labs In-Depth: As Cold As It Gets

******* This is the more in-depth version of our As Cold As It Gets episode, which includes Kate and Stan's trip to a commercial laundry facility that washes as much laundry in an hour as a family of four generates in a week.

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Here at PGE, we recommend that you do your laundry using cold water. But we have a sneaking suspicion that some of you out there wonder if it really gets the job done.

So, we had our Switch Labs hosts, Stan and Kate, make a bunch of test stains to find out how well they come clean at different temperatures, including near freezing. The answer might surprise you. And yes, we'll talk about germs, bacteria, dust mites, and all that other icky stuff too.

To see more tests like this, and to see more of what we learned, go to PGE's Switch Labs site at http://switch.portlandgeneral.com

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These videos are meant for educational and entertainment purposes only, and are not intended to replace scientific studies or formal research.

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