Product review (5 stars): I live in NYC and like most people don't have a washer and dryer in ...
I don't write a lot of reviews, but this dryer has so impressed me that I felt the need to share.  I live in NYC and like most people don't have a washer and dryer in my unit.  For years I schlepped my laundry a few blocks to a wash and fold place, which was expensive, but they did a much better job of folding than I ever did, so it seemed like an OK deal.  A couple of years back my local wash and fold place closed and luckily right around the same time the building put in a small laundromat in the basement.  This has been cheaper than the wash and fold places, but the machines aren't as well taken care of and usually have lots of hair in them...and I still end up spending $10 a week or so.

So I've started doing a lot more laundry by hand in the sink.  After a bit of doing that I thought there has to be a better way to do laundry by hand.  I was originally thinking I'd go all hipster and get a laundry board...but then I came across the rapid washer (the plunger like thing) and the Nina Soft Dryer that had pretty good reviews and decided to go ahead and get them.  bought and received the rapid washer first, and it works well and makes rinsing especially much easier and thorough, but ringing out by hand and hanging in the shower to dry was still a lot of work and slow.  So I got the dryer.

I had read the reviews of the dryer talking about how almost dry clothes came out.  I figured that I've had front loading washers before that do a rapid spin at the end to dry the clothes a bit before you throw them in the dryer, so I figured I knew what to expect.  I was wrong.  Clothes come out much dryer than they do from any high end front loader washer.  When it first arrived I thought I'd test it out with the dirty clothes I had on hand.  A couple of pairs of shorts, maybe 3 or 4 button down short sleeve shirts, a few pair of underwear, and I think a dress or two.  Washed everything in cold water, rinsed, and threw into the dryer without any ringing out at all).  Ran the dryer for exactly 3 minutes.  I wasn't really expecting that much to be honest, since it didn't seem like all that much water came out of the machine (I set up the dryer in my shower, so no need for a basin to catch the water).  But I pulled out the clothes and not only were they not dripping at all, they were almost dry enough to wear, shirts were dry enough to just hang directly in my closet.  Other clothes needed to hang out for a bit to complete drying, but if I put them in front of a fan they would probably be finished in another 15-20 minutes.

I've now had the machine for about two weeks, and it has already changed how I think about laundry.  Before I would wait until essentially everything I owned was dirty, and then bunch it all together and take to the laundromat and spend most of the day doing laundry.  Even back in the days when I had a washer and dryer in the house it was pretty much the same.  But the Nina Soft means I do laundry in much smaller batches, either as it gets dirty, or when I want to wear something specific.  The other day I unexpectedly had some free time during the day and wanted to try and make it to the gym, but my gym clothes were pretty smelly.  Not a problem, give them a quick wash and rinse and throw in the Nina.  Less than 5 minutes later I was wearing clean shorts and a shirt that were only the slightest bit damp.  If I owned a washer and dryer I never would have wanted to do that small of a load, and even if I did, it would have still taken 45 minutes or so.

* A small caveat to my enthusiasm.  So far I've only washed and dried fairly lightweight summer clothes.  I haven't had a chance to test heavier winter clothes, or things like jeans.  I have a feeling I'll probably still end up taking those to the laundromat downstairs, but we'll see once the weather turns cooler.

Update July 2015: I've now had the Nina Soft for about a year, and like it just as much as I did when I first got it.  I've been through a winter, and as expected I didn't use it as much for heavier clothes like jeans.  But that's not really the dryers fault.  It's just that hand washing certain things like jeans doesn't seem to get them as clean.  Running them through the Nina Soft works just fine, although you can't put very much else in there or else the dryer gets off balance.  They come out pretty dry, definitely no dripping, but they are still wet enough that it will take a couple of hours hanging for them to completely dry.

So I've pretty much fallen into a routine where things like jeans, towels, underwear and socks get done in the regular washing machine.  Everything else gets done by hand and then put in the Nina.

One tip: It's pretty easy for the Nina to get off balance.  They say to put the heaviest things in at the bottom, but I haven't found that to make much difference.  I tend to throw things in there randomly, but then after it's full reach in and toss them like a salad a bit until they are more evenly mixed.  Then, when I'm closing the lid I push down on the Nina firmly to make sure there's no wobble as it starts spinning.  I keep holding down firmly until it gets up to close to full speed.  That's reduced my off balance issues a fair amount.