Wait: Do the times listed on the screen of your washer/dryer actually reflect reality‽

My dryer will say it's got 20 minutes remaining for like an hour and a half. And yes, I clean the lint screen and vent regularly (all the way up to the roof!).

Modern machines don’t display accurate cycle times at all. They use sensors to detect when to finish.

Or even just knowing approximately how long the cycle goes for.