Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My portable electric washer broke and I replaced it with the lavario. There is of course a learning curve. The instructions state to leave the clothing soak for five minutes, but I found that 5 minutes was not long enough to remove stains, food or underarm deoderant residue from the clothing. If I soak heavily stained items in warm to hot water for 30 to 60 minutes, the clothes come out clean. for items with no stains, a 10 to 15 minute soak works great. I only use warm to hot water, If you use cold water only, I would recommend soaking the clothing for at least an hour. lifting the basket up and down 30 times for each load of laundry can be difficult, to save your shoulders, push the basket down and let it float back up naturally, pushing it down takes no strength at all, pulling the basket up, is a true bicep workout. Lastly, get an electric spin dryer, the lavario says to empty the bucket, put the clothing in the bottom and push down on the basket to drain water, no matter how hard you push, the clothing will still be soaking wet. I like this washer because it will never break, its quiet, easy to use and works well.