Review of Twin Tub
OK. It arrived and we panicked. Yes, we'd measured the shower where it was to live ... it really did not look like it was gonna fit and then there'd have been another one up for sale on this thread! However, packaging removed and it slotted really easily into the shower.
We were on a CL with EHU, but I tested off our fully charged batteries and 700 watt sine wave
inverter. It would have done one load only before our leisure batteries were dry i.e. wash, spin out suds, rinse and final spin. Clothes and jeans all came out very clean and pretty dry. Impressed with how good a clean. Having read someone's advice on this thread about re-using the suds for a second load, I did this too ... the leisure batteries than started to groan and the EHU went back on. Off grid we could've run the engine (mindful of people nearby, of course!). The washer takes a really decent size load. But had to split one load going through the spinner as this is a fair bit smaller
I will continue to soak most clothes (not jeans, towels and bedding) for 24 hours in my pot with a lid (large plastic container that in a former life contained Haribo, and no, I did not munch my way through the contents!) and use the twin tub for a very short wash, then rinse and spin. It uses no more water to rinse than I do when I hand rinse; probably less. I will use it fully for the bulky items only when we have EHU on a CL or aire, and as these don't get washed that often (we are not that unclean ... we do have more than one set of bedding and towels!).
Whether hand washing or using the machine, we will need to have a good supply of water nearby. I reckon my two biggish loads used just over 40 litres, but I washed a lot more than I would normally hand wash in one go.
The only negative is that drains for the base and it is too big to sit on a surface in the van, so i will have to use it when we can put it outside. Might see if we can put the drain pipe down the shower drain .... then I won't even need to move it!
Overall, pleased we bought it. With dog towels and bedding that are usually banned from site machines and the cost of machines, it will have paid for itself in about 8 months.
