Hahahaha might be! Just trying to inform people about it so they can ditch toxic softeners. Using it for more than 5 years without problems.

If there is any smell left you're using it incorrectly or too much. Washed clothes smell fresh from the laundry detergent.

You do realize the amounts in the article you've posted and the amount it should be used instead of fabric softener are vastly different?

>But as with dishwashers, it can damage the rubber seals

I understand this as in filling the drum with loads of vinegar to clean it.

"You may have heard that running a dishwasher with a bowl of vinegar in it will help get rid of hard-water film and lingering odors."

Putting a shot of vinegar vs. what this article is stating (a whole bowl) isn't the same. It is not for stain removal it is for softening the water.

I don't use a dryer. But I wouldn't put it there. The main job of vinegar is to make water softer - the same job as the fabric softener does.

He has zero incentive, retired a few months later. But do as you wish.
Do you really think a shot of vinegar diluted by the whole drum of water could harm the seals? IMO the machine would break down faster than the seal.

I use approx 1 shot of it. It was recommended by the guy that services those machines. Doubt that this amount could do any harm since it gets diluted. Its main objective is to make the water softer.

They are almost the same. I'll edit the post to white vinegar since more people know it by this name.