Dillon R.

3.0 cubic holds a good amount and washes very well.

Make sure you remove all styrofoam supports before you try and use this machine!!! If you’re looking for a cheap reliable washer this is definitely what you want. If you don’t mind a tad bit bigger washer then I suggest you go check out your nearest Home Depot and Lowe’s for washers on clearance because I seen a whirlpool brand 4.8 cubic top loader for $475 which was really nice I would of bought that instead but I bought this first also I don’t know if the sink would work for the whirlpool so it is what it is. This black and Decker works with the sink which is why I went with this because my apartment doesn’t have a washer setup. So far so good with this washer it holds a good amount of clothes and being in an apartment with neighbors to the left, right, and below it’s great that this machine is quiet. When it’s on full speed spin which would be the loudest point for this washer you can’t hear it if your in the next room, also if your using a dolly to move the washer around you can put a shock resistant pad on the dolly and it will help even more with lowering the vibration and sound. As for the size it’s bigger then I thought it would be it’s about the same size as a regular washer it stands about 3ft tall out of the box but you can make it a little taller if you’d like. It’s still a good enough size to where you can tuck it away so it’s not taking up a lot of room which I like and if you put it on a dolly it super easy to move it around. It washes towels with ease and they come out super clean and if you use sent beads it’s really makes the clothes and the room smell very good you can smell it coming through the washer the sent on the clothes really POPs with this washer I’m not sure why but it’s way better then other washers I’ve used. I also love how you can mix and match different kinds of wash settings to how ever you want which not many washers do with other washers you kind of just get what they give you. Also keep in mind if you press the program button and it goes down the list of quick, bulky , normal and delicate the more you press the button you’ll notice the light starts to blink which means the settings on the left, So solid light is settings on the left and blinking light is settings on the right. As for how long this washer will last I believe it can last 10 years with no breaking down and if anything breaks on it I think it would be super easy and cheap to fix because I looked on the inside and the mechanism looks super simple and I don’t think it would be hard to fix plus black and decker has professionals that will come out and fix it. It also depends on how you treat it too if over load it you’ll probably get less time out of it but if you load it so there’s less strain on the motor it should last a long time. I like how the clothes come out nice and dry after the spin cycle so if you don’t have a dryer it doesn’t take much to get them fully dry. I also like the drain hose because it drains fast without the hose moving or falling and the water goes down the sink drain with no problems, I can have a bunch of dishes in the sink and the water has no trouble draining or filling up the sink. Also keep in mind it’s filling from a sink so it’s best to let the washer fill up half way before you put the clothes in so the clothes don’t soak up the water at the beginning making the fill take a lot longer. Over all great buy im very happy I bought this machine if anything changes I’ll update my review but I definitely recommend this washer and I also recommend the Comfee brand washer and Comfee brand portable dishwasher, if you need a portable dishwasher the comfee brand is amazing I’ve had mine for 4 years it works like new every time I use it and it runs and drains using the sink as well.Ver más

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The Event Creator

31 de diciembre de 2025

Best Washer I’ve Ever Owned

I ordered this Black+Decker 3.0 Cu. Ft. Washer and when it arrived, I immediately got buyers remorse because it looked so huge but I unboxed it anyway figuring if the measurements were correct, it should fit. The measurements were correct but I couldn’t get it into my bathroom or hall closet. What I didn’t take ito consideration was that because of the depth of the doors, the washer needed to go past them at an angle which just wasn’t able to happen. I thought that I was stuck with it because there was no way I could now drop it off at an authorized Amazon return facility. But I called Amazon anyway and they were amazing. They set up a home pickup for 3 days later and instructed me to leave it outside on the day of the pickup. That same day the money was returned to my original payment method.In the meantime, I ordered the same washer just one size smaller in the 2.0 Cu. Ft. Version and it is perfect! By far the best washer I’ve owned. Thus far, I’ve washed at least 10 loads of laundry over the past couple of weeks and I’m very happy. The washer can fit a lot more items than I thought it would be able to so this 2.0 is more than I needed in the first place. It is extremely quiet even when spinning a load of towels. I live in an apartment so I was concerned but my neighbors said they haven’t noticed anything different. One neighbor said she just thought I was running my dishwasher more often because it sounded the same.I ended up getting both a longer water intake and drain hose but for the additional $30 cost, the total price with the cost of the washer was still a great price. I would have paid twice the amount for the convenience and time savings, and price I’ve been paying at the laundromat. My clothes seem so much cleaner and this washer spins so well that they feel almost dry as I’m putting them into my new dryer. Highly recommend! And a huge Thank You to Amazon for making the return so easy.Ver más

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Lindsey

8 de abril de 2025

I PROMISE, THE MONEY IS WORTH IT!!!

** I was suspicious at first BUT THIS WASHER PROVED ME WRONG*** I live in an apartment 2 bed 1.5 bath. This washer fits perfectly inside of .5 bath and the closet that I store it in. It was bigger than I thought, but it fits my queen sheets and queen comforter in it perfectly. The settings are amazing for this washer. If you need to pause it and accidentally hit the off button, the sensor in the washer knows not to overfill it. It will start from the beginning is the only thing. The water hook up to the sink adapter fit perfectly (it is included with the washer.) If you are worried about this I would run to your local hardware store, its pretty easy to find another adapter. You can use cold or warm water with cold water hose. You don’t even need a hose to fill it, you could use jugs of water but you have to fill it until the sensor tells you there is enough water. It makes the same sounds as a normal washer. It’s not too loud. The washer rings out the clothes really well. Literally the exact same as a normal size washer. I got to 2 year protection plan just in case but I have no leaks as of right now. The lint trap is really useful. It catches so much lint. (I have two dogs) If you are worried about your sink clogging you can always put a panty hose at the end to catch the extra security but the water is clear with no lint every time I observed it draining. Just make sure your drain is not slow flowing because it pushes out a lot of water at one time. You could drain it in the toilet or a tub rather than a sink. I highly recommend buying a dolly. It is very heavy for one person to move round the house. I wouldn’t leave this washing unattended due to the drainage hose. Just make sure something heavy is propped up on top of it or you tape it down when in use. Also, the plug is a three prong plug. Don’t worry that you are keeping the facet on the entire duration of the wash, the water does stop when not in use of the washers function. Overall I see me keeping this for a long time. Even if I were to move into another apartment, it is easy for me to hook up to a regular washer and dryer hook up. If you are having doubts about buying this, I wouldn’t. It is worth the money. It seems like it will last a few years. The money for laundry mat gets expensive it evens out in the end. You are able to do your own clothes in your apartment and not have to take extra trips. Plus there is always a risk people will steal your clothes at a laundry mat or even in your apartment building. I don’t notice a difference in my water or electricity bill. It’s that cheap! There is a sticker that comes with it that says how much it will cost. Igor the 1.6 and my estimate is 9 dollars for the year.

Suzy

21 de marzo de 2022

No more laundromat!

Years ago I found out about portable washers but at the time I had a roommate that disagreed on getting one because of our limited space but fast forward and I have my own place now and I purchased this and am so happy with this purchase! I have never in my life had the privilege of having a washer and/or dryer in my home. At first I was a bit distraught as the included attachment didn't fit on my bathroom faucet (its a weird faucet) I was able to purchase an adapter kit (which still didn't work with my bathroom faucet) but I found out that the right combo of 3 of the adapters put together fits on my shower hose just right and I've been able to do laundry that way, takes a few minutes to set up and I have it drain out into the shower tub which I think is better than the sink cause my tub has a hair/lint catcher already. But I'm fascinated by how this machine cleans my clothes so well. I have had it for a bit over a month now and recently purchased the Panda dryer and although I can't put all my clothes into one load it still saves me the hassle of lugging my stuff to the laundromat and spending $15-$30 every week. I have been able to wash all my clothes, jackets, throw blankets, bed sheets, large towels, small towels, even a thin comforter and even my bath mats! I use less soap and since its just me I no longer have to add laundry sanitizer which I did previously because of the shared machines at the laundromat, so there's more savings there! I also was able to purchase the dolly even though I leave the washer in my bathroom next to the tub (because its a rather large bathroom), its nice to be able to move it around when I need to mop underneath or to move it closer to the shower hose and outlet when in use. I keep up with the maintenance of the machine cause I want it to last for a long time so after every use I wipe it down make sure inside of the lid edge is all clean, I unscrew the little filter in the back and drain it and make sure its clean and I clean the inside of the drum lint filter as well as it gets FULL of lint and cat fur. Something else I found really helpful was because the machine is on the dolly it makes it way taller than my sink and tub so I had noticed at first that when I had the drainage tube set up over the tub and draining into the tub it would drain while also filling up and I thought that I got a doozy BUT in order for the drum to fill up you just have to make sure the drainage tube it set where its either higher than the machine or at the same level and not way down below the drum. Once I set it up in the tub that it was higher all was good and the drum was able to fill up properly.I did a lot of research before purchasing the machine like water usage, and that it barely uses any electricity and I watched a ton of YouTube video reviews of the same machine to see how they set it up and worked with it and made me more confident in the purchase since it was a bit of a bigger purchase for me. I did the same with the panda dryer and I've been happy with both. If it means not being at a dirty, loud and gross laundromat and I can do laundry in my home no matter how long it takes, I am happy.I would 100% recommend this machine, it arrived within 2 days, set up was easy, doesn't take much water and uses a minimal amount of electricity and does like a normal washing machine would do just smaller.

Ash

8 de agosto de 2024

Has Problems, But It Can Work

I wavered between giving this three or four stars… I’m honestly surprised that it is so highly rated, given the problems that it has. I was extremely disappointed when it started having issues after only a few uses. However I have been able to make this work for my needs.A little background on my situation, I live in an apartment on the 5th floor of a 120+ year old building with no elevator. The laundry room is in the basement, and very poorly maintained. I dreaded doing laundry every week with the task of hauling all my clothes, bedding, etc. up and down all the stairs, it was exhausting. The floor of the laundry room was always sodden, with muddy puddles, random trash on the floor that blew in from the outside. It was like an ongoing bleak joke on myself when I’d be pulling fresh, hot laundry out of the dryer, and some little sock or underwear would dismally fall into a dirty pool on the floor. After all that effort. Although I tried to be as careful and vigilant as possible when pulling clothes out of the dryer. The laundry machines in the basement are old and awful, and one day one of the washing machines stopped working with my wet clothes and detergent in it, so I reached my breaking point. I did some research online, multiple websites pointed to this model as a “best of”. The prospect of being able to do laundry in-apartment, no stairs, in a clean functioning machine…I could not wait to use this appliance. The delivery was fantastic, the Amazon delivery man surprised me by carrying the whole heavy package all the way up the stairs to my stupid apartment in the terrible humidity of summer - amazing! I was squealing with glee when it arrived.And the first three washes were great. I was delighted by the overall convenience, the compact size of the machine, the quietness, the dryness of the clothes after the spin cycle. I was able to do most of my laundry in three wash loads, which was awesome. I did the “Normal” Load Size - Medium with the regular settings for all three. I was singing the praises of this machine to my friends and family for days. I was saved from the awful basement laundry! What a relief.For reference, I set this up in our bathroom, which I know from reading the instructions is not ideal because of the humidity. It was our only option, because our kitchen sink has a pull-down faucet, and although I studied the detailed tips that another reviewer had for that sort of setup, it seemed a bit too complex for me. I envisioned the washing machine draining into the bathroom tub from the beginning, as it pulled water from the bathroom sink, so this is how I set it up. I will mention, there was a little confusion with the instructions for hooking up the faucet adapter, but I figured it out through trial and error. I simply put the drain hose into the bathtub over the side of the tub, and this worked. For the first three washes.It was a few days later that I went to do a fourth wash, and this time I put in a thin zip up sweatshirt that had a good amount of dog hair on it, as well as some tshirts and shorts. I’m not sure if it was the dog hair clogging the drain, or the weight of the wash, or the wash cycle I selected, I may have tried to do “Heavy” or “3-Large”, but something went wrong and it gave me the E1 error message. I quickly pulled everything out and tried to troubleshoot. I searched these reviews, I read the manual again. I tried blowing the drain to see if anything was blocking it, I cleaned the filter, there didn’t seem to be a ton of dog hair. I read a tip from another reviewer who recommended to do a cycle to clean the washer itself, which I believe had been the Rapid wash cycle. This turned out to be problematic, because I ran into a brand new issue where the water fill sequence was also now draining the water right into the tub through the drain hose, as it was trying to fill it at the same time. I was honestly devastated at this point, because I invested decent money into purchasing this machine, it had seemed to solve a serious everyday problem for me before.I started reading more critical reviews here about how hard it is to return, about people not receiving quality customer assistance from Black + Decker, and the technical problems with the draining and error messages. My heart sank. Thankfully there was a reviewer on here who explained the drain issue. They said that there is no drain valve in this machine, which would be a piece in the drain to help control the flow of water. It turns out that if you do not elevate the drain hose enough, there’s nothing to stop the water from running down through the hose if it is not elevated.So now the solve for this is…hopefully you have a large elevated sink to drain the water into, that you can also secure the hose to, so it doesn’t flail about and drown your space. Or, figure out a way to hoist up the drain hose in a deep basin, for me, this was still the tub. I ended up buying two heavy duty suction cup hooks here on Amazon, and attached those to the shower wall. The hooks hold the drain hose up high enough and securely enough to solve the drain issue. But as someone also pointed out in a review here, the lack of the drain valve and the requirement to elevate the hose, also puts pressure on the little pump to work harder. So eventually, it may be the pump that goes first on this machine.Try elevating your drain hose if you have similar problems - but I will also mention that as others have found, the programming on some of the other functions seems to be wonky. I exclusively only use Normal - Medium, because it works, and I’m not going to mess with it. I keep the loads at around 50-70% full on the drum without compacting the laundry to fit. I still don’t understand why the first few loads worked fine with the drain hose not elevated, but, whatever, it works likethis for now. I also, like others, have purchased a little rolling dolly for it to sit on for portability. I don’t find the movement to be concerning on the Normal - Medium cycle, which is a plus.I have to give this appliance plenty of props for the ease it has created in my life for doing laundry in-apartment, but I also have to subtract points because it doesn’t function in all the ways that it probably should. The wash loads do turn out great, especially with the powerful spin cycle. Delivery was great.

Steve K

8 de agosto de 2025

LOVE! Better than my non-portable

This is honestly the best washing machine I've ever owned. I like it even better than my old fancy stackable washer that always had a weird mildew smell for some reason.These are great washers. They don't have an agitator in the middle, which really just means more capacity. There is no noticeable difference at all in how clean your clothes get. I can put a week's worth of clothes in one load, no problem. I can wash a full-size comforter no problem.I've heard people claim in posted videos and reviews that the clothes are practically dry after the spin cycle. Let's not get carried away. You're still going to need to dry your clothes, but the spin cycle does indeed do a good job. Better than my standard washers have done in the past. If you're in an apartment, you could definitely get one of those 12V tiny driers they sell on Amazon to accompany this and it would work great. All you need is a window for those things and they have a little pipe that vents the moisture outside.It is packed with features. Love the digital readout. Setup is a breeze. I enjoy the glass top, so I can see what is going on inside without opening the lid.It is really quiet. The sloshing sound it makes is almost soothing. The self-balancing works REALLY well. I've been using this as our only washer for over six months and have never experienced any banging from an uneven load (probably another advantage of not having a center agitator).I have this hooked up to normal washer/dryer hookups, so I have not played with the sink setup yet, but i think it will be easy when that time comes.The only mistake I made was the size I got. This is a great size to use inside a house or apartment. It will wash a lot, but it is too big if you are considering it for an RV setup. I could get away with one half this size for that purpose. Black and Decker makes the same washer in smaller sizes and they are A LOT less money.Because of that, i'm going to give this to my son when he leaves for college because I know he's not going to be able to afford a place with washer/dryer hookups. This is really a great option for apartment dwellers with pay washers or if you go to laundromats. This thing will pay for itself pretty quickly and it's going to be so much better for the life of your clothes. Plus, your clothes won't get stolen! (that happened to me once in college) Absolute game changer. Don't even think about it if that sounds like you. Buy it today.