Product review (5 stars): Almost a necessity for cloth diapering with prefolds.
We bought this along with the Haier 1 cubic foot machine so we could keep cloth diapering in this apartment which has no washer/dryer hookups. Initially I thought this was a waste of money and discussed returning it with my husband. After having used it for a month and a half now, I do find this machine is worth the investment for us. Even though the Haier machine has a spin cycle, this still extracts quite a bit of liquid from all the pieces of clothing which enables them to dry faster. I line dry everything. I tested this on my cloth diapers since those take the longest amount of time to dry. When I used this and hung my bamboo/organic cotton blend prefolds to line dry around noon (in the sunlight) they took about 6-7 hours depending on how much cloud cover there was. When I didn't use the spin dryer it took noon till whenever I woke up the next day thus doubling the time. Bamboo prefolds are pretty absorbent so they take quite a while to dry. Even my towels dry in just a couple of hours compared to the prefolds. So for us, at this time this is almost a necessity since we do cloth diaper laundry every day or every other day and need those to be dry within a day for use. I would guarantee that those who do not use spin cycle or don't have one to use would benefit from this spin dryer even more so!