This is a good product and could be a great product with one small design change. The reinforced scrubbing material should be on both the top and bottom. It is a little too flimsy as designed now and would likely clean better with scrubber on top and bottom. I used this on my last deployment where there were no laundry facilities. It worked very well but would have been better with the change mentioned above. Four stars now but a solid 5 if that change occurs. Chlothes come out fairly clean now if a little laundry soap is used. Also, don't waste your money on the little orange packs of travel soap recommend with this, they don't work.

Really quite functional. Takes up almost no space and it's light. Use less detergent than you think you'll need...it just takes a small amount, like a teaspoon of liquid detergent. I also suggest purchasing the newer version with the screw-cap style air release valve. Much easier. This is going to make traveling much easier and my pack much lighter.

This laundry bag is very easy to use and works great for traveling, We took it with us for our honeymoon in order to fit all of our clothes into our carry-on bags. The bag is very durable, easy to manipulate to wash the clothes and dries very quickly. Total time to wash a load of clothes is about 10-15 minutes, from filling the bag with clothes, then water, agitating, rinsing, wringing, etc. However, it is very important to not over-pack the bag; We did this the first time and do not feel our clothes came out as clean as clean as they could have. I would recommend only washing one outfit of clothes at a time, and if you need to wash a heavier or bulkier item like a sweatshirt, to wash it separately or with only smaller items like socks. I wouldn't recommend that you pack only a few clothes and plan to wash them over and over on a trip; it takes a long time to wash only a few items, and the clothes take significantly longer to dry as none of the water is spun out and hand-wringing can only do so much. I definitely would recommend this for short trips to just wash a few things here and there like a favorite outfit or if something gets a stain and needs washed immediately.

Our crew was backpacking for three weeks and we needed something to do laundry. I got the one with the improved air valve, so any complaints about the old valves failing, this one fixes that. We did laundry every other day and used these bags as dirty laundry bags until it was time to use them. The boys in the crew love it and so did the leadership, it cuts the amount of clothing you have to take down considerably. Use Dr. Bronners unscented baby soap or Camp Suds for best results.

"I just paid *$50* for a dry bag?" Yup, that's the sound of buyer's remorse that kicked in almost immediately after I checked out. What I don't understand is how I even clicked on the item to put it into he cart in the first place. I guess that pretty green picture and the description sounded oh, too alluring...

So I took the plunge. I quieted the voices inside my head shouting "BUYER'S REMORSE" by hoping that at least the bag was going to be high enough quality to at least work as a decent (albeit expensive) laundry bag, if the washing thing was merely hype. Meanwhile, another part of me was thinking, "...it's about a dollar a load at a laundromat...this bag had better justify at least 50 loads, and then some..."

Before I go into more details, let me tell you that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to doing laundry while traveling...I bring a bit of high-performance detergent (Sports Suds is what I like to use when I travel Sport Suds Detergent, 500g Zipper Pouch, 40+ Loads) because I really can't stand letting used work-out clothes fester while traveling. Anyway, I usually wash my clothes in the hotel sink (and pray that the stopper isn't broken). And yes, I know about the "roll the clothes in the hotel towel" technique to dry them out faster.

So I received the Scrubba just in time for a trip this past weekend. Indeed, the bag physically lives up to the claim that it's small and light. Furthermore, I am happy to report that it looks relatively well-constructed. The air-release valve that is shown in the picture has been improved upon with a dial-based valve, so I imagine that the version that I have is more durable than the original. Seams look well-constructed and the overall design premise looks well thought-out.

Taking the device for it's first test-run, I was pretty happy that the bag didn't leak and that filling and closing the bag didn't create a mess. You have to be a bit careful that you don't bleed too much water out when you squeeze the air out of the valve, or else you'll end up with water on the outside of the bag. Overall, setting up the bag for washing was every bit as unmessy as the claims.

Agitating was also a very clean experience. Heck, I was doing the agitating on my hotel bed. No water leaked onto the bed. Agitating was like playing around with a tiny waterbed, and after a while, it did get a bit tiring. Not sure how well that rubber inlay contributed to the scrubbing of my clothes inside, but I suspect that if there was too much friction, my clothes (especially the synthetic sports stuff) would get shredded. Overall, I must say that the agitation process was extremely mess-free compared to my usual sloshing of clothes in the sink (soapy water everywhere on the counter...), and my hands got to stay dry.

Now, onto the rinse part. As you can imagine, draining water out of the bag and then filling it up, bleeding out the air, and then repeating, is going to get a bit messy. Indeed, while I tried my best to keep the water contained, I don't think it's possible to be able to fill and bleed the bag multiple times without getting the outside a bit wet. At the very least, the outside of the bag is going to get wet since the sink/tub you use to fill up the bag will get wet when you dump out the previous bag of water. Oh well, so be prepared to have a towel around to wipe down the bag after each rinse. Fortunately, you get lots of towels in a hotel room.

Finally, are the clothes clean using Scrubba? Well, heck yes. If you're used to doing clothes in a sink, this bag will keep your hands dry and keep the water contained, so you can certainly be more aggressive in agitating the clothes. If you're worried about soapy clothes, just rinse multiple times (and be sure to squeeze as much water out between rinses). Finally, be sure to roll your clothes in a hotel towel to squeeze out excess water before drying. So compared to sink-washing, I'm concluding that my clothes are cleaner with Scrubba.

So what's my overall user experience? Well, the initial sticker shock is jolting. Sure, I believe the designers should be compensated for designing a good product, but the $50 price must be a huge mark-up over the actual cost of the materials. Just you watch out for the cheap, knock-off products (possibly even made in the same factories) that will come flooding the market if they don't continue to innovate... But anyway, the product seems well constructed (I've only had it 2 weeks), and it lives up to its claims of lightweight, waterproof, and a convenient, mess-free clothes-washing device. So those attributes definitely soften the $50 price tag. I'm giving this product four stars based on what I believe will be many more (> 50?) mess-free washes in future travels.