Product review (5 stars): Super little item!
We got this to use this winter when we will be dry camping. I did not buy it on Amazon because I found a better price online. So far I've tried it out only once, but I was quite impressed by this little thing. It was very easy to put together. I tried it out with five of our cotton shirts, two pairs of underwear, one sport bra. It did a great job! I also felt like it provided me with a little arm workout, too. I first cranked one direction with my right arm, then reversed the crank direction with my left arm. The items came out smelling clean and only needed one rinse. My only problem was that I needed to do quite a bit of hand wringing of the items. My husband suggested that after I rinse I should do some spinning in it to use some centrifugal force to try to wring them out better.

There was a little leakage so I would suggest using this outdoors if possible. I plan to use it exclusively outdoors when we are traveling. I feel that this washer is a unique item and will definitely enable me to do several small loads of laundry per week when we are not at home. I'm sure I will be able to wash sheets and towels more often than I had thought I would be able to and it will easily pay for itself over the course of this winter. At this point I would definitely recommend this to others!

UPDATE: since the items were quite wet when they came out, and we were brainstorming ways to get them wrung out a little better, one friend suggested using a rolling pin to wring the clothing out by hand. I like that idea and will definitely be trying it.