WonderWash Portable Mini Washing Machine for Apartment & Tiny Spaces - Manual Hand Clothes Washer with Retro Design - Clean Laundry Anywhere with Our Countertop, Non-Electric, Small Washer - White

I purchased my Wonder Wash back in 2022. It's a great gadget for light washing when going to the laundromat isn't an option. It can also be a blessing during extended power outages since it's completely manual (no electricity required!). TIPS: (1) I have learned to be careful turning the handle. The handle arm is sturdy (as long as you don't overfill the basket) but the knob feels a bit wonky, like it can break after a while. That's what I make a conscious effort to apply more pressure to the arm instead of the knob when turning. (2) After rinsing your clothes, run fresh water through the washer to get rid of soap residue and let the drum air dry upside down. This keeps funky odors and mold from building up. (3) The Wonder Wash cleans clothes under pressure. Please do not try to force the lid off at the end of a cycle. Allow the water to drain & pressure to release first. With proper care, the Wonder Wash will last for years. However, keep the 3 year warranty in mind, just in case.

5-year PREFACE: In January of 2020, I will pass the 5 years of usage point. This Wonderwash is still one of the greatest purchases I have ever made. If you read past the preface, you get the entire story. I wrote my first review after 1 month followed by an Addendum after 1 year. I thought I should come back to give this update... I'm still cranking & my clothes need less detergent to get clean. At some point, between 1 & 5 years, my rinse water started running clear after the detergent removed the dirt. I don't ever need to wash twice now; nor do I need to soak as much. I generally do let the detergent & softener rest for about 10 minutes then crank for 1 more minute. However, I'm no longer dealing with old stains & buildup so my clothes are cleaner. Bonus: they look better too... like new again. I love my Wonderwash!!! ONE MONTH REVIEW: Stains are fading! I've been using it for approximately 1 month now and I've noticed the stains in my dishcloths and cloth napkins are fading away! My clothes seemed to be looking better but I thought it was my imagination until I noticed & watched those specific stains. I guess it's the smaller loads or something? Whatever! It works better than the standard washer I was using... And it's Eco-friendly! Win-win! If you were wondering about ease of use... Be sure to measure the water, per the instructions, and away you go. I do switch arms to keep the workout balanced... Generally, 2-3 loads each day I do laundry; alternating arms by day, not load. Once you get it going it's 100% aerobic...but EASY! The water gets flowing & it is almost self-propelled; if you feel like you are struggling you have too much water or clothing... Or you didn't get it going fast enough, crank faster. Once you get the speed right, the water seems to do most of the work. Just remember not to smash the clothes in too tight and you should be fine. [When you drain the water, if the clothes fill more than half of the washer... you got too many clothes in there!] As for drying, I use the Nina Spin Dryer - also from The Laundry Alternative. They are a perfect match. By the time I finish another load in the Wonder Washer, letting it drain for a while between cycles, the prior load is almost done hang-drying. I let the rinse drain until the first load dries, then I spin dry and hang. It makes the process almost relaxing. A friend stopped by while I was washing & was amazed that things hang dry as fast as his big electric dryer can dry things. He was also amazed at how much fit inside the washer...looks can deceive. ADDENDUM: Now that I have used the washer for a year, let me just say that my clothes like the gentle treatment! Stains don't last, fabrics have smoothed out, and the things I have purchased since buying it still look like new... it's like a front-load washer only MORE gentle! I see that they have updated the lid, which I think is a great idea. The first time my daughter used mine she didn't get it closed all the way cuz my old style lid requires many turns to tighten/seal it... she spilled water everywhere. But just once! I have oiled it once but it is squeaking here & there so I will probably have to oil it again soon... making oiling necessary about twice a year. I haven't had to replace any parts but they are all available from The Laundry Alternative. It was super easy to put together [when it arrived] and replacing parts that break instead of buying an entire washer is another bonus. I have to admit, I do 3 cycles most of the time. I do the detergent cycle, a white vinegar cycle, and end with a softener cycle. I crank each cycle for the 2 minutes they recommend for washing. I count 120 cranks; as the cranks take about 1 second each. That's 6 minutes of cranking per load. [Super dirty stuff gets extra rinse water thrown in WHILE DRAINING & comes out clean.] I also alternate forward & backward cranking, not just left & right arms, & my arms look GREAT! Just thought I would throw that in. I should add that I am enjoying the exercise factor. It has gotten so easy to crank that I love doing laundry! I also find that the rest of my body benefits from the isometric exercise; holding the rest of my body still while cranking has toned me from head to toe...And my clothes look great on my toned self; more bonuses!!! One year later, still cranking & loving it!!! ^_^

Having a humongous vintage claw tub original to the house have had no issue using the tub for the washer. My original review is still true BUT have a cool modification that eliminates the need for the tube use to drain. Is WAY quicker. Me, pop the lid off. Tip the Wonder Washer upside down. Toward the tub wall. Move the crank so the hole full of clothes doesn’t create a vacuum. Which happened to me. So, not all water flows out. Once the water has quickly drained refill for a rinse cycle. Sometimes do this twice. If there’s soap bubbles. Depending on how dirty the clothing is. I’m an avid community gardener will do a wash and soak overnight. Drain the filthy water. Fill. Swish. Drain. Then do a fill and rotate multiple times. Leave until later. You can tell by the water if there’s soap or dirt. Makes me happy. Better than a mechanical machine that’ll break down. For whites, look up Mrs. Stewart’s Liquid Bluing Whitening Whites. Then search for Rajiv Surendra video on YT. He shows how to use it for a demo or just follow the directions. Your whites will return to their original pristine glory following a good wash. Also, like this machine to soak in a little bit of bleach as needed. Plus, easy to modify for those must use cold water items. Because the claw tub has a vintage telephone style hose installed it’s super easy to fill the washer. I’ve had little things like, the plastic covers to the screws pop off. Still not sure where one of the rings went. Made one with wire. If I need to do a humongous item can either go to the VA laundry that’s free for veterans or have been known to use the huge tub to get a proper soaking if needed. For this instance to drain pop onto two office sized black plastic trash buckets. Easy peasy drain by morning. Then, drier. I’ve decided despite the few things I don’t like this is my favorite wash method. I’ve used five gallon buckets with the hand swisher. Which are okay. But this machine rotation two ways and easy of draining out the opening makes me wanna get a second machine to do two loads at once. They fit side by side with handle toward the side I get in on. Used a measuring tape. Never need to worry will the mechanical machine costing more and more designed to work fewer and few years … ever be worth owning again? Nope. I know when there’s a few people living in the house electric machine are worth it. But, think about owning two of these. Or, using a combo system. I began starting a load that required a little bit of soaking in a five gallon bucket. Then, when this machine is free for a new load transferred this other to finish off. So many options. Amazon sometimes deletes reviews if I include other product into. So, you’ll have to search for the handled agitator if ya wanna give a five gallon bucket a wire. If ya flip a bucket upside down can stack the clothing soaked on top and leave overnight. They’ll drain all water this way. Be damp dry by morning for hanging or a dryer. I do enjoy having a drier to speed up and help soften cloths. But often finish off on a basement line. Hope the ideas are helpful for anyone who enjoys creative solutions to managing a household. For the money not being spent on a machine invest some and save the rest for renovations or other needs. The last washing machine lasted two years before the drum wouldn’t work correct and by year three it died. For that kinda money it wasn’t worth fixing and by the time the service plan is paid for could by another less expensive option machine. Or, go with a gem like this Wonder Wash. Hope this update review with a few extras based on my experience is helpful to those seeking solutions. Whether home or RV use. WonderWash could work for you. /\ update Works great. Wondered how long the gasket will hold up with the tube used to release water. Dozen uses and it drips. This said, using in the bathtub and letting soak upside down works great. But the durability of the tube entrance doesn’t appear durable

The title says it all: It is a freakin' Wonder Machine. But why did I buy it? Because I like to crank? Because I am a save-the-water nutcase? Because I need a lower arm grip bulge? Because I have a great story about washing machines? In order: Sort of; not nutcase but I saw the film about Sahara travelers who left their village when the well dried up and had to give their oldest son and half their cows to the warlord for safe passage and water; wouldn't hurt; now how did you guess? Obviously my washing machine is finished. Because the required "I can fix it, sir" parts are NLA. No longer available, for those of you who are like I was a week ago. My mom's first washer dryer set lasted 50 years. My refurb aqua blue Whirlpool matched set were 40 years old when I bought them for $175 installed in 1979 and I know for a fact still going strong today. With two minor repair visits - one a mouse hose chewthrough - and enough diapers through them to handle six months of China's annual newborn population for a year. Okay. I have a stacked washer and gas dryer, condominium alcove 24" deep size front loader - BIG BIG fan - about 20 years old. Very nicely treated to a light load - min cold water, low suds, gentle cycle - every two weeks, (Work at home, no filthy, sweaty, commute-cursing soil.). White-Westinghouse for those who were wondering. And a functioning gas dryer that makes the Wonder Machine WonderFUL. Can I get just the washer because the dryer is gas, as noted, and I think they die when the owner dies in the explosion caused by 80 year old gas tubing, but not before? I'm not an engineer - once software - but any fool can see the constraints on washer replacement growing out of control lickety split. Otherwise why would I be reduced to trying out a WONDER MACHINE? Another constraint: the alcove depth for the stack is 34" but only 27" from back wall to the support posts. So my White-Westinghouse, at 24.5" deep was perfect. You see where this is going, right? Keep your eyes peeled because it's a forked road. I start looking for replacements. First, sticker stun. Not sticker shock. Sticker stun. Second, will it fit? Third, will the Home Depot installers put it under my still hot-as-heck-when-needed but cool-as-heaven-when-not? Obviously: "No, I am very sorry but we are unable to do that for you, sir" said the genuinely nice and incredibly knowledgeable online help chat lady. Can I find a refurb front loader? Maybe. From a reputable source that will guarantee it won't leak on my neighbor downstairs. Who moved in 2 years before I did 23 years ago. And sold me the washer/dryer combo I now have 15 years ago for $150? And had her installers put mine in for free? Well, Tony, the AAA aPliance repairman who charged $50 to explain to me what NLA means said "No problem sir. I will call you tomorrow on my mother's and let you know." Sorry, Tony's mother. It's a week and no Tony ringee dingee so I guess he must have been your first son. So, "Can I find a refurb front loader?" No way. So I think I am headed for the $899 LG which I will put in myself with the help of some of the guys who work at the condo for $100, pizza, and beer. It'll stick out because it's 1/2 inch deeper than the alcove and the machine needs 2" or so behind for connections and "breathing room" according to the licensed, certified professional (Tony) who told me I was toast for $50. And looked on the Westinghouse website with me and explained the NLA next to every part we needed. So, I swallow, forget about all the money I don't have from my "I will definitely pay you for this work" from my friends and "Gotcha" - or "Gotit" from my not-so-friends and put the $899 + shipping + install in my emotional acceptance range. Then I looked at the warranty. One year. No profanity on Amazon reviews and no pointers to profanity but think capital w followed by two letters last one f and you have my verbalization - also called something else, for example in court - but a prohibited Amazon review word, I'm pretty sure. One year? Are you freakin' kidding me? Now we digress, but not really. Are you freakin' kidding me? A 700 HP Corvette ZR1 has a 36 month bumper-to-bumper. I imagine they have engine and transmission action recorders like BMW and Mercedes so they can tell if you crank it to 6500 rpm and drop the clutch more than a few times - it's manual only because they want to make sure you have that 20% sure-death power you lose in an automatic. So let me get this straight: A $900 $1000 delivered installed piece of Korean best of breed engineering with every technical, mechanical, and materials improvement they could put into it beyond what was in the Japanese best in the world machine they copied has a 12 month warranty? And the ZR1 Blue Devil Corvette, which goes 200+ mph and is made to withstand actual endurance racing stress with a couple hundred dollar addons and ceramic brakes if you didn't get the "comfort package" has 36 months? Unless you buy the 5 year bumper-to-bumper for a couple of thousand more? Now, some comparison facts. The LG weighs a couple of hundred pounds and moves only three times: 1. Korea to US portside. 2. Portside to Distribution Warehouse. 3. Warehouse to You. Final stop. Not "we're delivering your $140,000 ZR1 to your office today" final stop. Final unless-you-move-and-take-it-with-you final stop." No 0-120s. No sub-10 quarter miles all day long and maybe a wheelie for your chick/guy/whatever when you want to show off. No "Watch that dumb Viper run out of breath at 185 and eat my dust to 206?" None of that. Just dump clothes in, pour in some soap, close the lid, turn it on, let it drink, churn, spin, spin some more, rinse, drink, churn, spin, and stop. That's it. Maybe, maximum, 730 times. Before its warranty runs out. That's twice a day for a year, give or take depending on whether it's leap year, which is probably a warranty exclusion anyway. Or me, maybe 30 times in the 12 month warranty period. It's not that I stink. As noted, I work at home - long "friends" story - and dress very down, especially when the temperature is over 50 degrees. So, 12 months with your space ship LG (or Samsung or whatever space age washing machine you buy) and you're on your own. Let's contrast that to a ZR1. Or a Viper. Or a Yugo. Or a Camry, whatever. Here're some numbers. Keep in mind these things all have at least 36 months of warranty on drivetrain parts, which is 1095 days, or 1096 days if you get lucky. Suppose you drive the thing 12,000 miles a year, maybe 35 miles a day at let's say 30 mph. Which is not going to happen in a ZR1 but let's suppose. And let's suppose you're always at 2000 RPM, which you're sure as heck not going to be in a ZR1. But let's suppose. So, when your ZR1 36 month warranty runs out, your double supercharged 700 HP planet-moving torque motor that toasts the Viper when it runs out of air at around 180, it looks like this according to my Microsoft calculator accessory: 35 miles per day 30 miles per hour 70 minutes driving 2000 rpm 140,000 revolutions/day 1096 days * 140,000 revolutions 153,440,000 turns of the 700 horsepower double supercharged motor which, if you bring it in for repair and you remembered to take all the stock class 1/4 mile trophies out of the back, they'll fix to new specs no questions asked. Of course smiling and winking at you because they were there too, cheering the bowtie. And the thing is not supposed to break. It is built for that. And those pistons? Up and down 2X revolutions. Basically we are in the 150 Million to 1/2 billion range warranted against failure here. Now, what's the deal with a washing machine? No trophies. No dropping the clutch. No 1.3 g side load on Goodyear 20" wide low profiles gum drops. Just some nice warm water, some low sudsing sweet smelling soap, everyone's disgusting dirty clothes of course, some churning, a little spinning, a rinse, a repeat or two, and that's it. What's not to like? No abuse, no wheelies, no driveshaft-bending, skyscraper-collapsing, Redwood-tumbling torque. No ECU re-programming between required scheduled visits to the Chevy dealer for an extra 80 horsepower and 90 foot pounds of frame twisting, gear shattering, driveshaft snapping, axle twisting torque. None of that. Just wash the clothes and go back to sleep. So I thought long and hard about all this. For a minute. And thank you very much, I'll do my sweaty running clothes and a couple of towels once a week by hand or stomp them in the tub while I shower and wait until my nice neighbor lady downstairs gets her next new washer/dryer from her kids and buy the ones she has for, maybe, $200 installed. But I tried the WONDER MACHINE so I wouldn't have to bend over so often in the shower to move my running clothes around as I stomp them when I shower. And it works great, as my friends would say. The WONDER MACHINE's clean clothes go into my old old old hot-as-heck gas dryer and that's it. First time out, I was cranking the handle and working up the nerve to do the OMG NOT THAT PLEASE running-socks sniff test. Then I looked at the water coming out of the WONDER MACHINE drain pipe OMG NOT THAT PLEASE. Filth. Lenny Bruce never came close. I sniffed, I smiled, and I am smiling still as everything is toastily drying in the gas dryer. The WONDER MACHINE now occupies its place of honor in the back of my bathtub waiting for its next 3 minute, make-your-clothes-as-good-as-new workout. I gotta say, this whole washing machine industry has us all by the dirty shorts. I see a business opportunity here. Suppose I licensed the 80 year old Whirlpool designs, or got them for free because they are probably in the public domain now. And I built washers - top, side, front, back - whatever loaders just like Mom used to have. No fancy computer junk. Three cycles, three water temperatures, that's it. And gave a 20/25 year no questions asked no fine print warranty. And sold them on Amazon for $499 + $80 delivery + $50 install. I know no one is reading this sentence, or will read the next, next-to-last-but-two sentence but here's the punchline. Who wouldn't buy one? Maybe not me if this WONDER MACHINE keeps working like it is now and I don't need to wash my 41 year old Holubar Summer Light Royal Blue mint condition sleeping bag again. Ever.

After seeing so many positive reviews and videos from people who were trying to save money while helping the planet, I decided to give this a go. I really, really wanted to love this product. But unfortunately, it didn't work out for me. TL;DR version of review: =================== It does do a basic wash of your clothes, but the construction of the device is questionable. Rating this three stars because the device gets out some but not all of the dirt, doesn't seem like it's built to last, and has many parts don't even fit together correctly. Arguably, the axle is the most mechanically important component of the washer, since that's the mechanism by which the whole thing works, but, unfortunately, the axle could not be securely positioned on my unit due to poorly constructed fittings. Also, if it matters to you, the wonder wash is, indeed, pink. Oh, and, this doesn't affect my rating, but if you were considering using this in an apartment, don't just think about the money you might save. Also consider the time it will take to wash repeated loads, the space this will take up in your apartment (especially if you live in a city), and the space your drying rack will take up in your apartment. And if you're doing a lot of loads, the whole laundry setup will be a permanent fixture. If you're not doing a lot of loads, you'll have to clear out space every time you're doing laundry, and then move everything back when you're done. Depending on your situation and lifestyle choices, you may find that the time and space savings you get from going to the laundromat are worth more to you than the money saved from having your own manual washer. ============================= ===== Long version of review: ===== ============================= Before you read all the rest of this, I want to be clear in stating that I did look at the other reviews and online manuals for the wonder wash, so I am fairly certain that I assembled and used the machine correctly. Assembly is pretty obvious even if you don't look at the instructions, since there is basically only one configuration that makes sense for each part. And when washing, I added the recommended amounts of (warm) water and detergent, turned for the recommended amount of cycles, and made sure to turn slowly enough to hear a "thunk" on each half turn to indicate that the water and clothes actually moved in the unit. Good stuff: ======== - The action of washing with the wonderwash does not take long (five minutes or less, if we only count the time spent cranking the barrel). - It seems to at least partially clean laundry. The wash water was grey-ish and somewhat sudsy at the end of the wash cycle, so *something* is definitely cleaned from the clothes. But not everything. See the first point in "bad stuff" (below) for more on this. Bad stuff: ======= - It didn't manage to clean out all the random floor crap picked up on my socks, and I still had to scrub them manually to get them totally clean. Some people claim this can clean their totally-soiled-from-outdoor-adventures jeans, but frankly I'm not seeing it. While I can imagine this cleaning off dirt, clay, and other such things which fall apart naturally in turbulent water, this isn't going to do much for you if you have things like little fluffs or splinters that have wormed their way through the weave of your socks or sweaters. You'll need proper agitation for that, not just clothes rubbing against other clothes and smooth plastic. - The construction of the wonderwash parts wasn't great. The wonder wash is basically a barrel that rotates along an axle supported by the stand. Two pins go on either side of the axle to prevent the barrel from slipping out. On my unit, the pins did not seem to fit quite right into the axle of the machine. Most irritatingly, the handle did not slide all the way onto the peg it was built for, which means that the pin for that side of the wonderwash could not be inserted. - The entire thing slid from side to side in its frame while turning. This may have been because the pin did not go in all the way on one side, and could not be inserted at all on the other side due to the handle covering the pinhole. - The top and bottom halves of the barrel are connected using tape. And the tape was damaged when I got my unit. I would guess that there is also some kind of adhesive on the join, but the fact that there needs to be tape at all is slightly worrying. - If your kitchen sink has shelves next to it, you might not be able to use the wonderwash on your counter. It needs *at least* 20 inches/51 centimeters of clearance/height between your countertop and the bottom of your shelves. Unfortunately, I could not use it on my shelf for this reason. - When placed in the bathtub, or on any other non-flat surface, the whole thing, including the frame, will move from side to side. The frame itself flexes to accommodate this, but I am concerned about how much stress the plastic can take with this much movement. - When the frame flexes, the plastic inserts which hold the parts of the frame together sometimes pop out of their spots. I had to stop washing to replace the inserts several times. This made the process more frustrating and time consuming than necessary. Annoying stuff: =========== (which *did not affect my rating*, as most of this is either par for course if you're signing up for a manual washer, or could be seen as a plus in some situations) - Although washing in and of itself isn't complicated or time consuming, the surrounding hassle of measuring out your clothes, measuring water, moving everything in and out of the washer, wringing or spin drying everything, and hanging everything up takes a long time. I'm sure this gets more efficient with practice, and I know it's also exactly what you signed up for when you get a manual washing machine. But it's even more time than I expected. It takes at least half an hour to go through the whole process for one load. - You are pretty much required to buy a spin dryer (and possibly a drying rack) if you want to do your laundry with any level of efficiency. Doubly true if you can't hang clothes outdoors and don't want to damage your floors from the dripping. - You need to rinse many times to get the soap out. One rinse won't do it. Perhaps using a spin dryer to spin out soapy water before rinsing could help. - The suction cups make it almost impossible to move the wonderwash from a flat, wet surface. And if you manage to lift one suction cup, another one has then gotten stuck and needs to be pried off again. This is a plus when actually rotating the barrel, but it gets really annoying when you have to transfer the thing from one countertop to another in order to drain it. Confusing stuff: ============ (which *did not affect my rating*, since this is mostly personal preference) - It's pink! If you've ever had some really old thing made of white plastic, and it turned a light yellow all over due to age, where you're not sure if your lighting is bad or if it's really just yellow, then that's basically the color of this device. Except pink instead of yellow. - The product seemed to be used. This isn't really a problem to me in general, since it's a washing machine and the whole thing is going to get cleaned out (over and over again) anyways, but I was still expecting something new. Additional notes: ============= (which *did not affect my rating*, but might be useful to you if you're also a city dweller) I live in an urban studio without an in-unit washer and dryer. The community laundromat costs $1.50 for washing, and $1.50 for drying. At that rate, I figured I could afford this washer ($35-45 depending on when you got it), a spin dryer ($100-200 depending on make and model), and a drying rack ($10-50 depending on how fancy it is and whether or not you have a Costco membership) that would pay themselves off after two years or so. I personally only bought the wonder wash for now, because I wanted to first see if I would be willing to commit to manual laundry before making a significantly larger investment into a spin dryer. And now, I'm very glad that I didn't take the full plunge. I watched a lot of video reviews and demos of this washer and of wonderwash + spin dryer setups, and everything looked so easy and great. But most of the videos leave out the time it takes to move the whole setup around, drain water (or move the thing to over a sink/tub and flip over the dang washer to empty it from the top, as I did, being my impatient self), rinse multiple times (this is often edited out of videos), wring everything by hand or carefully arrange it in an optimal 'donut' configuration in the spin dryer, and finally hang everything up. I realize that the whole process is more or less par for course if you're going to do things manually, but I guess I just didn't think hard enough about just how much effort and space everything would take, and how much that penalty would be compounded in a small urban dwelling. Maybe it would be reduced if it were as normal (and non-lease-breaking) to dry clothes on a rack outside the window in the US as it is in most other countries I've been to, but as it is, I have to use an indoor drying rack. Doing everything in real life was so much of a hassle. This is especially true for me because I couldn't do the laundry next to the kitchen sink due to the height of the barrel. So I had to put the machine in the tub, where the whole thing shook and started falling apart. I also had to kneel on the floor outside the tub and bend over to crank the barrel, which I can easily see becoming a major problem with repetition. Also, like I said, I don't have a basement, garage, or outdoor area to do everything in, so I have to run back and forth in my little apartment to where I have the washer/spin dryer/drying rack stored and cannot do everything in one place. To make it worse, it turns out that the laundry facilities I currently use can fit about three times as much clothes/other stuff in them compared to the wonder washer. So it takes three times as much effort as I described here to get one regular load done. Although basically all of these little tasks were anticipated, at the end of the day, it was more trouble than I imagined. With all of this in consideration, along with the mechanical issues of the wonder wash unit I received, I think that paying $3 a load and just taking the elevator up and down a few floors is way more worth it than the trouble and space expense of washing and drying everything manually. If you live in a place where the laundromat is exceptionally expensive or far away, or you just have enough space to keep a dedicated laundry area, then this might be right for you. But if you live in a small space with easy access to laundry facilities, then you might not find manual laundry to be worth doing. If you're not sure, as I was, then just buy the wonder wash and try it by itself before you get the full kit. I guess in the worst case, you'll return it, and someone else will get your unit, and write a review saying that their unit arrived used...

I live in a smallish apartment that doesn't have washer dryer hookups and shares laundry facilities with the other tenants. It's been a decent setup but they have been steadily increasing the price of the machines over time. On top of that I live around a bunch of college aged people that tend to forget when their clothes are in the machines or take up all of them at once. Those sorts of fun times with shared machines. I've always debated buying a small apartment friendly washing machine but put it off. Then when all the machines were taken out by water damage it made the decision for me. I got this machine because it doesn't require a water connection, it doesn't require power, and it is a simple spinner so there's no concern about maintenance. This fits into both my current situation and in a power outage or other situation I'll still have a way to wash clothes. Assembly was a piece of cake although as others have stated the little caps that go into the legs are a little awkward to fit. Start from the bottom and work your way up and it'll be easier to lock them in. However they do tend to pop out randomly during use so keep your eyes open. This little thing has already paid for itself and has saved me so much time and money. It does a good enough job washing clothes. You'll still need to pre treat stains and what not and it'll take some time to adjust the water / soap ratio so you're able to properly rinse the clothes out without having to do multiple rinse cycles. But once you get the feel for it this thing is amazingly efficient and easy to use. Note that your clothes will come out sopping wet so it's not a bad investment to also get a spin dryer (which this same company also sells that also works great). Pair these two up with a clothes rack from IKEA and I've got a great little home washing and drying system.

I once again could kick myself for not listening to my Mom! (She is 90, you would think I would listen by now!) In theory ONLY, this little washer seemed great. I watched many different videos (Not made by the company that makes Wonderwash) of people using this small washer. It looked and seemed to be just what I needed. What I failed to notice (Or think about) was, in all the videos I watched and researched, I failed to notice, something very obvious. MEN were the ones demonstrating the use of this washer. They have much larger hands, making it possible (perhaps, if you have Mohammed Alis hands!) to wring oceans of water from soaking wet sheets and towels. Think about how heavy a sheet weighs when loaded with pounds of water! If you are hanging these items inside, your floor or rug will end up soaked. You can also forget about anything drying, when it is that wet. Nothing comes out of the wonderwash without needing a small army to wring all the water out of any items you placed inside to wash. I am used to hand washing all my delicates and I do this on a nightly basis. We are all adults here, so, that would be, one pair of panties along with two socks or (pany hose or tights) and one bra and camisole. If you wait until you have even a pound or two (which is literally a couple bras and pairs of panties) they are a tangled mess of heavy, sopping wet items, impossible to untangle or wring out. You also have a flood of water and a soapy mess to clean up once you have figured out you have been duped! The ridiculous thing doesn't empty out the dirty water buy the handy little pipe your supposed to attach. Attaching the pipe is a small feat in and of itself, since you do this with wet hands, and again takes, a lot of strenghth. As a matter of fact, everything becomes more than a little difficult when your turning this and twisting that with wet soapy hands. Also, have a grand time cleaning up the equivilent to the Atlantic! Definately not the time saver I was lead to believe it would be. My nightly ritual of hand washing takes all of 10 to 15 minutes (including hanging the garments for drying) This was my lesson! "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" Then there is the problem of the soap NOT rinsing out. I used half the soap recommended with the second go round of clothes and still found after rinsing everything twice, a huge layer of soapy foam sitting on the top of all the clothes. I had to tip the darn thing upside down to get the water out of the (now VERY heavy "washer"). I want to be very clear about the water evacuation. It will empty I would imagine, IF you had a week, perhaps to wait for the dribble of water that does come out of the attachment. Having said that, the clothes are still sopping wet and very heavy and still loaded with soap residue.. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. It is a total piece of plastic junk. Even the small pieces after only one use began to pop off. I could have had my entire months worth of clothes washed, dried, folded AND put away in the time it took to just clean up the mess! I had a month's worth of laundry when this rather costly and disappointing "Wonderwash" arrived. I waited to use it, not wanting to try a months worth of clothes on its first use and never expected I would be able to do ALL items with it anyway. So I believe I am beyond my time frame to return it which I believe may happen to others. If after reading this review and you foolisly don't listen to my mom (as I so foolishly did not) I recommend you use it right away, clean up the mess and return it (as you will most certainly want to never see it again) immediately! I am thinking creatively and trying to turn a bad situation into a better one. I would not give it to a charity for obvious reasons. ( Why give a mess to someone else to clean up?) but I was thinking it might make a great compost container! I think it could make a decent planter if sunk in the ground for mint! I am sure kids will find all kinds of interesting planets for their stuffed animals to travel to and bring back valuable information. I think I am going to use mine for recycling day to put bottles and cans in. Probably will make an excellent cooler for beer or soda! Fill it with ice and crank it around once in a while to be sure everything is staying nice and chilly :) I have been lucky with most online purchases and every now and then this happens. You can boohoo or laugh at how silly you were to ignore your own mom who will probably give you the same advise mine did! Do not forget to include time to make a humble pie and send a note saying... WHY did you let me buy this da@n thing! Bottom line - Anytime you get thinking, I might just try it anyway,,, think about what 90 years on this planet has taught any woman who has spent a good part of those years washing clothes!! Then smile, gather together your quarters and head off to the laundry mat. At least YOU won't be the one holding the mop!

14 Jun, 2014 - My wife and I camp at the two week long Pennsic War each year. It's an SCA event with ~10k people in a single campsite, with limited access to laundry facilities. Bought this in order to maintain our practice of using cloth diapers for our 1 year old son at war this year. Tried it out once in the bathtub already and we were quite impressed with it's performance and ease of use. Will post an updated review after the event with "real world" insight. WARNING to the squeamish - diapers can be a dirty business. 12 Aug, 2014 - UPDATE! After Pennsic this year I can give excellent reports on this washer! We made it through the entire length of our stay still using cloth diapers for our son. We brought plenty of cotton diaper liners, had to wash in the WonderWash twice for diapers alone. (We washed some of our period garb as well, but we brought enough to last our trip, so this review will focus on our diapers) We also used wool diaper covers that my wife made out of sweaters from Goodwill. Brought along two 5 gallon buckets for water and for use as a "diaper pail" to soak the dirties in. Poopy diapers were scraped clean before soaking in the diaper pail, pee diapers were simply soaked. A typical load was: ~20 cotton liners into the Wonderwash, a quarter capful of Ecover brand laundry detergent, and about 3 gallons of water. Cranked for about 2 minutes. I didn't count turns or time (we were chatting while working.) Attached the drain, loosened the lid and let it drain while I refilled my bucket. Come back, remove drain, fill with about 3 more gallons of water. Close lid and crank for another 2 minutes. Drain after rinsing. We did 3 rinses for each load of diapers. This was perhaps overkill, but considering they're diapers and next to super sensitive skin which seems to break out in a rash in the blink of an eye, we wanted to get them super clean. Wringed to remove as much water as possible and then hung on a line behind our tent to dry. Overall, the diapers came out VERY clean and well washed. There were a few stains remaining from the diaper rash cream we use, but even the home washer doesn't get that out. Line drying our diapers was another story however, the weather simply did not cooperate, and just as we were nearing complete dryness of the diapers, the skies opened up and poured rain down upon us. Oh well! We had enough liners to make it through until we could dry sufficiently; though we did get close to running out one day. This washer comes with my highest recommendation for Pennsic. I would compare it's wash cycle to a "gentle" cycle in a normal washer, so there is no fear about washing garb with delicate lace, trim, tassels or things like that. It does take a bit of technique to get used to how fast to turn the crank. You want to turn it fast enough to get some "sloshing" action going. If you turn it too slowly all you're doing is flipping the clothes (possibly a super gentle wash.) If you turn too quickly, the clothes all stay at one end and never slosh down (centrifugal force.) I think I will peel off the stickers and paint the Wonderwash in browns and black with a faux wood finish, so that it will look less modern and anachronistic in our camp at Pennsic. I already painted our plastic buckets to look like wood. Added bonus #1: Our son loved splashing & playing in the clean water bucket while I cranked! Added bonus #2: The empty washer can store all of the critical laundry items, making for easy packing and organization. We packed a bottle of detergent, clothespins and roll of clothesline all inside with room to spare.

他の手動洗濯機を買ったのですが、すぐに壊れてしまったのでこちらを買い直しました。 縦に回転するタイプなので、洗い上がりがとても良く、便利に使っています。 難点は、フレームが弱そうなことと、脱水機能がないことですね。 それを差し引いても、良い買い物ができたと思います。

My only complaint is that I overpaid by not waiting until the machine was less in demand. Other than that, it's a great purchase and it's *still* worth the every penny I paid. Came earlier than the shipping date, too. It was easy to assemble. It's light enough to lug around easily, does a good wash and winds up being a lot less work than slugging clothes off to the laundry room/shop once you get into the routine of it. There's a learning curve but I truly do not understand much of the complaining. It does as good a job on clothes as most commercial washers and since you can adjust what you are doing--better in many case-- as well as adjust how you want to use your laundry products to suit your needs and how long you want your soak cycles to be. Hello, kitchen timer! SOME TIPS 'N' TRICKS: ***If the crank is too difficult to turn then you have a water/clothes ratio problem.*** (I see this complaint here, a lot) Either add more water or take out some clothes. I'm prehistoric with arthritis and I can wash a thin cotton double duvet cover in it, so young'uns have no excuse ;) This will hold *5lbs* of clothes so you certainly can wash at least one pair of jeans. Make sure to use enough water to compensate for the weight when the jeans absorb water, so it will swish about freely. In this, I found the instructions included for the water ratios to be 'way off unless you wanted to work out like Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Pumping Iron". Swish the soap/bleach/stain remover, in. Then add your clothes. I like to crank 50-60 turns, leave it for 15 minutes to soak then crank another 50-60 turns before putting it in the spinner. I call this 'my lazy way of getting the cleanest clothes with the least effort.' Be careful with chlorine bleach and soaking because it can bleach unevenly. Unless you want to double the job--as soon as you can afford it, get a spinner or wringer. :) Also, you can soak your clothes in fabric softener after cranking for 15-30 rounds if you really want them to be soft and absorb the fragrance. Go play a video game or read or watch TV for 20-30 minutes while they absorb your fav scent and soften. Give another few cranks. Since you are soaking clothes in it, not just running it through like in a regular washer, you will go through a lot less fabric softener. Keep a big car sponge handy for dribbles and wiping. It's also good for drying out the barrel at the end of your loads. Put a rag or flat sponge under the drain pipe attachment because as you pull it in and out, there will be a bit of drippage. On your first try, best to keep a few big towels around as you get used to it. Better safe than sorry if you don't batten down the lid properly when learning. After you get the hang of it, you'll be fine. The Drain Plug: I found this doesn't stay attached to the drain hole so take it out before you wash/rinse. However, if you want good drainage then just pop it under your wet clothes in the bottom of the barrel when you want to drain and the drainage will work great. If your place is like mine and there isn't enough quite enough counter space to keep from banging the machine into the cupboards, you can try setting a big towel under a large board (to keep it from slipping while you crank) and putting the machine on top of the board to give you that extra inch of clearance away from the cupboard doors. This is also handy if that's the reason you're trying to bend over and do your laundry in the bathroom which I see a lot in videos. (That's why I had to stop using a plunger type washer. Too much lifting wet clothes in the tub) Using an old hose or kitchen tap shower hose to fill the tank rather than lifting jugs of water can also save you some arm and back strain. You can save on soap and laundry products too because it doesn't require much cleaning product when you can give your clothes a bit of a soak as well as washing. Well, I hope that helps. I've been using it several times per week for almost a month now and I find it really is a simple though clever design for laundry once I figured out a few tricks to make it easy!

Compré esto para lavar productos femeninos reusables (toallas sanitarias, toallas desmaquillantes, ...). Es muy fácil de usar y lava bien, aunque tarda un poco en drenarse.

It's OK, does small loads. Does best doing a pair of pants, underwear, socks and shirt. Tips: -It's easier to turn the barrel back and forth (rocking it) rather than turning it a full rotation. -Do not leave your clothe in soaking over night!!! This may cause fermentation (or something), leaving a scummy slippery goo on your clothe... AND the air in the container will be less making a negative pressure in the barrel and it will be almost impossible to open the lid. -You have to rethink your washing ideology. a wash a night and you'll be fine using this. Pros: -It's easy to use. It does the job. At least for me -Easy to turn unless you overfill Cons: -The sealed lid should have a valve to even out the pressure, as stated, if you have a negative pressure it will be almost impossible to pull the lid. I actually thought it had broken. So I would urge the designer to rethink the lid by adding a valve as part of the lid lever. -The knob on the tumbler lever is wobbly and feels very flimsy and I am afraid to use it for fear of it breaking. That part too needs to be re-designed using a more sturdy piece. -The locking parts that secure the cross brace on the legs keep falling. I already lost on in the tub drain. you need to glue that in place

思いのほか、良く汚れが落ちます。洗濯機としてではなく、里芋洗いやタコのぬめり取りに購入しました。こちらは、まで使っていませんが、一人暮らしでＴシャツや下着・タオルなど風呂に入る時に洗濯機として使っていますが、何か架台の上に置かないと、しゃがみこんだ形になるので、腰が痛くなります。常時使用する方は、設置場所と操作する時の姿勢を考慮された方がいいでしょう。