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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?
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Also, just a thought that occurred to me, you could check out solutions made for living aboard boats and sailboats. Many run on little more than manual power and sea water.
Thanks for sharing! I wish we had a 'quick' option. :) I've looked at the Wonderwash, its $49 on Amazon right now, but I'm not sure if I would consider using it more or less work than the extra running up and down the stairs for the coin-op machines. Certainly cheaper though! As with NYC the question would be... where to put it?? :-)
Personally whatever you can try yourself I would, before calling for a service.
Maybe something is defective but maybe not.
And even if so, does not mean you will get satisfaction.
As to all those other issues, try doing more frequent smaller lighter loads
My family used one of these for decades while I worked the dirtiest jobs living off grid in outback Australia
I live in NYC where many apartments don't have (and leases prohibit) washing machines. I've heard a number of people say they've used small portables like this one for quick washing when they don't have to run to the laundromat, or for delicates they don't trust to the industrial washers.
https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
It doesn't spin so you need to wring out the clothes, and they will take much longer to line dry than something that comes out of a washing machine.
Yeah they make it seem like sooooooo much more work than it needs to be. Tbh they create a lot of their own problems. Mostly because they massively over wash and overuse detergent.
It’s easier if you have a washer and dryer of your own because you can’t use a communal one (other people’s detergent residue gets into them and you want non scented baby stuff only). But even if you don’t, it’s not hard. We use a hand crank drum washer designed for RVs. We wash roughly 5-8 diapers at a time once a day. I do about a teaspoon of detergent and half fill the drum with water, about 90 rotations. Then I squeeze it out, rinse cycle it with just water. Then I do another teaspoon of detergent and a teaspoon of Borox, 90 rotations. Another rinse cycle and I’m done. (If it was a heavy pee day I might do an extra rinse cycle) That’s it. Takes maybe ten minutes start to finish. We air dry.
We use cloth diapers part time. 5 a day. That adds up to a good $50 a month in disposable diapers we don’t use.
Edit: added link to the washer we use
These are pretty cool and work well: amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
One of these days I'll figure out a way to hook it up to a bicycle and work it that way.
Otherwise: a bucket and washboard. :)
There are pretty small models that actually work well. I've seen an RV:er use it on Youtube, but it should fit in a van as well. Does require AC power though. The main benefit really would be the integrated spin dryer, instead of having to try to wring clothes out and dry them. The spin drier gets 90% of the water out of them, so you can just hang them out to dry for a short time and boom.
The most anyone has to lose with getting one is spending the $100 one costs just to see if it works. If it turns out to be too much of a pain, well, $100 is money but it's not going to break most people.
Personally I'm going to try one (once I get the van...) And if not that then at least a countertop spin dryer, that seems to me more useful than a washer, worst case you can hand wash but drying would probably help more.
You can also go more manual, I suppose.
https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
From what I hear from people who use them, they do the job just fine.
I use a different version: I use one of the little hand-cranked washing machines from Amazon like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
It also does the job just fine.
As for how often, it depends on how much clothing you have and how many times you wear it before laundering (and the weather: in summer t-shirts get rank after just a day or two). I usually do laundry every ten days or so.
Hopefully next month we will be getting one of these From all the reviews I seen on youtube it works really well and is much easier than the bucket/plunger method I have been using. But our landlord pays for water (even hot water) so I just cannot justify using the coin laundry in our building especially since I do not work.
This is the only portable washer I have experience with: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C8HR9A/
It is a hand crank washer. It can hold about 1/4 of a full washing machine load. I use it for my bras and nice shirts because my HE washing machine is really hard on delicates.
It takes about 15 minutes to do a load in it. 200 cranks with hot water and soap, drain, 200 cranks with cold water rinse, drain, 100 cranks with cold water rinse, then hang dry the clothes.
I think it would work well for multiple baby outfits and a blanket or 2. I don't think I would do diapers in it. It doesn't create enough agitation for cloth diapers.
Maybe someone has a better electric solution.
I have several friends that use these and really like them. easy to use and definitely cheap
I have a camping washer - https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A/. But, that requires finding water, time, etc. Not something you want to be stressing out about during the first 72 hours.
Just purchased my 0 electricity washer & dryer I'm so fucking stoked
No more quarter laundry in the basement fuck you
The washer (fuckin sloshy barrel thing just crank that shit all day)
The dryer (It's a massive salad spinner. This, with drying rack)
Shit's gonna pay for itself in like 20 loads
can you ship stuff in from out of country? theres some ideas here and here to make your life easier and not cost any electric .. check these out .. not saying your poor but am pointing out a money savor so the old lady cant cry about how your wasting elect with your washer .. https://inhabitat.com/human-powered-giradora-washer-needs-no-electricity-and-costs-only-40/
theres that one .. and then theres this which I have and use for small clothes like bras and underwares hand powered and silent .. https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
==== Personally I think MiL wants you to have to come down and do wash in her house so that 1 she has company/ 2 makes you suffer the pain of hauling wash up and down the stairs / 3 making sure you do laundry "right".. this is about control of course but yanno the washer you don't use cant be charged against you .. dunno I am a smart ass tho so would go for the non electric machines simply because she has no leg to bitch about them ..
My washing machine cost $50, and doesn't use any electricity:
https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
Turns out they have manual washers for $60
I use a little hand-cranked version, like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
It gets the job done.
Not ideal but Amazon has little portable washing machines, https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?keywords=laundry+washer+machine+hand&qid=1584457204&sr=8-4
Something I want would be this nifty little mini-washing machine. I'd love to be able to do small loads without needing to waste a whole lot of water. My goal this year is to go greener! :-)
Something I neeeeed, is this little USB fan. My office gets so dang warm. I'd love a direct source of breeze, haha!
It's like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
does the job just fine. :)
If you're that concerned about the potential fibers-in-the-water you could look into something like the Wonderwash and reuse the water in your garden or send it through some filtering system before dumping it in your yard. I don't know where you live, but water reclamation plants are really quite excellent at preventing house hold waste to go straight into the oceans without going through major filtering....So it could be that you're worried over naught--but that would, of course, depend on where you are and what system is in place.
Personally, cloth diapering is already a lot on top of dealing with recovering from childbirth and dealing with the chaos of having a little one in your life, so I wouldn't necessarily move to use a wonderwash "just because;" however, it's something that I've found is excellent while camping and it is effective at cleaning diapers. And some people I know use it because they're trying to decrease their overall water consumption, so, on that front, it's a solid success as well.
As a side note, Japanese use water from their baths to do laundry, they sell pump kits to drain the tub and fill the machine, so if protecting your water source/water ways is that big of a deal you might look into that as a viable option as well.
I haven't actually tried one yet, but some people seem to like these a lot: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C8HR9A/
That one's kind of pricey. Amazon has some that are more reasonable. For example, I've been looking at this one
this looks kinda fancy!. It's just a washer, but you can get a retractable clothesline to hang your clothes.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-SpinDryer/dp/B002C8HR9A
Get one of these. It puts the water under pressure so detergent is forced into the clothes without mechanical agitation. Then just air dry them.
There is a tabletop hand crank washing machine that you could use. http://www.amazon.com/The-Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-SpinDryer/dp/B002C8HR9A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289660611&sr=8-1
You can always get a portable hand crank washer. It uses no electricity and you just fill it up in the bathtub. Here is an example of one https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-Non-electric-Portable/dp/B002C8HR9A
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002C8HR9A
$49 hand washer. Specifically designed for small, frequent loads like diapers.
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