Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this because a coin op dryer ate my quarters... and I live in an apartment. It cost me $1.00 to wash and $1.50 to dry for one load at my apartment complex. I do 2 loads of laundry every week. So $5 a week. $20 a month. $240 a year... I’d like to say that buying this machine saves me money immediately! And I don’t have to pay for water at my apartment complex. I waited about a month before leaving a review. It took about a week to receive after I placed my order. I also bought a 5 year warranty on it. So do that to save you the hassle if anything does happen to go wrong with the machine which can happen. It’s a machine, not a “ it will work till the end of time” miracle machine. Let’s gets one thing straight before I continue... THIS IS NOT A DRYER. This is a wash, drain and put your clothes in the spinner to get excess water out, then either hang dry or use a electric dryer. People complained how their clothes weren’t dry... it’s a PORTABLE WASHING MACHINE not a dryer even though most clothes come out to be barely wet. You will still need to either dry it by using a dryer or hang drying it. I bought a adjustable dolly to move the machine around on and 4 stainless steel hangers with clips both purchased on amazon posted in the photos above, to hang underwear, socks and wash rags. My first load of laundry consisted of two scrub skirts, two scrub shirts, two tank tops, three pairs of shorts, six pairs of socks, and three pairs of underwear. All which fit fine in the machine just fine and I would have been able to add even more clothes into it. I do 2-15 minute wash cycles and 2-15 rinse cycles adding in fabric softener to the rinse and drain it into my toilet. The water just flows down and won’t clog your sinks or drains according to other reviews. I rinse by draining the wash water, adding clean water to it and adding in fabric softener. After it’s done rinsing, I drain it and put a couple items of clothing at a time in the spinner to drain excess water and they are pretty dry. Almost like a regular washer how damp your clothes are. But some clothes dried in like 10 minutes after hanging them. Don’t over load the spinner as it won’t work or drain properly. When you put an item of clothing into the spinner and it starts clunking around, rearrange the clothing just like you would when a normal washing machine that gets off balanced. I also don’t keep the plastic cover it comes in the spinner as it makes too much noise. You could personally do without it. I don’t see the purpose in it. Towels can fit in the machine just fine but if you hang dry them, even with adding fabric softener, your towels will be hard and crunchy. Either deal with it, or put them in a dryer. Yes, sometimes clothes will get tangled up. After the first 15 min cycle of washing, I lift the lid and untangle the articles of clothing if they are tangled and do the last 15 minute. Cycle. Not a big deal as that happens with regular washers as well. You can either wait the full 5 minutes for spinning, or spin for about a minute till majority of the water is out and then either hang dry, or place in a dryer. But even after 1 minute most of the water is out of the clothing and it’s just damp at that point. The directions it came with don’t even make sense. So here’s what you do: 1) On the backside of the machine you’ll find the plug in. Plug that into any outlet near the area you will be washing. Yes the cord could be longer. I would recommend a bathroom so you can put the drain hose into the toilet. See above photo 2) attach the hose on the top of the machine to the sink you will be using to fill your machine up with. Again I recommend the bathroom sink. Photo above. 3) make sure the switch on the top is on normal and not drain. If it’s on drain the water will “drain” and not fill up your machine. And if it’s on drain and your drain hose isn’t in the tub or another sink, or in the toilet, water will go everywhere. But I haven’t had this happen as I pay attention to what I’m doing. 4) take the drain hose on the bottom left of the machine and put it under your toilet seat lid( after you have cleaned your toilet of course) so the water will drain into your toilet when you do drain it. Photo above. You can put it in the tub if you wish, but I couldn’t get the hose to stay put anywhere. Plus is gives my toilet an extra clean. 5) fill 1/4-1/2 with clothes and add your soap. Liquid soap is better. Powder if you have to. No pods of any kind. What I like most is I can add as little or as much water as I want. 6) fill water to the point all the clothes are covered with water. Don’t use too hot of water tho. Cold and Luke warm will do just fine. 7) set time for 15 minutes twice and then drain( make sure drain hose isn’t on the floor and is either in the tub, another sink or the toilet). This is your wash cycle. You will have to go back after 15 minutes to set it for another 15 minutes for a total of 30 minutes washing. You could do a 15 minutes wash only if you wish. 8) after you have drained the wash water, fill with clean water and fabric softener if you chose and do another 2-15 minute cycles to rinse. You will have to go back after 15 minutes to set it for another 15 minutes for a total of 30 minutes of rinsing. You could do only a 15 minutes rinse if you wish. 9) drain the rinse water ( make sure drain hose isn’t on the floor and is either in the tub, another sink or the toilet) and keep the knob on drain. Remove the plastic top in the spinner side, it really has no purpose. Set the spinner to 5 minutes as thats all that allotted anyway. Add a couple of articles of clothing into the spinner. And close it. When it spins if you hear any knocking give it about 3 secs. If it stops your good. If it don’t, rearrange the clothes and try again until the knocking goes away. 10) hang dry or use a electric dryer. Your clothes will be dry by morning if you do laundry in the evening. I hang mine in my bathroom or in my closet where they will be going anyway. I can’t understand why people complained about this machine... they are either abusing it by overloading it, misusing it or user error. A child could do their laundry with this thing. This machine is so convenient as I don’t have to have to get ready and make myself presentable to go do laundry. I could do my laundry in my own apartment in my birthday suit. I love it. It’s small but does a lot of clothes at once. It’s compact and easy to maneuver around my apartment. It’s light weight, and easy to use. I will in the future be purchasing a dryer for my towels. Which is the only downside I have. But I’m not going to leave a bad review for that. Best purchase I have made in a long time.