We have been living in Nairobi, Kenya for 2 months. While my wife goes out every day to conduct her research (the reason we're here), I keep the apartment, care and feeding of the kids, cooking, and washing. Though washing dishes is pretty much the same as home - sink, scrounge, suds, etc. - the clothes washing is not. We have two buckets in the bathroom. I place the buckets in the bathtub, half-fill each bucket with water, and some washing soap into one, then it is just time and hand power to get the clothes scrubbed clean (and then hung out on clothes lines on the apartment's rooftop).
I ran across this notion and could really do with a thingy like this. I am really looking forward to a clothes washing machine when we get home, but with a device like this, I might be able to share some of the washing chore with my kids. Hmmmm....
How about pedal washing your clothes? Healthy for the planet and healthy for you, and especially for those (like me) who a prolonged use of this method might help them go down a couple of waist sizes. Sadly, the various offerings all seem to be in prototype.
The Cyclean seems to be the nearest to market. Here is a site, homelessdave.com that has some extensive plans and photos of his efforts is making a pedal-powered washing machine.
Here is another model, invented by Bart Orlando, that also shows promise.
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