A Mrs Hinch fan was stunned to discover a 'secret compartment' in her washing machine - and it's left social media baffled.
Staci Hunt came across a small card-sized hole containing a removable piece of plastic in the drawer of her Hotpoint machine.
It took her a while to figure out what it is used for, but soon discovered it would come in extremely handy when doing laundry.
She took to a Mrs Hinch inspired Facebook group to share her find - and other members couldn't believe her discovery, The Mirror reports.
She wrote: "Did anyone else know this, I have only found out that that’s where it goes when you’re not using it."
A number of people said they had the feature too, but admitted they didn't know what it was for.
One said: "What does it do?"
Another wrote: "Checking our washing machine."
And a third added: "I use mine for my powder.. So I don't put too much in."
The feature, which is common among Hotpoint machines, is used to help customers easily measure liquid to stop waste.
Staci was equally stunned as fellow group members as she wrote: "I found this out the other week and I couldn’t believe it.
"I just kept it in the liquid draw for ages and always wondered why my washer wasn’t working as it should! I found as soon as I moved it my washer now smells fresh!
"Think it must of been stopping the water and some product flowing out properly."
One gave their advice and wrote: “It’s to control the dosage measure when using liquid detergent."
A Hotpoint user manual online confirmed that the feature is used to help with detergent loss.
The website states: "If powder detergent is used, place the partition into slot B - slot B being the aforementioned 'secret' compartment.
"If liquid detergent is used, it is recommended that the removable plastic partition A (supplied) be used for proper dosage."
