I am a lazy ass homemaker.

I used my credit card points to exchange for Lazada electronic gift checks that were enough to buy me a mini washing machine for PhP 2,000.

I bought this primarily to wash our foot mats and rags that we use to clean up counters–because I don’t want to wash them by hand and spend my entire weekend brushing rags/ foot mats. I experienced the entire Christmas break just soaking these rags/mats in detergent and were just in basins for 2 weeks until Ate C came back.

So when I tried it today, I loaded it with two foot mats and just enough water (about half of the tub) and washed it for 15 mins. Then I let down the drain tube to let the water out (it doesn’t automatically drain) then poured water from the bucket into the tub for an initial rinse for 15 mins.

It doesn’t have a spin dryer so you have to manually wring the water out from the rags/clothes and hang to air dry.

My girls asked why can’t we use our 8 kg automatic washing machine to wash our rags? I said I don’t want dirty rags/mats to be washed in the same tub where we wash our clothes. Nope.

This mini washing machine is ideal for small condo units and for dorms, if you’re not fond of hand washing your undies and some shirts. I reckon you can wash 3-4 adult T-shirts in one load or 5 boxer shorts. Some reviewers on Lazada said they bought this to wash baby clothes.

My brother’s wife wanted to buy this too because while they use laundromats for their clothes, there are some items that needed to be hand washed like my brother’s undies (tee hee!).