Well, it'll definitely wash stuff and it's a lot of fun (in my opinion) to watch all the dirty water drain out of it haha. I tried it once so far with a bunch of towels and it handled it well enough. But drying on the other hand... I could only fit one full size towel in it at a time. It's important to note that it doesn't dry so much as wring out all the excess water. I expected it to have a larger cavity for drying but I think it'll do for light laundry loads. This is great if you don't have a ton of laundry to do or as other people mentioned for RVs or camping. It's my first time having a portable washer and I find it annoying to wash, then wring out the water, then rinse, and wring out the water again. Highly intensive activity... but I'm going to give it another couple tries before I make my final decision.