Wonderwash
by The Laundry Alternative
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Wonderwash
Customer Review: Best little washer in town.
Summary: 5 Stars
This washer is ingenious and simple, and by itself, manages to wash ALL of my, and my husband's clothes, every single week. Our clothes have NEVER been so clean. I attribute that to it's simple, yet highly effective pressure system. I know it takes a bit of fumbling around at first to get this thing to working as ideally as it is intended, and I've read where other reviewers have maybe gotten fed up or didn't have the patience. I wasn't perfect at it at first. But I've perfected my method, and I now can wash five to seven loads of our clothes in under two hours (including pauses for rinsing, spin drying in our centrifugal spin dryer, and hanging). It's astounding (to my husband - I had a hunch all along, haha) just how many clothes you can wash in the thing! I don't recommend overfilling, but you truly can get away with several shirts (I'd say 3-4), a pair of jeans (my husband's over 6 foot, and wears some pretty substantial jeans), and a week's worth of boxer shorts and underthings, in ONE load.
Nowdays, I've got my method so fine-tuned that I just pile all our clothes beside our (clean) bathtub, the Sputnik 3/Wonderwash in the center, my buckets (I use two standard size buckets to alternately fill with water) on the side with the water faucet. I fill S3 with water and the little soap it requires to do its job, agitate the water briefly with my hand, toss in one load, watch the clock for a couple (and I really mean TWO here) minutes while I get a nice little arm workout cranking (if you fill the load right, it's actually not that good of an arm workout - you'll learn the right balance of clothes/water after a few trials). Release the pressure lid, being sure to unscrew almost completely, so that the next time you put it on, you'll get a nice snug fit. I remove the clothes and place them in my prepared buckets with clean water and give them a good squeezing out. I've gotten to where I really don't use the draining spout. I find it's quicker just to turn S3 over and empty the water that way, into the bathtub. But if you're not in the bathtub, obviously, you'll want to drain more neatly. Usually I replace my clean load into the S3 for a rinsing round, filling up another bucket with water as I go. I flop the wet clothes to the other side of the bathtub, and move to the next load. I continue til I'm done. It truly takes fractions of the time standard washer units take to wash clothes. Our clothes are ten times cleaner I feel, and not nearly as distressed at the end of washing. Our delicates are in heaven, and the rest of our clothes are lasting way longer, looking far newer, than they would otherwise.
I've been amazed at how clean our sheets are - and how easy it is to clean sheets with S3. We've got high threadcount sheets, and they apparently LOVE being treated with such care. They are literally shiney when they've finished drying.
[...] has the corner on this alternative to standard clothes washing and drying and bravo for them! Their customer service has treated me with impressive speed and have been very personable and professional.
My only critique of the Wonderwash is that the base is not as finely crafted as the unit itself. Mine is working fine, and it's imperative that you install all its parts correctly. However, I feel that it could be sturdier. It's not losing a single star over that though. It's an ingenious piece of equipment. I THOROUGHLY recommend it.
Customer Review: Can clean but isn't well constructed or all that efficient.
Summary: 2 Stars
The Wonder Wash can clean your clothes but except for the tub itself, it is very cheaply constructed and probably won't last long under constant use. And don't buy that your kids will "love" to wash clothes this way, the Wonder Wash is too hard for younger children to use and what teenager is going to "love" to wash clothes? In order to get clean clothes, you will have to drain the Wonder Wash from the top, tipping it quickly to get the dirty water out; otherwise, using the drain, the clothes actually filter the dirt out so the drain water comes out clean and the dirt is back in your clothes. Plus, you still have to manually rinse everything so the water savings is very overstated! As for the amount of detergent you use, the Wonder Wash is limited to how much it can wash at a time, two pairs of jeans fills it, and when you take into account how much you can wash in a normal machine, there is no great detergent savings unless you are foolish enough to follow the manufactures recommended amounts (remember, cleaning is a chemical process aided by physical agitation, if you have suds left in your wash, you had enough detergent (base) to loosen the dirt on the clothes and you don't need anymore detergent than that. You might buy this if you need an non electric clothes washer, but for everyday use you need something else!Customer Review: Does the job!
Summary: 4 Stars
Rude people at my local laundromat pushed me to the limit a week ago, and I immediately came home and looked for options to wash my clothes at home. I saw a youtube video of a guy using the WonderWash and it seemed simple enough. I got it yesterday, tried it out, and I am so pleased!
Good:
The drum is big enough to wash a pair of jeans, 2 shirts, socks at the same time.
It is pressurized so that helps the detergent lift the dirt.
The spout attachment when connected, drains the water easily.
Easy to assemble, took me less than 5 minutes.
Cost savings! I used only a quarter cap of liquid detergent!
Time saving... it only takes a couple of minutes for a load to wash.
Doesn't hurt your hands.
Bad:
The stand and crank is made of hard plastic, so it can be unsteady, so be gentle.
I paid about $50, probably $15 more than it should retail for.
I highly recommend this item.
Customer Review: Doesn't Work
Summary: 1 Stars
Did not get my clothes clean with just one cycle and the handle broke off after less than a month.Customer Review: Eleven years on and wonderwash still rocks!
Summary: 5 Stars
The resin used for the Wonderwash has turned a deep yellow color, so the unit itself looks quite '70's retro. But it was purchased in '99. At the time, we lived in an apartment and had to use a laundromat. We used it mainly for undies and bras and the like. It will clean jeans, towels, small blankets- the problem is drying the heavier items. (I purchased a ringer. So-so on that. Wish I'd have had access to a centrifugal spin dryer. A wonderwash and one of those would be the perfect compact portable laundry solution.) Can't underscore too much the ease of use. Also has been used by us for dying objects. I've used it in the tub, outside, on the kitchen counter. Eleven years of use, still going strong. Right now it is being borrowed by a friend. Still being used! Go Wonderwash!