Product review (5 stars): 5 stars for the bucket, but LISTEN TO ME, Y'ALL
This plastic washboard/bucket combo is very nice and the price is right.

But. . . DO NOT use the photo as an example of how to wash clothes by hand. Ridiculous! As well as unhealthy for one's fingers. The only healthy and comfortable (yes, there is such a method) of washing clothes by hand is to scrub the fabric with the pads of one's fingertips ONLY. Do not scrub with the complete underside of your fingers; not enough padding around the knuckles to prevent blisters. And use only the index, middle and ring finger pads with which to scrub the clothes.

Also, scrub only a few thicknesses of medium-weight fabric at one time. That way, the clothes come cleaner faster and threads last longer. There are many ways to washing clothes by hand that are now lost to recent generations. I'm happy to respond to specific questions if you want to ask any of me. Too many tips, tricks, techniques, whatnot, to list here.

But I will say this. . . I was raised by my great-grandparents, who were born in the 1870s, and they taught me the ways of their parents, who were born in the 1830s. I am also a retired professional historian; however, one doesn't have to be to wash clothes well by hand. Long story short, I've been around at least 150 years and know a thing or two on this subject. *** And when my husband was transferred to Greece while in the US Navy, I had to wash the family clothes under an olive tree with a #10 galvanized steel washtub which I set atop two dinette chairs facing each other, and using cold water from a garden hose I scrubbed cloth diapers for three toddlers. Ain't lying, folks, it's the honest truth. No base housing, we lived among the Greek Nationals and went with them to market on Wednesdays and learned to speak Greek. We lived in Nea Makri, on the eastern coast of Greece. There's a US Naval Station there. Google it.