Wonder Wash Review

I've used the Wonder Wash a few times, so I'm ready to report. I don't know how old the one I have is because I bought it at an online swap. I wanted one to leave at The Home Place, but now I'm not sure if I want to leave it out there.

This is what I did:
1. Pulled 4 lightweight short sleeved or sleeveless shirts out of my dirty laundry.
2. Filled the washer with about a gallon and a half of warm water. Added 1T laundry detergent. (I used warm water instead of hot because it said to use warm on delicate fabrics. I haven't tried cold water because the instructions say that warm or hot water is necessary in order to form the vacuum required to get the clothes clean.)
3. Put the sealer lid on the washer.
4. Cranked that puppy 100 times.
5. Let it sit for about 15 minutes.
6. Pulled the clothes out and put them in the kitchen sink to rinse in cold water.
7. Hand wrung and hung the shirts outside to dry.
8. Checked for stains (one shirt had a tomato juice stain but it came out).

Pros:
-Convenient and can use almost anywhere.
-It doesn't take much time.
-No quarters required!
-No trip to the laundry.
-It doesn't take much detergent.
-It works!

Cons:
-It's small. I did my four shirts above. I did one pair of jeans and one pair of dress pants in one load. One pair of men's dress pants and two men's dress shirts fit.
-Requires heated water. (If I use it at The Home Place, I'll drain heated solar shower water into the washer.)
-The crank handle is flimsy, but the rod that cranks the barrel is substantial. By looking at the photo above of the current model, I think they've made the handle better.
-It scoots around a little when you crank. I put some of that rubber non-skid shelf liner under it and it worked pretty well.
-You really need a wringer if you want to make this a complete setup. But living in the desert means the climate is super dry, so clothes dry quickly outside even when they are hand wrung.
-The barrel doesn't have a drain. You have to dump it from the top. Again, the photo looks like they've addressed this problem, too, and added a drain.

I only paid $3 for mine at the swap, but I would pay more for a new one.  I've used it several times because the RV park laundry only has 1 washer and 1 dryer, so when it's occupied, I wash the minimum in the Wonder Wash. Even with the propane required to heat the water, it will save money. At the former RV park, it cost $1.25 to wash and 1.50 to dry and they didn't allow clothes hung outside, so it was either that or go to the nasty and mostly broken equipment laundry in town. The Wonder Wash is definitely better than hand washing in the kitchen sink.