Can This Portable Washing Machine Actually Clean Clothes?

I think this is meant for small items like socks, underwear, hand towels etc. However, I think it would work best if you put items of the same type in it for the spin dry to work. Different size items throw it off balance.

I have an RV/portable washer. It's about halfway between this and a full sized washer. I also have a spin drier that holds a full portable washer full of laundry. The balancing takes a minute and sometimes I have to move things around to get it to work. The washer worked great. They do sell detergent made for not rinsing that you don't have to run a second cycle for.

In the drying cycle you're supposed to push the damp clothes down to remove excess water and also to distributes the weight equally, that's what i do with my manual centrifuge dryer. Otherwise you'll have a noisy machine moving everywhere and not spinning up to its full rps mode.

this looks perfect to wash the washcloths I use to mop my floors or clean around the house. I don't feel like putting those in my regular washing machine but I also don't want to wash them by hand. Thanks for the review!

I got mine today. Tested. It works and cleans things. I did 2, 10 min wash cycles. and one 5 min rinse. Not used spin cycle but tested and it works. As small items, easy to ring out with hands but I do have a spinner. Also added stain remover in with detergents. Items were fully clean, water dirty on cycle 1. Live in appartment. Easier to have these things for my needs and if your on a budget great. Happy with results. Just wanted it for underwear and socks, odd work item. Paid £22 Temu.

I used a Wonder Wash in a previous apartment. It holds about five items, no spin rinse, but great for emergencies. Also useful when you don't have power.

A large bucket with a secure lid & plunger (new one) works really well.

I used to have a fantastic portable washing machine. It was a bit of a learning (curve) experience to figure out how to get it to work with or how I needed to.. unfortunately I've had to replace it after 5 years and now it's no longer available and all the other brands clearly state cold water only. Took a bit of searching to discuss that the reason they're all now cold water only is because warm water makes the plastic crack and breaks, which is why mine needed to be replaced.. so if anyone has or gets this don't use hot water. As for the spin part. The clothes must be centered..in this video, for example, the T-shirt 👕 should be pulled out and folded in half sleeve to sleeve and then folded again to make it long and narrow then wind it inside the basket closest to the inside of the outer edge.. it has to do with centrifical force. It's similar to putting sauce on a pizza. You put the majority of the sauce closest to the outer edge of the crust and move inward because as it heats up everything moves to the center. Once I figured this out my spinning clothes were almost already dry.

As someone who has used a portable washer unit with a spin side, as mentioned in the comments, you have to balance, the wet clothes in the basket

The Laundry Alternative used to sell a small but effective countertop spin dryer which made hand washing work better so I didn’t have to wring clothes. They stopped selling that model and have a different one now. I’ve used a Panda spin dryer, which is high capacity and really fast but it’s big-also helped with the hand washing process (for me a plunger washer and basin). I eventually got a Panda mini dryer to help with wrinkles after spin drying. I hate sharing laundry equipment due to severe fragrance allergy so have tried lots of laundry gadgets!

One key thing most people don't realize is your regular washing machine spins before the rinse cycle. It also adds a little water and spins again. There's another portable washer I've seen people don't rinse the clothes well enough because they don't spin the soap out first. I'd be curious what an appliance repair person thought. Maybe you could ask a local place to put the machine through its paces?

and this is why our landfills are full

I'm curious about long-term term use. I bought one of these, and it worked far better than I expected. Used it a hand full of times and the motor filled with water and quit. Exchanged and had the same issue. Returned and purchased a different and more expensive one, same problem. I love the idea of it, but it seems like protecting the motor is a huge issue.

A few years back I came across a video by the late Survival Doc (you know: reminding you to be prepared or be prepared to be fleeced) which featured a restored vintage washing plunger. A week after I saw the video I came across two of these vintage plungers one after the other in the same flea market and bought them both for under 15 bucks... I started using them together with a washing wringer thing, a metal mount for the wringer and some buckets. The washing setup worked great, fast, cheap and gave me a little bit of a workout. I use it at home when the power is out, while camping and sometimes when I am in a time crunch...

For a household, I can see this being useful for small things you don’t want in your regular washer, like shop rags or diapers and messed baby clothes. Nice for small loads of hand washable items, too. The compact storage size does make it nice for a dorm or small apartment situation. I had to hand wash clothes when I lived overseas. It sucks. There’s a reason the washing machine was invented and became a household item. The poor spin cycle, that requires hand wringing anyway, is a big downfall.

Thanks for this review. The wife and I were recently looking at this on Amazon. She wanted something to use for her unmentionables (bras and such) because of her arthritis is making it hard to clean those by hand ( the joys of the 65 + club). Seriously thinking of getting one now. Thank you.

Just curious, the instructions indicated to use small items (socks, underwear, baby clothes) and while I don't consider a t-shirt a "large" item, perhaps the reason why the spin cycle is all over the place is because the shirt was in there.

I have a hand cranked hand washing 'machine', add clothes, soap, hot water and close it shut, turned for a couple minutes by hand and the pressure built up due to heat and sealing helps draw water and crap out the clothes, had it 20 years now, very handy bit of kit it is too.

Having had experience with a small twin tub, the spinner might work better if you divide up the load into two and then spin them dry one half load at a time. Time consuming but if you can’t ring out clothes by hand it’s better than nothing. But $60USD is a bit more than I would be willing to part for this

The equal amounts of detergent ended up being more concentrated in the small unit, explaining why the stains were removed better.