The Laundry Alternative Ninja Spin Dryer - Portable for Clothes, 3200 RPM With High Tech Suspension System - for Apartments, RV Travel - Emerald

I'm not technically allowed to have any washing machines at home, but have owned a wonder wash (the original non electric, hand cranked washer) for years and it has worked so well for me when I couldn't get to a laundromat for whatever reason.Well, with the shelter-in-place laws and two sick kids, I have to stay in as much as possible. Hand wringing heavier items like jeans has always sucked, and those items have taken forever to dry.With this I can dry 2-3 loads out of the wonder wash per day!!! And it's not even that sunny or dry out yet. Towels, jeans, and anything else I put in are near dry in 3-4 minutes.Back to not being allowed to have a washing machine--well, technically this isn't one, and it's so quiet and quick it doesn't really matter. As far as size goes, it's small, but my house is literally tiny. About 32 feet long in total, and we only have one large slide. So I do have to put this away for the sake of my very tall and not small husband who can just barely stand the amount of floor space we have as it is. Luckily for me it's light enough to pick up and store on a top bunk with no straining. Granted, I'm not a weak wisp of a lady, but I'm not a brick house or athlete either. I can carry my 35 pound toddler for quite some time and up a steep hill that winds most adults on their own, though, so maybe I have accrued more mom-arm strength than I thought.Anyway, clothes come out slightly wrinkled from being spun SO well, but if you shake/snap those items before hanging to dry they don't seem to end up with any wrinkles. I don't think wrinkles before they dry should count, personally...just wanted to let you know not to be alarmed when you do see them!So, really amazing, holds a lot more clothes than these tiny portable washer/spinner couples I usually see. I could have sprung for a whole actual tiny washer/spinner all-in-one but I think the set up would be too much of a pain to install and remove daily, and I know there's not space for one of those to remain on the floor. They're probably heavier to lift (it's what I tell myself to not hate hand cranking the laundry...although I won't lie, the wonder wash gets our clothes very clean!).This brings me to another point. The spin dryer drains below...you have to put it in a tub or over some sort of floor drain, or you can be like me and just put a perfectly sized large plastic bowl from the dollar tree under it. It's yet to get close to overflowing despite doing hoodies and jeans and whatnot.Also, the "no on/off switch" comment/review...this is not true. When you close the lid, theres a knob you turn to press/seal the lid shut tightly. When cranked all the way to the right, it's on. When you move it back to the left, right before the position it must be in to actually open the lid, it turns off. There is a very subtle "power off" symbol there (basically looks like a 0).Don't let someone's inability to use picture diagram directions deter you. This machine is great. I hope I get to keep using it. But if things really hit the fan and power outages start becoming a think, I'm glad I still have my wonder wash to rely on. (Again, trying to make myself feel better about not being allowed to have a real washer/being paranoid about getting busted and kicked out of my beautiful neighborhood).Also would recommend to people who hand wash delicates and sweaters....will get your stuff very dry without damage! If you own stuff nice enough to hand wash you probably have room and disposable income for this lovely, helpful little machine.

You have to be sure to put this on the edge of the bathroom sink, but it is so quiet and works better than the spin cycle on a full sized machine. The clothes are like 95% dry. This gadget is durable and easy to use. It works quickly too! I bought this since my mini washer didn’t have a great spin cycle—this is def worth the 150. You get what you pay for.

I’m so happy that I purchased this. I have a condition EDS that makes my joints dislocate easily and getting to the laundry mat and carrying a heavy laundry bag can be difficult. Now to be honest this takes some practice to get the hang of it. But it’s well worth it. Clothes come out so dry that it takes maybe 30 minutes to finish fully drying all my clothes on my drying rack with a big box fan blowing on the clothes. This little spin dryer has handled heavy sweaters, blankets, sheets, towels, pants etc. If it fits it can handle it..I found that the lightest clothes need to go on the bottom of the spin dryer and heavier clothes need to go on top. Then I give the clothes in the spin dryer a little shove to squish them down. If I don’t the whole thing shakes a little. I’ve found hacks that really help make it work perfectly every single time even on fluffy queen size blankets, big heavy sweaters, jeans etc. When doing fluffy blankets clean a heavy bath towel along with soft fluffy blanket. Set fluffy blanket in spin dryer first and then set bath towel on top of blanket inside the spin dryer and push it all down then close lid and turn on.. Pushing down gentle or hard on the clothes doesn’t seem to matter as long as they are pushed down. If you just toss them in the dryer can’t seem to balance correctly. I really shove the clothes in and fill it to the top with no issues. I saw many comments about it in the reviews saying that the shaking and bouncing was awful and it will if you treat it like a normal dryer and the clothes are rung out and tossed in first. It shakes. A lot. I found tossing in soaking wet clothes works best and shoving the clothes down as flat as you can once in the spin dryer and making sure heaviest clothes are on top works best.. The I turn on and hold top of spin dryer down until I’m sure it won’t bounce, ten seconds tops. If it does spin I rearrange the clothes slightly give a shove and try again. It rarely happens though if done correctly. Then I just wait for all the water to come out. If you can place it in a tub or over a drain it is easier because you don’t have to keep emptying a bucket but my small bucket fills twice max per load.I do keep two big square plastic dollar store buckets on hand. See photo. Because it will fill fast and you’ll need to pull it out to dump and place another under it while you do so. I stop my spin dryer when the water bucket fills half full. Wait a minute for water to slow. Dump bucket and then re start. This works best for me. The spin dryer has never taken more than two minutes to fully spin dry my clothes. It’s super energy efficient. Using it every other day my electric bill went up ten dollars but I was also running Christmas lights every day at the same time. So I’m guessing that the spin dryer might cost five dollars a month to run. I personally love it but if you don’t have patience on trial and error and just want something that works perfect no matter what you do this probably isn’t going to be for you. Unless my machine isn’t normal and it came slightly broken or something it does seem to take a little practice. Hope this helps and if you do decide to purchase I hope you love it as much as I love mine.

Update: Just sent it back. Too frustrating. Spinning just wasn't up to snuff. Hated the rumble of it & the fact that it just couldn't get "up to speed" ... my OLD little one does a way better job & I love that!I got this to go with my new CRACKED UP DAMAGED Poseidon washer. IT came UNSCUFFED and works just fine. I do like that it has a larger capacity than my small one I've had for several years, but I HATE the water spouting out the bottom front like it's taking a pee. I MISS THE HOSE that allows you to direct the water to a drain (I use mine in the shower). AND, the smaller one seems to spin better than this one. I haven't decided if it will hit the return circuit yet, but I'll give it a couple more goes to see if "I" can adapt to it. I'm just really getting tired of shopping and returning. I just like simplicity ... and something that WORKS. AND doesn't come damaged.