This is bar none the best washer! Everything is included to simply hook it to almost any kitchen type tap, You don't need to run to the hardware store for an adapter (there is a washer to remove if it the inside thread). Ok from some of the reviews I see people can't read an owners manual, or are talking about an older modle. Read the Owners Manual then assemble the bottom plate, put in the almost idiot proof lint filter (it says Top,on the top and bottom on the bottom which is soooo easy to clean,and you must clean it every time.) level the machine adjusting the feet (you will need a level, I got a magnetic plastic one for 99 cents from the hardward store), and your ready to wash clothes. It's QUIET!!! very Quiet. You should use the HE laundry soap. It will nicely and quietly wash a set of full sized cotton sheets, including the two pillow cases, I have washed two pairs of heavy Jeans in it. I do a wash every other day. The controlls are so easy, and check this out you loose power and machine remember were it was in the cycle you just press the start button it takes off where it left off. It dings when it's done but does so quietly,if you leave the top up after putting in the clothes and soap it dings at the start of the wash cycle, to remind you to put the cover down. I can't even think of any thing negative to comment on. OH and the stainless steel basket is a HUGE plus if you live with hard water. One of the BEST features is whe the clothes come out of the machine they are dryer then any full sized I have used! This is a wonderful product, some of the negative responces are from people that either try to overload it or put in too much soap. I have used regular soap, but using less than a 1/4 cap full. With the price of gas and the cost to go to the laundrymat, This machine will save you a lot of money in a short time. It's Quiet!, does a great job of washing clothes! If you fear your landlord might not like you using this, you take the box it comes in spraypaint it white make a nice cover to hide it under. Save the packing material and when you move it's covert moving into your next apartment..lol
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
EXCELLENT FOR THE PRICE!!
I've had my washer for almost a year now and it's been working great. I've had no problems with it at all.
I rent an apt and my landlords have no idea that I have this washer ( I bought it while they were away on vacation). I live upstairs and they live downstairs.
I don't want to ask them for fear they'll say no.
It makes a litle humming noise. That's it!! You can't even hear it in the next room. It's really a quiet little machine.
When I'm done using it, I slip the box that it came in, over the machine and then I place a long black cloth over it with a small doiley on top of it and then I place pictures on there so it looks like a table. (Gotta do that when the landlords need to do something in my apt- which is not very often thank goodness.)
I love this machine. It washes everythng so clean.
I can't tell you how much money I saved by not going to the laundromat. Athough I still have to go to wash my quilts but that doesn't cost all that much.
I never had any water spills... I always keep my eye on the machine. Last thing I need is for my landlords to find out. Oh dear.....
It's an EXCELLENT machine to have. :):)
I rent an apt and my landlords have no idea that I have this washer ( I bought it while they were away on vacation). I live upstairs and they live downstairs.
I don't want to ask them for fear they'll say no.
It makes a litle humming noise. That's it!! You can't even hear it in the next room. It's really a quiet little machine.
When I'm done using it, I slip the box that it came in, over the machine and then I place a long black cloth over it with a small doiley on top of it and then I place pictures on there so it looks like a table. (Gotta do that when the landlords need to do something in my apt- which is not very often thank goodness.)
I love this machine. It washes everythng so clean.
I can't tell you how much money I saved by not going to the laundromat. Athough I still have to go to wash my quilts but that doesn't cost all that much.
I never had any water spills... I always keep my eye on the machine. Last thing I need is for my landlords to find out. Oh dear.....
It's an EXCELLENT machine to have. :):)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Comparison with 4.9lb washer
I owned the 4.9lb haier washer for three years until it was broken down, then I decided to get this one. In my opinion, this one is far
more superior than the 4.9lb washer. The 4.9lb washer kept stopping due to unbalanced cloth, but I never have this problem for this washer.
more superior than the 4.9lb washer. The 4.9lb washer kept stopping due to unbalanced cloth, but I never have this problem for this washer.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Fantastic so far - and some important tips for use.
I heard about it on a Wednesday, researched it Wed night, bought it on Thursday and I now it is Saturday I am head over heels in love with it. I feel like Wall- E!
For the past 5 years I have lived in a walk up NYC apt without laundry in the building or a real washing machine hookup. I am very busy, hate wasting my days off lugging heavy bags to the crowded, dirty, noisy expensive laundromat, and don't like the lack of control, poor quality, sock loss, stinky detergent and insane cost of dropping clothes off, so the laundry has been a thorn in my side for a long time. I was very suspicious of this machine but thought I would give it a try and I'm so very glad that I have.
FACTS:
The setup was super easy, it hooked onto my sink in a flash, I have had no leaks at all, and the wash cycle system is simple and intuitive.
I have been running it on the ' high' water level, and sometimes even adding more water to the top with the manual override. It's been working fine, no leaks at all.
I am using the water draining into the sink as a gray water pre wash for my dishes and will save the rinse outflow in the summer for my plants.
PROS:
The price is pretty unbeatable.
Total control- over the wash time and cycles- heavy to delicate - water temperature, and everything else.
Ease of use- it is very intuitive.
It's not silent when it runs but it's quiet enough. Certainly not disturbing or annoying.
My clothes are coming out way cleaner than at the laundromat. I mean WAY CLEANER.
The clothes come out dry enough so that they will dry overnight.
My cat is entertained by the sink outflow and likes to sit on the machine ...
If you work at home it's a no brainer to deal with and segments your work periods ( aka gives you excuses for little breaks!)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Someone smart mentioned this in another review and they were right: it is IMPERATIVE that you attach some sort of filter to the outflow tube that drains into the sink. It will catch a LOT of lint that would otherwise go down and perhaps block your kitchen plumbing. They mentioned attaching a paint strainer with a rubber band but I am cheep and I used very small gauge plastic mesh 'baggie' that my fresh garlic came in at the supermarket. I clean this every 2 washes or so, it's a bit annoying but worth it, since it catches a surprising amount of lint.
You should attach the outflow tube to the inflow tube with a bungee or something so it doesn't jump around when draining into the sink.
I have had some in unbalanced loads, but that's my fault for overloading. When it gets unbalanced it goes into perpetual rinsing. It's easy to override. This has happened in 2 of my 6 large loads.
You can have the faucet on for the whole time the machine is running its cycle. I turn mine on in the beginning of the wash cycle and turn it off when the rinse is done. I didn't think it would work but it did.
It's kind of heavy to move around without wheels, and it seems the caster set is long gone but I just put it on a small wheeled dolly I had and it's no problem. It doesn't have locking wheels but the weight of the machine itself keeps it from moving without permission.
If you are washing anything with a drawstring waist like running shorts or sweatpants make sure to knot the drawstring before washing. The washing motion tends to suck the drawstrings out and I had one side of the drawstring of some running shorts disappear into the waistband wasteland.
As far as capacity, I was worried, some people on youtube are talking about washing one full sheet at a time. I haven't washed sheets yet and I may take those to the laundromat, but I'd say it takes about one third to one half a normal load.I only wash one 'big' thing like jeans or sweatpants per load, then add a lot of little things like underwear socks a couple of T shirts to finish the load etc. Based on reviews, I'm not going to wash my comforters or curtains or klippan sofa cover in it at all.
Definitely use liquid detergent and definitely let the water load first and add the clothes second. Very soon you will be able to eyeball how much soap and clothing it can take. I 'll be honest and say that am using 99 cent store HE detergent and it's fine.
I was worried about cost of electric use but at 10 cents per kilowatt it's rated to use $25 of electricity a year. Even at 14-16 cents/kw in NYC it's still low. Nice!
OVERALL
If I have trouble I will update this but so far so good. Obviously it's not for the Duggar family, heavy duty work or for people who don't want to ever think about loading or detergent, but for the price for the apartment dweller, it's potentially life changing. Beyond cost of laundry, it's already paying for itself in the time I can spend to work at home while it's working versus wretched wasted hours at the dreaded laundromat.
For the past 5 years I have lived in a walk up NYC apt without laundry in the building or a real washing machine hookup. I am very busy, hate wasting my days off lugging heavy bags to the crowded, dirty, noisy expensive laundromat, and don't like the lack of control, poor quality, sock loss, stinky detergent and insane cost of dropping clothes off, so the laundry has been a thorn in my side for a long time. I was very suspicious of this machine but thought I would give it a try and I'm so very glad that I have.
FACTS:
The setup was super easy, it hooked onto my sink in a flash, I have had no leaks at all, and the wash cycle system is simple and intuitive.
I have been running it on the ' high' water level, and sometimes even adding more water to the top with the manual override. It's been working fine, no leaks at all.
I am using the water draining into the sink as a gray water pre wash for my dishes and will save the rinse outflow in the summer for my plants.
PROS:
The price is pretty unbeatable.
Total control- over the wash time and cycles- heavy to delicate - water temperature, and everything else.
Ease of use- it is very intuitive.
It's not silent when it runs but it's quiet enough. Certainly not disturbing or annoying.
My clothes are coming out way cleaner than at the laundromat. I mean WAY CLEANER.
The clothes come out dry enough so that they will dry overnight.
My cat is entertained by the sink outflow and likes to sit on the machine ...
If you work at home it's a no brainer to deal with and segments your work periods ( aka gives you excuses for little breaks!)
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Someone smart mentioned this in another review and they were right: it is IMPERATIVE that you attach some sort of filter to the outflow tube that drains into the sink. It will catch a LOT of lint that would otherwise go down and perhaps block your kitchen plumbing. They mentioned attaching a paint strainer with a rubber band but I am cheep and I used very small gauge plastic mesh 'baggie' that my fresh garlic came in at the supermarket. I clean this every 2 washes or so, it's a bit annoying but worth it, since it catches a surprising amount of lint.
You should attach the outflow tube to the inflow tube with a bungee or something so it doesn't jump around when draining into the sink.
I have had some in unbalanced loads, but that's my fault for overloading. When it gets unbalanced it goes into perpetual rinsing. It's easy to override. This has happened in 2 of my 6 large loads.
You can have the faucet on for the whole time the machine is running its cycle. I turn mine on in the beginning of the wash cycle and turn it off when the rinse is done. I didn't think it would work but it did.
It's kind of heavy to move around without wheels, and it seems the caster set is long gone but I just put it on a small wheeled dolly I had and it's no problem. It doesn't have locking wheels but the weight of the machine itself keeps it from moving without permission.
If you are washing anything with a drawstring waist like running shorts or sweatpants make sure to knot the drawstring before washing. The washing motion tends to suck the drawstrings out and I had one side of the drawstring of some running shorts disappear into the waistband wasteland.
As far as capacity, I was worried, some people on youtube are talking about washing one full sheet at a time. I haven't washed sheets yet and I may take those to the laundromat, but I'd say it takes about one third to one half a normal load.I only wash one 'big' thing like jeans or sweatpants per load, then add a lot of little things like underwear socks a couple of T shirts to finish the load etc. Based on reviews, I'm not going to wash my comforters or curtains or klippan sofa cover in it at all.
Definitely use liquid detergent and definitely let the water load first and add the clothes second. Very soon you will be able to eyeball how much soap and clothing it can take. I 'll be honest and say that am using 99 cent store HE detergent and it's fine.
I was worried about cost of electric use but at 10 cents per kilowatt it's rated to use $25 of electricity a year. Even at 14-16 cents/kw in NYC it's still low. Nice!
OVERALL
If I have trouble I will update this but so far so good. Obviously it's not for the Duggar family, heavy duty work or for people who don't want to ever think about loading or detergent, but for the price for the apartment dweller, it's potentially life changing. Beyond cost of laundry, it's already paying for itself in the time I can spend to work at home while it's working versus wretched wasted hours at the dreaded laundromat.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
My Newest Bestest Friend!!
I did a lot of portable washer research before I purchased this little wonder. It came in about two days after I ordered it and I couldn't be more impressed. I live by myself and this thing was really no problem to set up and start running. The manual was fairly easy to understand and this little machine has a lot of different wash cycles to choose from. I've had it for about 2 months now and I have not had one problem yet (knock on wood). The clothes don't really come out all that wrinkled but they do come out smelling great! I still use my Downey ball in this little washer for the softener and it works just fine. Then I dry them on a wooden drying rack. I love it!
Monday, October 5, 2009
A great buy!
I've been using this little machine for over two years. It works just great! It is perfect for people like me who live in an apartment. To use this washer, you need to learn some tricks, such like you need to hang the water-out hose higher than the water-in hose otherwise it won't store the water. And also you have to do a small load at a time with about 1/4-1/3 cup of detergent. At first, there is some water leak from the water-in hose but as long as you don't use too hot water, it is just fine after some use. Overall, I love this washer and would recommend it to my friends!
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