Mr R.:
Saw the post this morning about the large washing machine at Lehman’s Non-Electric [1]. Great catalogue, and obviously a washer for TEOTWAWKI [2]. Let me give a heads-up to a much smaller, portable washer – the Wonder Clean Pressure Washing Machine. The parent company (Wonder Wash Corporation – Mesa, Arizona) developed this nifty little washer. Add in the load ( weighed ), soap, water, close the top, and turn the handle to revolve the washer barrel for a specified time. By their charts 5 pounds ( max load) would be about 10 shirts or two pairs of jeans
It’s not as robust or sturdy as the metal James Washer – it is plastic – but it works pretty well, it’s portable, and for the price of the James Washer you could have ten of these.
We have a couple and the Solar Showers ready to go, along with plenty of contractor bags, which can be used in a pinch for washing, amid their myriad uses.
The Wonder Clean is found online at several sites. A quick web search turned up Emergency Essentials [3] and The Laundry Alternative, Inc. [4] Season’s Regards, – MurrDoc
JWR Replies: The Wonder Clean is also available from two of my favorite vendors: Lehman’s [1] and Major Surplus [5]. (I’ve done business with both for many years.)