Product review (5 stars): For hand washing, quiet and easy to use
I didn't need this for laundry. I spin and knit with wool, and wash fleece from sheep to spin with. After hand washing knit items, yarn, and fleece, using the washing machine to spin them can be bad--even fatal--for the machine because of loose fibers. The Nina works perfectly, and my wool gets drier in 2 minutes in the Nina than it did in 11 minutes in my washing machine's spin cycle. The Nina was larger than I envisioned, and larger than I really need, but it is very light weight, so I store it in a closet and just bring it out when needed. And it is whisper quiet.