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Lehman's clothes wringer...does anyone use one?

 
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I'm going to get this one unless I hear any major downside.

Our 35 year old Maytag washer finally 'really' died a few months ago so we have been doing most of our laundry by hand in a old copper sink on the back porch and draining the water to tubs to then water things.  We've always hung things out on the line or on the back porch clothes lines.

We washed by hand through the 70's....through cloth diapers for two babies so nothing new except I still wish for a wringer as my hands get sore.

Shopping for clamp on clothes wringers led me to Lehman's, costly but nothing seemed comparable.

Has anyone been using one long enough to find any downside?
https://www.lehmans.com/product/lehmans-best-hand-wringer/

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My wringer works well for woven fabrics but distorts knits.  But mine is old.
 
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I have a wringer.  It served well at our off grid property.  It is still there.

If I remember correctly I might have had a problem with big thick towels.
 
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Thanks!

Growing up mom had an electric maytag wringer washer and I remember breaking buttons through the wringer was a thing...and not getting fingers near the rollers!

I had a really old worn one when we did diapers but the rollers were cracked and the whole thing was barely usable. We had the big double aluminum tubs then though and I'd love to have them again.
https://permies.com/t/69852/Cloth-Diapering-laundry-Water-Usage#586178
 
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I've read about using old bike tire inner tubes to recondition rollers.  I haven't tried it yet, but it looks the same as what they do to fix typewriters.  Put tube on, shrink with heat, complain about fumes from heating plastic.
 
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We RV traveled with a family that used one of those ringers and also tried a cabbage spinner. We had a "spin dryer". No heat, just high spin rpm. Hang to dry and it is night and day on how quickly things dry.

It uses very little power and you spin a load for only 3-5 mins. Here is something similar to what we have:

https://laundry-alternative.com/products/ninja-3200-rpm-portable-centrifugal-spin-dryer-with-high-tech-suspension-system?currency=USD&variant=40520151728179&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=605621b62780&utm_campaign=gs-2018-12-13&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsoe5BhDiARIsAOXVoUtiTogTluWo64KnDya6wpzdGI_tPeXQSucf0xpl94eSIuQIE5e4vj8aArXeEALw_wcB
 
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Maybe see if you can find an old mop bucket (or rubbermaid, if you don't mind plastic), like the school janitors used.
It squeezes the water out.  Works for most shirts, pants, etc. and thinner towels.
 
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I have a Lehman's wringer, and have used it a few times.  The rollers did crack more quickly than I expected -- my mother used a wringer washer when I was young, and I don't remember the rollers being cracked at all, even after many years of use.  The wringers are helpful, though, especially for stuff that's hard to wring by hand, like large towels and blue jeans.
 
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