Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I do a lot of running, and since washing my workout shirts & shorts in the regular washer/dryer was causing them to tear and fall apart, I started washing them by hand. Wringing them dry one article of clothing at a time was too tiresome and time consuming, so I bought this thing to batch that process and speed it up. The EcoSpin did that, and the included plastic hanger with drying clips was a nice bonus. Now, when I first got this thing, I loved that it did what I wanted that I overlooked its glaring design flaws: - It's a plastic lid that "locks" into place using four flimsy plastic tabs that catch on plastic stops on the rim of the base unit. Since plastic isn't a solid durable material, this thing has a limited expiration date. - There's no gasket, so even when you fill with water below the max line, it's still prone to leak water out of the side and make a mess - The rubber feet on the base are flimsy low-quality plastic that's not able to retain a suction creating curved shape. At best, one or two will catch, causing the unit to rotate as you spin the handle. This forces you to hug it to keep it in place while you spin the drum. Factor in the point above, that means you end up wet too. As I was doing a load of laundry earlier today, the crank handle stalled and the unit stopped working, as shown in the included video. At the end of the video, you can also see that the lid is already missing one screw (which I never noticed fall out), and that the other two are already coming loose. All of the centrifugal force involved with operating this thing is too much for the simplistic design and cheap materials they used to make this. According to the warranty, they'll replace defective parts for the first year, but you've got to pay the shipping costs. I purchased this on July 20th, and had it fail little over a month later on September 9th. I don't expect a provided replacement part to last longer than the remainder of the warranty period, and it's not eligible for return through Amazon. This would be an amazing product if it it employed gaskets and were made of a heavier metal material to keep it in place when spinning. As it's constructed now, it's a $70 pitfall that's going to cost you more in frustration and shipping costs for replacement parts. Stay away from this.