The Laundry Alternative Ninja Spin Dryer - Portable for Clothes, 3200 RPM With High Tech Suspension System - for Apartments, RV Travel - Emerald

I bought this as a partner piece along with the Laundry Alternative Wonder Washer drum. It's a perfect pair. The clothes come out of the wonder washer soaked so I have to give them a quick wring before placing them inside the spinner. As the instructions state you need to press the clothes down before you engage the spinner. Worth noting that there is no receptacle for the water in the box so you'll need your own bowl or other way to collect the water that comes out. I have a collapsible basin I use for dishwashing when I travel and that works very well. When you start the machine it can be a little wobbly at first. If it continues to wobble you'll need to stop the spinner, open the lid, and push the clothes down as far as possible into the drum. Once this thing spins up you'll see the water flowing out of the bottom. It gets so much water out of them. There's no timer or clock on the machine so you'll have to watch the water start to stop coming out or 5 minutes, whichever comes first. The instructions state not to run the machine for more than 5 minutes at a time. Honestly I've never needed to let it run that long, the water always stops first. Once it's done I move the clothes to an IKEA clothes drying rack that's been a great purchase. Most things will completely dry within a few hours, even quicker if you add a fan to the equation for some additional air flow to simulate a good outdoor breeze.

You have to be sure to put this on the edge of the bathroom sink, but it is so quiet and works better than the spin cycle on a full sized machine. The clothes are like 95% dry. This gadget is durable and easy to use. It works quickly too! I bought this since my mini washer didn’t have a great spin cycle—this is def worth the 150. You get what you pay for.

The Ninja centrifugal ('spin') clothes dryer is working like I expected.What has surprised me is that it's more gentle starting-up than I thought it'd be and the sound it makes is more of a 'purr ' than the noise I was expecting.I put the dryer on a AC power outlet strip with an on/off switch so I can power-down the dryer without engaging the mechanical brake that is engaged if the power-switch on the dryer is used. In that way I allow the spin dryer to spin down much more slowly than if the brake was engaged (I then use the dryer's power switch to engage the brake once the drum is almost completely stopped).The spin dryer has surprisingly good bearings and it takes several minutes to spin down to whereI engage the mechanical brake (i.e. I turn-off the dryer using its on/off switch with integral brake).So far (without having taken it apart) my best guess is that the spin dryer uses an under-sized two-poleinduction motor and it takes 20 to 30 seconds to get up-to-speed when power is applied.---------------------------I find that it's best to press-down on the dryer housing when it's first turned-on as slight imbalances in the load can cause the dryer to shake as the drum comes-up-to-speed and it passes through mechanical resonant frequencies. Once the drum is spinning pretty well the spin dryer is stable with minor vibrations being felt if the body of the dryer is touched.The feet on the dryer are of a material that serves to damp mechanical vibrations of the case. It is important for the dryer to be sitting directly on a solid surface as otherwise damaging mechanical oscillations (as the drum comes-up-to-speed) might occur.-----------------------------------For someone like me it's OK but it'd be too much of a bottleneck in the wash-cycle for a family with a lot of clothes to wash on a weekly basis.I can stuff 4 or 5 long-sleeve shirts into the dryer or (roughly) 3 bath towels. Then it's about a threeminute spin-cycle to squeeze-out most of the water. After that everything still goes up on hangers for air-drying but there's significantly less water in the fabric (at the start of the air-drying process) compared to if the clothes went straight from the washer to air-drying.The 'Ninja ' centrifugal spin dryer is (in my opinion) targeted at the same people who find 'tiny homes 'an interesting concept.--------------------------------------------------------From what I can tell the overall quality of the Ninja centrifugal ('spin') dryer is good. It isn't 'commercialquality ' but for under $160.00 it's reasonable.The only ventilation louvers for the motor are on the bottom of the case and I'm guessing the designers were worried that water would get inside if they put louvers on the sides.I'd be happier if I could force-air-cool the motor but have sternly 'told-myself ' not to take-out-the-drillwhile the dryer is new.--------------------------------------------------------- Paul

I deliberated purchasing this Laundry Alternative Spin Dryer for over 6 months. Our apartment building has a laundry room, but at $5/load and the Speed Queen washer being tough on our clothes I wanted to save money and preserve our clothes.A few things to note:1. Waterlogged laundry is heavy, and even a few garments can cause the dryer to wobble and never up speed. I sometimes find I have to rebalance the drum multiple times for each load2. It dries clothes to a similar level as our building's Speed Queen washer, so spinning laundry after using the commercial washer doesn't make much difference in dry time. I tend to only use this to spin dry hand washed clothes to maximize value3. The price. At $150 it is the cheapest dryer of this kind but it takes (in my case) the equivalent of 60 full loads for my small family to break even. The price was the main reason I hesitated in purchasing the dryer.Ultimately, I'm thrilled with my purchase of this spin dryer, and it has made my life much easier being able to wash single items at a time and not needing to lug laundry to the laundry room.

This has made such a difference in my life. I don't like lugging my laundry in large batches down the stairs and paying a lot of money at a gross laundry mat. I often do small loads, either by hand or using The Wonder Washer, also available through Laundry Alternative. I use this spinner, it takes like 5 minutes until the water is barely dripping out, and then I use a mini tumble dryer, but using this spinner gets your clothes mostly dry. It wouldn't take long for them dry via hanging.My first one made a loud sound when braking, so they sent me a new one