This arrived yesterday and I had to try it. It was as easy as the videos I watched to set up and use. The clothes came out smelling clean and fresh. I had to use my regular washer to spin for a few minutes since I haven't received the spin dryer yet, but other than that it was 5 minutes of set up, easy turning, and a bit of ringing before I hung the clothes to dry. I love the concept and I will use this for my hand wash and easy wash items. I cannot see doing sheets and towels, but I suppose in a pinch this might work.
UPDATE: I think I am on to a "Laundry Revolution." Admittedly, I am only doing laundry for 2 people, but really, you can do a great job with this washer and the spin dryer in a small fraction of the time and electricity of the regular machines. Everything smells and looks good. It line dries in no time even with summer humidity. If you need something clean, like right now, you can put this in wash, rinse, spin and pop in the dryer for a few and in less than 15 minutes you're ready to go. I have so called HE washer and dryer laundry and I would say this way of doing laundry is way more efficient.

Holy wonderful washing unit! I really cannot tell you how impressed I am, but I am sure going to try.

I've had the Wonderwash for about a week now and I've done laundry every other day. It's so quick and easy that I start it while waiting for my coffee to brew, let it drain while I make breakfast, do a rinse run while my eggs finish cooking, plate up my food while it drains, rinse one more time, and eat my meal while it drains the final time. It doesn't even need that final rinse, I'm just picky.

It is absolutely perfect for my scrubs. I can wash and hang a couple of uniforms every couple of days and never run out again. No more waiting for the laundry room in my apartment to have a free machine.

I've converted a closet into a make shift drying area with dollarstore plastic drop cloth, clothesline, and clothespins.

This machine has successfully washed scrubs, delicate, jeans, workout clothes, towels, sheets, and tonight I ran my tennis shoes through it! The absolute success of it, across the board, has me writing this review while it drains.

The machine is almost entirely plastic so it is super light weight. It snaps together easily for use. It uses very little water and detergent. Best of all, it really cleans.

When not in use, I wipe the drum dry and stash it in the same closet I use to hang clothes. This is a must have for travel nurses. No more hunting for open laundromats at 2am, or checking the facilities machines every hour hoping to get some laundry done.

I see this being great for camping too. I can't wait to take it on a trip. For now, it certainly sees enough use. Love love love this.

TIPS AND TRICKS (Because I can find a dozen reviews and very little advice)

°Add water and soap before clothes.
Keep a hand towel nearby for inevitable dribbles.

°If using hot water, pressure builds up (that's a feature, not a bug!) and sometimes the lid will start to leak. After a few turns, release the lid, lock it back down, and keep going. You may have to do this a couple times based upon how hot the water is.

°This is where that hand towel comes in. Give the drum a quick wipe to reduce splatter.

°Use a permanent marker to indicate the grooves on the drainage tube (see picture). This saves you the messy fumble of trying to line it up while water leaks everywhere.

°Use less water to rinse than you did to wash. The clothes are already wet, and too much water causes the unit to wobble and thud loudly when it is turned. I have found that my rinse cycles take about half the water of my wash cycle.

°Wash with hot and rinse with cold to save the "lid dribbles" when you don't need them!
I rinse twice. After my wash, I add a spoonful of fabric softener to the first rinse, and plain water to my second. My clothes smell fantastic.

°If you are line or coat-hanger-drying indoors, set up a fan to decrease your drying time exponentially. Also, it makes the whole room smell like clean laundry which is awesome!

°Worried you're not rinsing out all the soap? With dry hands, rub your washed clothes between your fingers and then rub your fingers together. If they feel slippery rather than just wet, rinse again. And stop using so much soap, jeez.

Hope that helps.

I have a son who had a LOT of 'accidents'. I got really tired of the mini loads. I also got tired of cleaning up his messes. Enter this machine. Now he is able to clean his own clothes. It also has the benefit of helping him be more conscious and having fewer accidents. We call it the Wonka Wash to make it a bit less intimidating.

It's also great for washing delicates and hand wash items. It doesn't take much soap or water or effort.

Overall, this is a great investment.

Even when I had a washer/dryer in my apartment, I tended to do small loads and air dried all of my clothes. So when I moved into a studio apartment without a washer/dryer, I figured this would work for me. Growing up in the US, I only became aware of devices than the standard American washer/dryer when traveling to developing countries.

About the machine: I read the reviews about people who received a pink Wonder Wash and at first I thought "oh good, I didn't receive a pink one" but after using it I realized it IS indeed pink. It's odd because it's a very faded, almost unintentional pink, like there was just leftover pink residue in the machine when they made it. Mine also doesn't have the Wonder Wash logo on it. Additionally, it seemed used when I received it. I just washed it out and I guess it's not a big deal, but I wanted to mention it.

I think it works fine. There isn't much to say about the pros other than that it's not electric so it's unlikely to break and it works as intended. I do have a few cons, however. First is that unlike a washing machine, this does not extract the water very well in between the wash and rinse cycles. So a lot of dirty water remains in the clothes. You could rinse the clothes under running water but this gets very heavy. I have been using my spin dryer in between the wash and rinse cycle. Another con is that it's more labor intensive and messy than a washer. Water seems to get everywhere, whether I do it in the tub or by the kitchen sink; have a rag nearby to clean up. I'm not sure I buy some of the claims this makes --- it says you use less detergent. But of course you'd use less detergent, it's a mini tub. And I've read claims that the vacuum sealed chamber forces water through the clothes for improved efficiency. Again, this could be true but I'm not sure I'm convinced.

All in all, I'm using this for now but might look for other solutions. I'd love to see this with some way to extract the water. Even just a device that squeezes some of the water out. (By the way I bought a spin dryer that The Laundry Alternative sells and LOVE it).

Both the good and bad reviews of this little washer are correct. It depends on how you use it.

If you spin it slowly so the clothes drop from top to bottom each revolution, the clothes are slammed down through the hot soapy water 60 times per minute. So two minutes of cranking slams them through the water 120 times and they come out sparkling clean.

If you spin it faster, centrifugal force keeps the clothes at one end of the washer, and you end up with wet, dirty clothes.

I love mine!