This versatile 2-in-1 automatic washer offers 10 programs and 8 water levels via its LED interface for precise control. With an integrated drain pump and extended hose, water drainage is effortless. The smart control panel ensures accurate time and water management, featuring a digital timer for preset and remaining washing times. Compact yet robust, it's suitable for families, camping, RVs, boats, and apartments. The Auto Unbalance Detection corrects imbalances, preventing vibrations, and it excels in energy-saving with different water control levels and a 24-hour smart delay cleaning function. The high-quality motor ensures stable power, contributing to an impressive 84% reduction in energy consumption, embodying efficiency for households.
Overall, I am satisfied with this portable washing machine. However, if I had to do it all over, I would size up to 2.8 or 3 cf because I don’t believe this one is actually 2.4 cf because the tub seems smaller than similar capacity machines I checked out in person at PC Richard, but those were double to triple the price.
Delivery was fast, but the box was banged up & there were some dings on the machine. Despite this being advertised as a white Homdox machine, what arrived was a light grey (that clearly is grey, not white) Nictemaw machine that, except for the coloring, looks exactly the same as the advertised Homdox one. (I now suspect that all these similar looking machines with different brand names are all Nictemaw machines that have been licensed to carry other brand names.) When it arrived there was a bit water that was all over the inside of the box & the machine. I’ve read that this is normal due to the machines being run-tested prior to sale. In addition, there was a strong burning rubber smell that kept making me nauseous. Upon researching, I found out the smell can either be normal or a sign of motor damage & the only way to know which is whether the smell goes away in some days as you use the machine or if it remains the same or intensifies as you use the machine & that during this time there is the potential for the laundered items to pick up the smell. Given the combo of the smell making me sick, the exterior being marred and the machine not being the advertised white color that I wanted, I contacted Wayfair & they offered to either come get the machine & do a full refund or take a percentage off. I chose the latter because I really didn’t want the hassle of boxing it up since it weighs like 50 pounds. Wayfair’s customer service was hassle free & excellently responsive. I just had to upload some pictures as proof & that was it. In about a week the smell did dissipate but I was sick the whole time whenever I entered the room it was in.
I put it on a dolly & then adjusted the height of the machine legs so it was flat. When it does the high rpm spin, the machine does wobble, but not excessively & I suspect that if it was on the floor instead of the dolly, the wobbling would be minimal. Installing the quick connect adapter to my bathroom sink faucet was fast and easy, as was screwing on the hose to the machine water inlet. Just make sure you screw it in tight enough, without over tightening. In the beginning some water slowly accumulated on it, but after tightening it up a slight bit more, there’s been no more leaking. At first I didn’t like look of the inlet being on top of the machine, & not on the back, but now I love it because it allows for a nonconvoluted hose connection to the faucet & the quick connection has remained tight even with the faucet turned all the way up. The machine does make noise while operating, most especially when spinning, but it hasn’t seemed excessive to me. Your taste might differ.
I really dislike the manual and the detergent dosing visual guide on the control panel because both are unclear. A picture of a cup or a cup and a half doesn’t tell you the actual measurement ranges. It really is a learn as you go experience as to how much detergent is too much or too little. It is better to err on the side of under-dosing & work your way up so you don’t end up having to do multiple extra rinses to get all of the detergent out. The instructions are basically non-existent because hardly any are given & then what is given is so badly translated into English that they are almost incomprehensible. I have no idea what the difference is between the Common & Normal settings for example or what quality makes the Blanket setting good for blankets. It is all trial and error. First know that the double letters printed on the control panel are displayed on the lcd when the machine is running in order to tell you what activity it is doing. The see through grey lid is really not that see through but that’s not much of an issue because you can open the lid and see what the machine is doing without the machine stopping except for the rinse and spin cycles. During rinses the lid can be up while the tub is filling with water & doing the normal “wash” rotations and while the water is draining (you will hear the noise of the powered draining) but once the draining stops & it is getting ready to spin, you must close the lid or else you will get an error alarm. While washing it does two types of rotations. The first type is more forceful and lasts longer than the second type which is a short period of half rotations. In my opinion clothes come out quite clean just like a full sized machine. For the full cycles, except for the Quick cycle which only has one, the rinse cycle consists of two rounds and they use the highest level of water independent of whatever water level you chose for washing. The first round is longer than the second. Each rinse round consists of the same rotation pattern as when washing, a longer and stronger one & then a short burst of half rotations, then the water is drained out, then you must have the lid closed and it does a series of low rpm spins and then a burst of high rpm spins, then the machine refills with clean water. The second rinse round is very short in terms of agitation time. This is the rinse round where you put in fabric softener. After the rinse rounds are over there is the final very high rpm spin round. At the end of the final spin round the clothes are like 50-60% dry in my opinion. There is a spin only setting so you can repeat 8 min high rpm spins so as to extract even more water. Afterwards you can put the clothes to dry outside of the machine or use the air dry function for 30 or 60 or 90 minutes to further, but never completely, dry the items. I would give both the spin & air dry functions a 4/5 rating.
One thing I’m not a fan of (in addition to the fact that the lint catcher filter is a 0/5 because it does nothing, so get make sure to either get a really effective drain cover or put a stocking over the end of the drain hose or do both) is that pre-wash soaking and softener rinse soaking times are not customizable (nor is there a setting for the cycles to automatically transition into air drying without you having to come back to the machine to manually start air drying) so this is how I do things.
1 - start the machine at whatever wash program and only pick the first water level
2 - add in my prewash powders mix (equal parts of Biz, Borax, Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda, & OxiClean) & laundry detergent & scent booster beads to the water as it is filling in
3 - let the machine “wash” for about 2 minutes so that everything is evenly dissolved & then Power Off the machine
4 - Turn the machine back on and pick the wash cycle and water level I really want and put in the clothes as the machine is filling up with more water.
5 - Let the cycle agitate for like a minute and then Pause the cycle for however long I want the clothes to soak.
6 - Come back when the soaking time is over and Unpause the machine & let it wash and do the first round of rinse & rinse-spin.
7 - At the end of the first rinse-spin (with the clothes half-dry) I Pause the machine & take out the clothes & then Unpause the machine
8 - While the machine is filling up with water I pour in softener & when the machine starts to agitate, I Pause it again & put back in the clothes & then Unpause it & let it agitate for like a minute & then Pause it again & let the clothes soak for 15-20 minutes in the softener & then Unpause & let it finish the rinse, spin & air dry cycles.
9 - Finally, I put the clothes in a rectangular, about 5 feet tall, clothes drying tent that has the drying machine peeking through the bottom floor of the tent & in addition I put in a dehumidifier at the bottom of the drying tent to speed up drying time.
10 - By the end, everything comes out clean, dry, soft and smelling wonderful. It might sound like a lot of steps but it is still better and more time efficient than going to a laundromat.
One final point, if you are going to drain into a bathtub with thick sides the provided u-shaped drain holder is not wide enough to fit so you have to come up with an alternative method to keep the hose down solely in the bathtub & not flailing round spurting water everywhere.
Would I buy it again? Yes, but in a bigger size.. Lysiane. New York, NY. Sun May 03 2026
