Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I received my EcoWash from Air and Water a couple of weeks ago. It arrived in very quickly and was packaged well (see picture). After trying it out a couple of times, I think it is very useful under certain circumstances. I believe it is useful for RV’ers, hand washables/dry clean items, and even for households without a washer that don’t want to spend their life at the Laundromat. The day after I received it, I returned from a 4 day RV trip. We take at least one trip a month and sometimes they last several days. Cleaning laundry, even at RV parks with full washer and dryer is a hassle. I set it up pretty quickly, after reading the instructions. I did my first load with items from my trip: 2 pairs of pants, 3 shirts, all my underwear and a stained by cleaning up tomato juice wash cloth (see pictures). I didn’t expect the EcoWash to clean this washcloth very well as even my regular washer couldn’t do it very well with out bleach. I added he detergent, which was all I had at home. The directions say to add a certain amount of teaspoons of detergent depending upon how much the load weighs. I weighed my load and it weighed about 5 pounds. Then I filled the container with warm water. I sealed the container and cranked it 100 times. It’s easy to crank, and well balanced. I then drained the dirty water into my sink. I refilled with cold water to rinse the clothes and cranked it 50 times. The whole process took 5 minutes. After hang drying the clothes, I found they came out surprising clean. The stained washcloth had visibly reduced the stain, but still needed further cleaning. The other clothes were great. My socks were cleaner, but still had some bottom residual on them. Upon reflection, I decided to do the following the next time. Use regular detergent. Stop turning after 50 in the wash cycle and let soak, and then turn the rest of the 50. I will do the same with the rinse cycle. A few days later, I washed a couple of lightly stained ties and a sweater, which I would normally clean at the cleaners. I used Woolite and implemented the above reflections. They came out great. After hang drying, they were as good as the dry cleaner would do. I saved money there. In summary, with a few reservations, the EcoWash does a good job for the things I tested it on. Not as good as a home washer, good as a dry cleaner, but plenty good for certain circumstances.