Yes. Compared to a quality front loader like a Miele, they wear out the clothes very quickly.

I did a big outback road trip, and using the coin laundries in caravan parks and like (almost all speed queen), pilled, faded and thinned my clothes drastically faster than my front loader at home.

It was an outback trip too, so it was 90% cotton shirts and shorts. I wasn’t washing fine silks or delicate synthetics.

I had a couple of sets of ‘nice’ clothes for the odd dinner in a town, and those speed queens flogged the shit out of them too.

Until you have owned a quality front loader, you don’t realise how long clothes can actually last.