I think you need to look at this in terms of what it's designed for, not to compare it with a fully automatic washer dryer. It's cheap, aimed at mobile clothes washing, but can, at a pinch, function well in a small apartment. It does 2 things. Moves water around clothes and spins gently. Not more and not without manual intervention. In addition it's easy to make a big mess, so needs using with care. And the small capacity means many washes instead of the chuck it all in approach for the big machines. Construction is plastic. Pretty light (great for camping/mobile homes) but doesn't feel robust. Time will tell if it lasts or not. Small and compact, easy to stow. An annoyance is that the protective plastic on the lid doesn't come off cleanly, and it now has a fringe of this between the lid centre and the trim ring around it. Looks very scruffy. Load capacity is small and the spin basket much smaller, so although it will easily wash a pair of my (gents large) jeans, these won't fit in the spin basket. So the sequence is wash, rinse (maybe 2 or 3 times), hang jeans up wet after squeezing the worst out by hand. For full mixed loads separate into smaller batches and spin separately. Yes, you'll need a wash bucket to go with it. First attempt with this was close to being a disaster. I set it up, put washing liquid in, added water and knocked the hose off. Out comes water... Mostly soap as that went in first. Oops. Double oops, cos that means mess and that if you add the soap first, much of it drops into the hose and doesn't get to the clothes. The hose hook/clip is not good, and the hose extension seems to have a life of it's own, constantly making a dive for the floor like a South American soccer player. And each time it succeeds, there's more mess. Secure that hose well. And only add the soap after you've put the water in. However the clothes come out clean - and if not clean enough after the first 10 minute cycle, put it on for a further 10 minutes. The water that comes out from dirty clothes looks disgusting. I never realised just how much crap they pick up until I saw this. Significant rinsing is needed, I found 3 3 minute cycles with half the original amount of water worked well. Unless there was too much soap originally. But be sure to drain completely in between cycles. Tipping the machine towards the hose gets a bit more out. And just continue until you get clean, soap free water coming out. Spin - gets the worst out, but don't expect too much. You'll need mains power and a sink fairly close together. And using warm-hot water improves cleaning a lot. All in all it works for me. Just don't expect full functionality from this - it's not designed for it.
Mislim, da morate na to gledati glede na to, za kaj je zasnovano, ne pa ga primerjati s popolnoma samodejnim pralno-sušilnim strojem. Je poceni, namenjen mobilnemu pranju perila, vendar se lahko v majhnem stanovanju dobro obnese. Dela 2 stvari. Premika vodo po oblačilih in nežno ožema. Ne več in ne brez ročnega posega. Poleg tega je enostavno narediti veliko zmešnjavo, zato jo je treba uporabljati previdno. Majhna zmogljivost pa pomeni veliko pranj namesto vpenjanja vsega v pristop za velike stroje. Konstrukcija je plastična. Precej lahek (odličen za kampiranje/mobilne hišice), vendar se ne zdi robusten. Čas bo pokazal, ali bo trajalo ali ne. Majhen in kompakten, enostaven za shranjevanje. Moteče je, da se zaščitna plastika na pokrovu ne odstrani čisto in ima zdaj rob med sredino pokrova in okrasnim obročem okoli njega. Izgleda zelo umazano. Nosilnost je majhna in košara za ožemanje veliko manjša, tako da čeprav bo z lahkoto opral par mojih (moških velikih) kavbojk, te ne bodo pristajale v košaro za ožemanje. Zaporedje je torej pranje, izpiranje (morda 2- ali 3-krat), mokre kavbojke obesite, potem ko ste z roko iztisnili najhujše. Za polne mešane obremenitve razdelite na manjše serije in ožemite ločeno. Da, zraven boste potrebovali vedro za pranje. Prvi poskus s tem je bil skoraj katastrofalen. Postavil sem ga, dal tekočino za pranje, dodal vodo in odbil cev. Ven pride voda... Večinoma milo, saj je šlo najprej. Ups. Dvojno ups, ker to pomeni nered in če najprej dodate milo, ga večina pade v cev in ne pride do oblačil. Kavelj/sponka za cev ni dobra in zdi se, da ima podaljšek cevi svoje življenje in se nenehno potaplja proti tlom kot južnoameriški nogometaš. In vsakič, ko uspe, je še več nereda. Dobro zavarujte cev. In dodajte milo šele potem, ko ste vlili vodo. Kljub temu so oblačila čista - in če po prvih 10 minutah cikla niso dovolj čista, jih oblecite še za nadaljnjih 10 minut. Voda, ki teče iz umazanih oblačil, je videti odvratno. Nikoli se nisem zavedal, koliko sranja poberejo, dokler nisem videl tega. Potrebno je precejšnje izpiranje, ugotovil sem, da so 3 3-minutni cikli s polovico prvotne količine vode dobro delovali. Razen če je bilo prvotno preveč mila. Vendar se med cikli popolnoma izpraznite. Če stroj nagnete proti cevi, pride nekoliko več. In nadaljujte, dokler ne začne teči čista voda brez mila. Vrtenje – potegne najslabše, vendar ne pričakujte preveč. Potrebovali boste električno omrežje in umivalnik dokaj blizu skupaj. In uporaba tople-vroče vode zelo izboljša čiščenje. Vse skupaj mi deluje. Samo ne pričakujte popolne funkcionalnosti od tega - ni zasnovan za to.
