Manual Washing Machines

[Cassandra]

Have any of you ever used the Wonder Wash? It's one of those cranky-type washing machines. It doesn't look like it would hold even one of my big fluffy towels.... I wonder if it works as well as it says it does.

I have been looking for no-electricity laundry solutions. I really can't be washing and wringing out clothes by hand I have some very bad wrists and I can't get enough water out of them so it doesn't take forever for them to dry.

I'm not sure what to do. I've been thinking about it. But I found this link where a little girl invented a manual washing machine. It looks really cool.

http://www.keepingthecastle.com/washing-cum-exercise-machine/

Cassandra

 

[punkin]

Smart girl! Clean clothes and a workout.

 

[roosmom]

Reading your post and I thought of this.
Maybe if you got one of the old wringer washing machines and hooked it up to a bicycle. So the more you pedal the better the it washes, and the gears could be hooked to the wringer part too.


am at work cant click on link

 

[FarmerChick]

be careful....sometimes we want what might hurt us...LOL....if you have wrist problems and such....maybe keeping that washer is a good thing.

we don't want to let health get ruined. your wrists are so important for the long run---so maybe keeping the washer is a good thing, ditch the dryer and find some more ways to acquire non-electric solutions.

I love those solar ovens and am going online to find plans to make a good one. Being in NC I have the heat to easily do that and would love to experiement with one. So maybe searching different options and keeping the washer might work well for you.....???

 

[Beekissed]

I'm sure if you looked through the Lehman's Hardware catalog, you will find what you are looking for....it won't be priced very reasonably, but you will find manual washing machines!

 

[heatherv]

I'd like to have one of those bicycle clothes washin' thingy majiggy's. I would be one of those who'd like to exercise while washing clothes, I'm sure my kids would as well! Of course I'd keep my electric washing machine for backup when I got sick of cycling 10 hrs a day w/ all the dang laundry we have around here!