Getue The Laundry Alternative - Ninja Portable Mini 3200 RPM Centrifugal Spin Clothes Dryer with High-Tech Suspension System - 22 Pounds Capacity

The first unit I received was defective. Not a huge deal aside from the inconvenience; that happens with the best products and companies. The most important measure of quality for the money is what they do about that. This seller was very responsive and shipped a replacement immediately, along with a pick up for the old unit. I had my new unit in a couple days. The new unit is working as advertised. This dryer is great. It works very quickly and gets clothes almost completely dry - an impressive feat for a machine that does not use heat. It slashed tumble dry times in my 110v dryer down to less than a third of what they were before. With this machine I can now do a load of laundry with my mini machines in the same amount of time as (or less than) a traditional machine. It only takes a couple minutes to extract most of the water. You can set it on the counter and put the drain over the sink (I recommend a fine mesh drain trap to capture any lint if you do), or you can set a large container at the bottom (choose a larger one than you think because this extracts a LOT of water). Make sure to balance the load and use it on a flat, level surface or the machine will wobble and not work efficiently. Try to put the clothes in evenly but also hold onto the meaning for a few seconds after it starts to let it adjust itself. It should still wobbling and go quiet in a couple seconds. It should be fairly quiet and steady. I’m very happy with my purchase. It’s an important addition to my small space. Light enough to lift onto the counter, narrow enough to store in a tiny closet, fast enough to shave hours off my laundry tome, and affordable enough to keep my total cost for all three items (washer, spin dryer, and 110v tumble dryer) well under the cost of a full-size set.

This is bigger than I expected but I am perfectly happy to make room for it. I am 5'8 and the top hits me mid-thigh while sitting on the floor. Length and width are about 13x13 inches. It fits a medium sized load of clothes and I LOVE this. Our washer broke but our family cannot go even a day without washing any clothes, let alone days while the parts are ordered and appointments for next week are made, etc. I don't like laundromats because most soaps cause a reaction to my skin and other people's laundry soaps get into my clothes. (Besides the prohibitive price of laundromats.) Getting a Wonder Washer was weeks out so I bought a scrubba bag and went to town hand washing clothes. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis so the amount of water I am able to wring out left our clothes pretty wet and they were taking forever to dry in the dryer. Especially since our dryer is one of the newer models that likes to takes it's time and chat with the washer while eventually getting to the business of drying something. Therefore, after much research (thank you fellow reviewers!), I purchased this Laundry Alternative Spinner. I put a bucket full of very wet clothes into it, mash them down without worrying about distributing them evenly, put a bowl under the drain spout,and run it for a few minutes. Small loads take about 2 minutes and larger take about 5 minutes. This spinner leaves my clothes barely damp and works much better than the spin cycle of any washer I have ever used. As in, I am about to save money on energy even when my washer is fixed. The drying time after using this is a third of the usual drying time in the dryer and some of my clothes I left hanging in the shower while I went shopping. When I got home, they were completely dry. I will add one last important note. When I received my Spinner, I followed the included insert to remove the top piece, which is right under the lid and easy to pull out and discard, and the bottom (plastic?) base that are supposed to protect it during shipping. I could not find the bottom brace and came very close to dismantling the machine in search of this brace. Before messing with that screw and removing vital parts, I decided to take a quick look at the manual to see what this brace looked like. This is when I understood that while my Spinner was fully intact when I received it and suffered no issues in shipping, no bottom brace was included.

Update: Just sent it back. Too frustrating. Spinning just wasn't up to snuff. Hated the rumble of it & the fact that it just couldn't get "up to speed" ... my OLD little one does a way better job & I love that! I got this to go with my new CRACKED UP DAMAGED Poseidon washer. IT came UNSCUFFED and works just fine. I do like that it has a larger capacity than my small one I've had for several years, but I HATE the water spouting out the bottom front like it's taking a pee. I MISS THE HOSE that allows you to direct the water to a drain (I use mine in the shower). AND, the smaller one seems to spin better than this one. I haven't decided if it will hit the return circuit yet, but I'll give it a couple more goes to see if "I" can adapt to it. I'm just really getting tired of shopping and returning. I just like simplicity ... and something that WORKS. AND doesn't come damaged.

I'm not technically allowed to have any washing machines at home, but have owned a wonder wash (the original non electric, hand cranked washer) for years and it has worked so well for me when I couldn't get to a laundromat for whatever reason. Well, with the shelter-in-place laws and two sick kids, I have to stay in as much as possible. Hand wringing heavier items like jeans has always sucked, and those items have taken forever to dry. With this I can dry 2-3 loads out of the wonder wash per day!!! And it's not even that sunny or dry out yet. Towels, jeans, and anything else I put in are near dry in 3-4 minutes. Back to not being allowed to have a washing machine--well, technically this isn't one, and it's so quiet and quick it doesn't really matter. As far as size goes, it's small, but my house is literally tiny. About 32 feet long in total, and we only have one large slide. So I do have to put this away for the sake of my very tall and not small husband who can just barely stand the amount of floor space we have as it is. Luckily for me it's light enough to pick up and store on a top bunk with no straining. Granted, I'm not a weak wisp of a lady, but I'm not a brick house or athlete either. I can carry my 35 pound toddler for quite some time and up a steep hill that winds most adults on their own, though, so maybe I have accrued more mom-arm strength than I thought. Anyway, clothes come out slightly wrinkled from being spun SO well, but if you shake/snap those items before hanging to dry they don't seem to end up with any wrinkles. I don't think wrinkles before they dry should count, personally...just wanted to let you know not to be alarmed when you do see them! So, really amazing, holds a lot more clothes than these tiny portable washer/spinner couples I usually see. I could have sprung for a whole actual tiny washer/spinner all-in-one but I think the set up would be too much of a pain to install and remove daily, and I know there's not space for one of those to remain on the floor. They're probably heavier to lift (it's what I tell myself to not hate hand cranking the laundry...although I won't lie, the wonder wash gets our clothes very clean!). This brings me to another point. The spin dryer drains below...you have to put it in a tub or over some sort of floor drain, or you can be like me and just put a perfectly sized large plastic bowl from the dollar tree under it. It's yet to get close to overflowing despite doing hoodies and jeans and whatnot. Also, the "no on/off switch" comment/review...this is not true. When you close the lid, theres a knob you turn to press/seal the lid shut tightly. When cranked all the way to the right, it's on. When you move it back to the left, right before the position it must be in to actually open the lid, it turns off. There is a very subtle "power off" symbol there (basically looks like a 0). Don't let someone's inability to use picture diagram directions deter you. This machine is great. I hope I get to keep using it. But if things really hit the fan and power outages start becoming a think, I'm glad I still have my wonder wash to rely on. (Again, trying to make myself feel better about not being allowed to have a real washer/being paranoid about getting busted and kicked out of my beautiful neighborhood). Also would recommend to people who hand wash delicates and sweaters....will get your stuff very dry without damage! If you own stuff nice enough to hand wash you probably have room and disposable income for this lovely, helpful little machine.

Just received this laundry spinner a couple of days ago, and I'm impressed at how sturdy and stable it is, and how much it can hold. The cord is fairly long, which is handy, and the instruction booklet is straightforward and easy to follow. For my first attempt, I started with a small-ish amount of clothing (the machine could have easily handled three times that amount). Loading the machine as instructed, I placed the heavier items at the bottom, lighter ones next, and one heavier item a the very top, then pressed everything firmly down; there were no unbalance issues, and everything stayed put. Also as instructed, I held on to the machine for the first few seconds after starting it; once it stabilized, it stayed in place, spinning merrily on its own without supervision. After three minutes, no more water was coming out, and the lighter cotton items came out almost dry, but very wrinkled. I bought this spinner so I wouldn't have to wring things out by hand after removing them from my handy Panda washer, and while I'm very happy to be relieved of that awkward and not very effective task, some of my clothes -- which I hang dry rather than put in a tumble-dryer --now require ironing. But with the unplanned extra time on my hands due to the pandemic putting me mostly out of business, I guess now's a good time to reacquaint myself with the calming, zen benefits of ironing! Over all, I'm impressed with this machine. After using, I wipe out the drum with a cloth/paper towel dampened with a little water and white vinegar; then I prop the lid open overnight to be sure it gets thoroughly dry before storing. Though the machine does not leak, I planned ahead and bought some pet wee pads so I could put a pad under the machine while using it, which saved me from having to swab the floor when I inadvertently kicked over my water-collection container. Wee pads might also be a good idea if you plan to use this spinner on hardwood or carpeted floors. For those living in multi-unit buildings, this machine is usually quiet enough not to have to worry about disturbing neighbors -- depends on how heavy the load. Overall verdict: Very effective -- makes laundry much less of a hassle, and is well worth the cost! UPDATE 10/26/20: I finally figured out how to reduce the wrinkle factor in clothes that I'm hang-drying or putting on a drying rack. I now run the machine for a full 5-6 minutes, which gets fabrics so dry that wrinkles aren't an issue, and by the time they're fully air-dried, most wrinkles have fallen out. Even towels get so dry in this spinner that when hung to dry, they don't end up too stiff and scratchy.