The Laundry Alternative WonderWash

If I could give this 6 out of 5 stars, I would. 11/10. 100% satisfied. I live in a small apartment and my job has me working long hours. When I get home from work or on my rare day off I have a really hard time bringing myself to go do laundry at a laundromat. Not that I mind doing laundry, but the sorting it, packing it up, hauling it all to a laundromat along with laundry detergent, paying $5+ every time just to spend about 1.5 to 2 hours sitting and waiting for the laundry to finish all while it being around 10 or 11 at night? Yeah, I put it off as long as I can every single time. Like, until the only thing left to wear are the ugly Christmas sweater and the shorts I've had since middle school level of put it off. After a while I started washing things by hand in the bathtub because I hated the laundromat process so much, but that was such a tedious process involving a plastic magazine file bin, kitchen tongs, and scalded hands... needless to say, it was a dark time where laundry was concerned. I was hesitant to purchase this at first due to price, but y'all, I WISH I HAD PURCHASED THIS SOONER. It's SO easy. It takes two minutes to wash things (but I double that because two minutes of washing feels weird), so I pop on a good song and spin it until it's done. The entire process can be done in the bathtub: the spinning, the draining, the rinsing, and then scoot it over and your drying rack can fit in there too. It takes a while to drain if the lid stays on (the instructions recommend keeping it on for hot water until it cools), but since I'm at home, I can just go do other things. If the water is tepid just pop that lid off and it drains quick. I'm not stuck staring at a spinning washer hoping someone doesn't steal my clothes. Then a quick rinse, let it drain, dry your clothes, and go back to your day. It's hands-on work for only roughly 10 minutes. It's awesome. It fits a lot more clothes than I anticipated, too. I use those 13" x 13" cube bins as a laundry hampers for each type of clothes so they're already sorted, and the washer can fit pretty much an entire bin's worth of clothes. I was shocked at how much I could wash at once. Even though it's expensive, a quick calculation showed it would pay for itself in 16 trips to the laundromat (and a trip to the laundromat runs roughly 2 loads of what this can handle), so that's basically 32 washes. But forget the money part. Not having to deal with the entire process of going out to do laundry, and not having that chore hanging over my head basically at all times... that alone is worth it. I already have to spend all day every day outside of my apartment and I just don't want to leave my place on my days off. And with winter coming, laundry days lugging dirty clothes through nasty NYC street slush is *miserable*, but now I don't have to! Plus, it's kind of fun! I'm actually looking forward to doing my laundry now. It's worth it to me to FINALLY have a full closet of clean clothes and not losing things to endless pit of the "dirty" hamper! I am 100% a fan of this. If you have ever found yourself washing clothes by hand at any point, just do yourself a favor: buy this washer and thank me later.

Four years later and I've bought two more of these to give to travel nurse friends as gifts! It's small, lightweight, an the drum holds detergent, softener, and Lysol laundry sanitizer when I transport it. I'm still cranking my washing when I rent a place with no washer and dryer, and still delighted. I hand wring everything still, and have upgraded from rope in a closet to a collapsible clothes tree I spotted at a big box store. See the latest picture. That way, I can dry outside if the weather is compatible, but easy enough o do inside as well. I figure the Wonder Wash has saved me about 80 trips to a laundromat. Fantastic! ------------------------------------- Holy wonderful washing unit! I really cannot tell you how impressed I am, but I am sure going to try. I've had the Wonderwash for about a week now and I've done laundry every other day. It's so quick and easy that I start it while waiting for my coffee to brew, let it drain while I make breakfast, do a rinse run while my eggs finish cooking, plate up my food while it drains, rinse one more time, and eat my meal while it drains the final time. It doesn't even need that final rinse, I'm just picky. It is absolutely perfect for my scrubs. I can wash and hang a couple of uniforms every couple of days and never run out again. No more waiting for the laundry room in my apartment to have a free machine. I've converted a closet into a make shift drying area with dollarstore plastic drop cloth, clothesline, and clothespins. This machine has successfully washed scrubs, delicate, jeans, workout clothes, towels, sheets, and tonight I ran my tennis shoes through it! The absolute success of it, across the board, has me writing this review while it drains. The machine is almost entirely plastic so it is super light weight. It snaps together easily for use. It uses very little water and detergent. Best of all, it really cleans. When not in use, I wipe the drum dry and stash it in the same closet I use to hang clothes. This is a must have for travel nurses. No more hunting for open laundromats at 2am, or checking the facilities machines every hour hoping to get some laundry done. I see this being great for camping too. I can't wait to take it on a trip. For now, it certainly sees enough use. Love love love this. TIPS AND TRICKS (Because I can find a dozen reviews and very little advice) °Add water and soap before clothes. Keep a hand towel nearby for inevitable dribbles. °If using hot water, pressure builds up (that's a feature, not a bug!) and sometimes the lid will start to leak. After a few turns, release the lid, lock it back down, and keep going. You may have to do this a couple times based upon how hot the water is. °This is where that hand towel comes in. Give the drum a quick wipe to reduce splatter. °Use a permanent marker to indicate the grooves on the drainage tube (see picture). This saves you the messy fumble of trying to line it up while water leaks everywhere. °Use less water to rinse than you did to wash. The clothes are already wet, and too much water causes the unit to wobble and thud loudly when it is turned. I have found that my rinse cycles take about half the water of my wash cycle. °Wash with hot and rinse with cold to save the "lid dribbles" when you don't need them! I rinse twice. After my wash, I add a spoonful of fabric softener to the first rinse, and plain water to my second. My clothes smell fantastic. °If you are line or coat-hanger-drying indoors, set up a fan to decrease your drying time exponentially. Also, it makes the whole room smell like clean laundry which is awesome! °Worried you're not rinsing out all the soap? With dry hands, rub your washed clothes between your fingers and then rub your fingers together. If they feel slippery rather than just wet, rinse again. And stop using so much soap, jeez. Hope that helps.

I love my Wonderwasher and Nina spin dryer! I’ve used them for all my washing for 9 months now. I work in landscape construction and even my dirty clothes get nearly as clean as when I washed with a conventional large, auto washer. I do give my work clothes 150 turns and two rinses. Regular clothing gets 120 turns and one rinse. It takes me about 20 minutes per load, washed, spun, and hung on the line to dry. I do this all four seasons here in southern Oregon. Pros: Simple, low cost, low maintenance units Non electric washer and very little electricity use when paired with the must-have portable spin dryer Less water use Low “cradle to grave” resource impact Gentle on clothing Cons: A bit of physical effort involved (but not so much) Takes a bit more time than using a conventional washing machine Durability of both the Wonderwasher and Nina spin dryer remains to be seen. The Wonderwasher is made of a thin. hard plastic and in use it sometimes creaks and pops from the many connection points of the frame and barrel parts. So far, no problems. The washer leaks some water with hot water that pressurizes the unit beyond the sealing ability of the lid. Releasing pressure after the first few turns reduces pressure and stops further leakage. I use mine in the tub so leaking doesn’t really matter to me. You must line dry or use a heated dryer to fully dry clothing after spinning in a spin dryer. Of course line-drying can be impossible in cold, humid weather but I have found I can make it through winter if I wait for the sunny and/or breezy days that do come even through winter. If you’re willing and able to put a little extra effort and time into laundry, as I am, the Wonderwasher and spin dryer offer many benefits. Laundry with these is MUCH more environmentally sustainable than using conventional alternatives. I feel great about this! I do wish that someone would make a more sturdy, durable, and no doubt more expensive alternative for those of us who don’t like plastic stuff with a too limited lifespan. I saw a used aluminum, Fench made model for sale recently on Pinterest. It was many decades old, beautifully made (so it appeared anyway) and was selling for two or three hundred bucks. It’s frame was too big to fit my needs. I would pay up to 200, maybe a bit more for a metal washer or a bit less for a better quality plastic model. For around $50 the plastic Wonderwasher is ok and works very well. 3-13-20 My Wonderwasher and Nina spin dryer are both still working well and I don’t intend to replace them with an auto washing machine :). 11-2020: Over 2 years regular use and no problems with my Wonderwasher or Nina Spin Dryer! I recommend! 11-2021 Now over 3 years of use 2x per week 6-7 loads. Still very satisfied with the Wonderwasher (and my spin dryer). I had hoped to get at least 3 years out of these and now I have and both are still serving well. I wrote of my wish for a sturdier product, and I still feel that, but I am impressed with the durability/longevity of the washer. I’ve now moved my rating from 4 stars to 5. 1-2022 My Wonderwasher broke today :(. A piece broke off the frame where one of the suction cups fits so the cup no longer stays in place. So.I got 3 1/4 years out of my unit. This was just past my minimum acceptable use of 3 years and I guess about half what a conventional washer would last. If I could rate at 3 1/2 stars that’s what I’d give instead I dropped my rating from 5 to 4. You can get a replacement frame kit from Laundry Alternative for about 1/4 of the price of a new unit to repair. Good! Other parts are also available. 1-22 I wrote to Laundry Alternative about my findings. They responded immediately and are shipping a replacement frame at no charge though I didn’t ask or expect them to do this. I was told that Wonderwasher typically last MUCH longer than my three years. Encouraging! Customer service has always been excellent with them. I really believe in this kind of simple, effective, very environmentally friendly product so I want to do my bit to support them. I’ll try to let you know how my unit does in the future. 8-2024 My Wonderwasher is now 6 years old and it broke again where one of the suction cups attaches to the frame. The first time it broke this way at the 3 1/4 yr mark I was able to wire the suction cup back in place and use the washer til now, This time the break is more substantial and I won’t be able to repair it. The handle also broke a year or so ago. The Laundry Alternative had sent me a whole new unit when I reported the first break of the frame so I’ve been using the new handle on my original unit. So…first repairable break at 3 1/4 years of use, handle break at about 4 1/2 or 5 years of use and now another break at base of frame. Because LA was good to send me a new unit with my first break, I have used my original Wonderwasher for 6 years and still have a new unit to continue washing with, all at the original price of $50. I am very happy with this service, of course. So, in my experience, a Wonderwasher can be expected to last at least 3 years of regular use (probably more if you’re careful to not overload it) and The Laundry Alternative will help you keep washing much longer than that with generous service. I hope the maker will consider “deluxe”/ heavy duty model for those of us who use ours often and are willing to pay more to maximize longevity and minimize plastic waste. Thanks much though for the Wonderwasher! I think it’s the best there is for what it does.

Synopsis: GOOD ON DELICATE CLOTHES! Assembly is straightforward but requires a bit of effort The unit is made with sturdy plastic and I can't imagine what people are doing with them to make the stand warp. The crank of mine came cracked, but trying to replicate the damage was impossible for me to do by accident and the seller replaced the part immediately. It's easy to use and super lightweight Kind of big, but if you are going to be hand washing a lot of things, it's only a bit bigger than a 5 gallon bucket but the whole point of the thing is for it to do a better job at washing clothes than just swishing them in a bucket so you can't have it both ways. Details below! So I have a hobby of collecting and wearing niche alternative fashions that are heavy on delicate printed fabrics and lace (hello fellow EGL fashion enthusiasts!) and over the course of 2020 I basically threw out all my jeans and t-shirts and decided to wear my dresses as just my regular clothes. But I ran into the problem of needing to hand wash everything. I spent all summer washing things every day in my sink and I never felt like I was rinsing things good enough. Filling and emptying the sink constantly was a chore, too. But the final straw came this winter. Hand washing became painful as the water from my sink was too cold to submerge my hands in for too long so I had to find another solution. Where I happened upon this miracle! I will address some of the things I read from reviews in order of when I remembered them while working with my own unit. 1. Assembly I found the mini washing machine rather easy to assemble, actually. I was expecting it to be a trial, but the directions are really straight forward with nothing more complicated than "attach the two side triangles to one of the middle-connectors, then stick the basin into the holes, then connect the second and final middle connector". The hardest part was putting in the little pegs to cover and secure the holes that connect the pieces, but that was less an issue of understanding and more of strength. It WAS hard to get them in there. 2. Unit Durability I saw a lot of people talking about how when they used the washer, the plastic seemed thin or warped and it bent while moving. While I did not experience this while using the mini washer, even cranking it at high speeds with a heavy load, the handle DID arrive to me with the knob on the end cracked. But when testing whether or not this was something I could have done on accident, I found that it was actually pretty difficult to press on the cracked part enough to move the cracked pieces and that this was likely a damage that occurred in shipment. I contacted the seller and they IMMEDIATELY sent me out a replacement! 3. Ease of Use For context, I am 4ft 7-8. I am not very strong or active and my endurance isn't great. I am a young person, but I am relatively weak. I found this unit incredibly easy to use. Not only is it lightweight enough for me to carry around, but turning the crank for 2 minutes is hardly a chore. If my arm starts to get tired, I simply switch arms, and the task isn't strenuous enough to make rest a necessity. It's less work than arm circle workouts because once you get the washer going, momentum does half the work. 4. Storage This is one thing that IS a little rough. This thing is pretty big for me because I am small, but I think it's a reasonable size for what it is. It's a five gallon drum that lets you turn a crank to wash your delicate clothes better than just hand washing in your sink. You can't have it be a five gallon drum that you crank to wash your clothes WITHOUT it being a 5 gallon bucket on a stand. It's impossible to get something like this to be smaller while still remaining functional and anyone who doesn't take that into consideration would probably buy a horse and get annoyed that they can't fit it inside their studio apartment. Like. Yeah. It's a HORSE. 5. Drying This does not dry so you still have to wring it. Wringing stuff isn't difficult or even messy, just roll it up in a clean towel. It's going to be wet just like if you hand washed it, it does not have a spin cycle. All in all, I love it! It's turned laundry from a chore into a satisfying job. It handles my expensive delicate clothing very very well and stops me from having to touch water so cold my fingers hurt.

Before the review, a bit of history so you understand my viewpoint. My husband and I camp a LOT. It used to be tent camping, but with the aches and pains of age, we've upgraded to a smallish (22') camper. Between the cost of the camper and the cost of camping in and of itself, I am always looking to save a bit of money when I can. One of the largest and most hated expense is the dreaded laundromat. First you have to find one, in a strange town that isn't in the 'strange' part of town... then you have to sit there for an hour or more instead of sitting at your campsite enjoying your vacation... and the costs--man have laundromats gotten expensive! This seemed like a pretty great way to avoid quite a few of those less than perfect camping situations. So, at the end of April I purchased one and we left on a three week, cross country camping trip. Now to the review, after three weeks of practical real use of The Laundry Alternative Wonderwash Non-electric Portable Compact Mini Washing Machine. Putting it together was fairly easy and didn't require any tools. It's pretty much 'tab A into slot B' type of thing as the only thing you are putting together is the plastic frame. The suction cups on the bottom... only stuck when I didn't want them to, but it's not so unwieldy that it's much of an issue. Remember I said our camper was smallish? Well, what that really means is we have to watch our grey and black tanks very closely. This was the first problem we ran into. Even when using camp soap, you still can't empty this onto the ground, it's grey water so it needs to be emptied into your tanks--this is something that you need to plan for. Especially if you are boondocking (camping without hook-ups). We were able to work around this with a little careful planning. The second problem was the amount of water it takes to wash, and then to ultimately rinse the clothes. it took about 5 gallons of water per complete load. Compared to your home washer, that isn't much... when you are camping, again it requires a bit of planning especially when you are in a site that does not have water available (like in many BLM spots). The Wash: Add the soap (be careful here... we used liquid detergent and in this case, a little goes a LONG way) add a bit of water to mix it up, put your clothes in and the rest of the water and then start turning.... and turning... and turning. No, it really isn't that difficult or tedious, but you need to allow about 15 minutes for the 'washing'. I set the washer next to my chair and grabbed the top and pushed (or pulled depending on my mood) until it flipped, then grabbed the drain tube at the bottom and flipped again--repeat until you think the clothes are good and wet.... then I let it sit in the sun and warm for about 5 minutes. Then, back to flipping, and flipping and flipping. Then drain the water into a bucket or directly into your sink/tub/toilet (Not on the ground if you are camping!), then ring or squeeze the clothes to get as much of the soapy water out that you can. The rinse: With the soapy clothes in the washer, fill with water, put the lid on and flip some more (for about another 5 minutes or so).... drain the water (NOT on the ground) and start pulling out clothes, wring those you can and squeeze the ones you can't as best you can. Your clothes are going to be wet--sopping wet, not like when you pull them out of the washer at home, but like you just jumped into the river with all your clothes on WET. (I can see where a spinner would help here, but that only works if you have electric available to operate it. We did not.) From here, just hang your clothes to dry--this will take longer than you think because your clothes will be wetter than you think (if you don't have a spinner). How does it wash? I'm kind of on the fence about this. I think it did great as far as rinsing and refreshing our clothes. We didn't really have much that was heavily soiled so I can't speak about stain removal. Most of our clothes were smokey from campfires and stinky from hiking all day. There did seem to be a huge amount of dye released from the clothes--none of which were new--so that was a bit of a surprise. The size of the loads? A normal load consisted of Two pair of shorts, two t-shirts, two long sleeve shirts, the two pair of underwear and two pair of socks. Or it was three normal sized bath towels and two kitchen towels. So it holds a surprisingly large amount of clothes. Which is a good thing. But I didn't feel like my clothes were *really* clean. Wearable for camping, sure, but if I had somewhere to be, and laundromat it would be. Would I recommend it to another camper? Maybe. Not without some cautions though. You have to have a plan in place for the water, both where to get it from and where to put it. Do you have the hand strength to wring out the laundry? You need a place to hang your clothes (not all parks appreciate you hanging laundry). You need to allow time for the clothes to dry. Can you deal with refreshed instead of clean clothes? If you have a plan in line for all this, then yeah, sure this would probably work for you. If you don't.... then this may not work for you. Will I use it in the future, oh yeah, definitely. The washer paid for itself already against what we would have paid in the laundromat. It was great to have on hand for those days where you realize *those* were your last pair of shorts (or like me, realize you only packed ONE pair of jeans). And for all the planning that needs to be done, at least when I'm at the campsite I can still drink a beer and enjoy the view as I'm flipping.... flipping... flipping

The answer is, yes! When shopping Amazon for an inexpensive washer to eliminate my trips to the laundromat, I found two that appealled to me. One was a motor driven machine and the other was the Wonderwash. I was attracted to the motor driven machine but after watching and comparing YouTube videos of the two machines, I didn't like the idea of needing to turn the machine upside down to empty it. Another thing was that the videos usually showed the machines being used in a bathtub. I'm 78 years old and have arthritis so a countertop machine that didn't make a mess was a number one priority. Wonderwash filled that criteria. The next questions were will the wash look clean, smell clean, and feel clean. My first use answered that question...Yes! Then I wondered if the suction cups would really hold the machine in place on the counter? They did! Careful measurements of the space available under the kitchen cabinets and adjacent to the sink indicated that I had just under 18". The machine is 18" tall. If I placed the machine at the rounded edge of the countertop, all would be well. As soon as the machine was delivered, I was anxious to try it. Where is the instruction manual? There wasn't one. This machine is so easy to assemble that one isn't needed (I seldon read them anyway). It went together quickly. I placed it on the countertop. My measurements were right on the mark! I was in business! One important thing was, will the machine wash a pair of heavy denim jeans and remove the stains. I took a pair, sprayed some dollar store stain remover on the spots and put them in the Wonderwash. A few minutes of cranking and drained the soapy water, filled with rinse water and cranked away. My next concerm was, did the rinse remove the detergent? I'd soon find out when I took the jeans out and put them in the sink to wring the excess water. No sign of detergent! This little machine's name is certainly appropriate! The stains were gone, the jeans looked clean. They smelled like clean laundry should and they felt clean! Now comes the important part: I live in a condo and have my own washer and dryer. The washer failed some time ago and I had been using a nearby laundromat for my wash. I live alone so my wash isn't like washing for a family. I was seeking a solution to the visits to the laundromat. Wonderwash was it! The problem was wringing the items. My solution was that I have a gas dryer that still functions so I didn't need to wring all the water. If I didn't have the dryer, I would certainly look into one of the machines that spins the excess water to supplement the Wonderwash. Otherwise, I suppose I'd need to hang the wet laundry somewhere while it dried. In three nights, I was able to do all my laundry and didn't need to leave my condo! Well worth the price! What I learned was: don't put a lot in the machine. With a 'full load' of clothing and the required amount of water, cranking can become an effort. I prefer a smaller load. One heavy pair of jeans, or one big bath towel, or one double bedsheet would be my limit. What did surprise me was that with so little effort, my wash is as clean as it would have been in a commercial machine. It smells much fresher, and it is really soft feeling. I'm really pleased with Wonderwash. If you are comparing various machines, I suggest that you watch some of the YouTube videos showing them in use. One last comment, when I was screwing the top for the first time, it was a bit difficult so I used a rubberized glove to make things a bit easier. The top must be screwed completely, otherwise water will leak.

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!

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.

I waited a few months before writing a review just to be sure about this product. I have been using it two to three times a week for smaller items. It washes my clothes nicely and it is pretty sturdy. However, since it doesn't feature a spin cycle, I had to get a large salad spinner to wring my clothes. So, for now, I can only wash items that can then fit into the spinner. I might by get the Ninja Spin Dryer so that I can wash bigger items. Some of the stickers came off, but it's really no big deal. All in all, this hand washing machine allows me to save money and lead a more sustainable lifestyle. My clothes feel cleaner, and it's also great for delicates. All in all, I am very happy with my Wonderwash. Sidenote: even if it can fit a lot of clothes, I recommend washing a few items at a time so better results.

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。

Delivery was actually quick, the product is amazing! Its very light weight too, very easy to use, doesn't take up too much space

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