Carolyn Forté, the executive director of the Good Housekeeping Institute Home Care & Cleaning Lab, has done more than her share of laundry over her years testing washers and dryers. We asked Carolyn to walk us through a few of the key myths about doing laundry that, thanks to products like this, have little to no basis in fact anymore. Myth #3: All-in-One Machines Don't DryIt’s true that many previous combo units compromised heavily on drying performance to achieve all-in-one status. Just a sampling: There’s hands-free voice activation, so you can turn your machine on, select a setting, and check cycle status in an instant. *Based on using a Super Speed cycle only with an 10 lb.