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Old 01-23-2011, 02:39 PM
 
Location: New Albany, Indiana (Greater Louisville)
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Yes, it is the WonderWash in the picture. I just checked out the No Impact Man DVD from my local library so I can tell you the WW is much better than a bath tub for washing clothes.

I've did an exact count of how many clothes I can fit in for one load. I'd estimate a typical load includes 4 boxer shorts, 8 socks, 4 wash rags, a dish towl, several shirts, and a pair of jeans. Basically about half a laundry basket for me. It only takes a few minutes of spinning the thing to wash and rinse, it takes twice that for the water to drain through the nossel and about another 10 minutes to wring and hang my clothes. I hang them in the bath tub for a few hours to let them drip and then I put them in my extra closet.
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Old 01-24-2011, 12:52 AM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Old 01-24-2011, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Went around the corner & now I'm lost!!!!
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Do you mean this:

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And it actually works? How many pairs of jeans can you do at a time?

This looks really awesome. I had never heard of anything like this - thank you! But I have two boys and a husband that wears big clothes... I think my arm might fall off washing all their clothes in this thing. Oh wait - they can wash their own clothes!! Hmmm.....

I have one but mine doesn't have a drain hole at the bottom; yours must be high tech Wish they were made of metal instead because the plastic can break easily. They can convert those portable propane tanks for outside grilles into Mighty Wonder Wash. Are there any portable wringers from them?
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Old 01-24-2011, 07:28 PM
Ode
 
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Lehman's has several items for electric free living. Including a wringer for your clothes. But the most economical version would be one of those buckets with a mop wringer. Get a plunger, meant for washing clothes. They have a metal plunger head, so they don't leave marks on clothes as rubber will. Does a superb job washing clothes, even heavily soiled ones.
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Old 01-25-2011, 06:10 AM
 
Location: Went around the corner & now I'm lost!!!!
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Lehman's has several items for electric free living. Including a wringer for your clothes. But the most economical version would be one of those buckets with a mop wringer. Get a plunger, meant for washing clothes. They have a metal plunger head, so they don't leave marks on clothes as rubber will. Does a superb job washing clothes, even heavily soiled ones.
So using your basic commericial mop bucket with wringer will do the job???? I have seen the plunger you are talking about online.
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Old 01-27-2011, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Boise, ID
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Not a product but an action - Downsizing! I'm glad to see more people opt for the smaller footprint home, realizing how wasteful and inefficient the "McMansion" mentality is.
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Old 01-27-2011, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Queen Creek, AZ
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KONE EcoSpace machine room-less (MRL) traction elevator. Uses 1/3 as much energy as a hydraulic elevator and uses no oil.
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Old 01-28-2011, 07:35 PM
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So using your basic commericial mop bucket with wringer will do the job???? I have seen the plunger you are talking about online.
Yes, it will. You do need to be careful when feeding things with buttons and zippers through the wringer, just as you do with an ordinary laundry wringer. But if you want one designed specifically for laundry, the wringer alone will run 150-200 dollars. And a washtub is also very costly. At least you can use the mop bucket for mopping too.
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Old 01-31-2011, 05:39 PM
 
Location: Went around the corner & now I'm lost!!!!
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Yes, it will. You do need to be careful when feeding things with buttons and zippers through the wringer, just as you do with an ordinary laundry wringer. But if you want one designed specifically for laundry, the wringer alone will run 150-200 dollars. And a washtub is also very costly. At least you can use the mop bucket for mopping too.
I rather save a couple of $$$
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Old 02-21-2011, 09:43 AM
 
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Simple net bags made from string for shopping. You can wad them up in a pocket so I'm far more likely to use them then the other more standard rectangle kind. For some reason they really make me happy.
And during a 2 day power outage I used my little windup flashlight a lot. Had to wind pretty frequently and it was a little annoying but I'm happy enough with it, didn't have to worry about batteries. Will investigate the windup radio next.
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