Washing cloth diapers with the Haier HLP21N
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ส.ค. 2014
- If you live in an apartment without a washer/dryer hookup and want to cloth diaper your baby, here is a great solution! This portable washer can hook up to your sink or bathroom faucet.
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I'm picking my new machine up today & this tutorial is very informative. This machine will beat the traveling to the laundromat blues lol
I am so glad!
I have this washer in my camper, LOVE LOVE IT!
Oh that is great, nice it is in your camper!
Love our little Haier
Very good video, easy to understand. Thank you!
I have this same one and if you use the heavy setting it will fill up altogether three times so basically you get a extra rinse. I never realized this till one day I happened to turn the water off after it was done filling for the rinse and it beeped telling me it had no water so i turned on the water and it definitely filled once more to my surprise.
I have a different Haier compact washer .. I have to load everything in Before hitting start.. but I love for cloth diapers
Thank you for your good video.. I am getting one soon.. God bless you and your baby😁
Thank you.
One thing to remember is not to overfill it. Make sure you have the water level higher than the clothes being washed. : )
Thanks so much for this! I have wanted to cloth diaper my baby since she was born but do not have laundry hook ups and will not wash my babys clothes at the laundry mat (my mom does her clothes, also not saying anything is wrong with washing your babies clothes at the laundry mat just at the one available to me lol). Unfortunately we have been using disposables since she was born as I have been actively looking for an affordable apartment washer. Luckily I found one on Craigslist and it happened to be this one so we took the plunge praying it would be sufficient for CD! Well it might be dfferent as mine does not have a see through lid and the button panel is a little different but Im sure its the about the same. I have been looking for ideas for a wash routine but have only come across ones for regular washers and am so happy I found your video. Sometimes my common sense goes through the window! I have been sitting and staring at this thing since we got it wondering how the heck I was going to control the water temp as It does not have an option for it. Well DUHH you have complete control over what faucet you turn on. Yea im an idiot! I was already excited to begin this journey but now im even more excited as I have a bit more confidence in washing them!!!!
+Danielle Rudolph Great, hope it is going well.
love this washer, I've also washed mine in the bath tub too! if you wash by hand it helps to soak them
I used a cable tie to connect both hoses together. That solved the problem of drainage hose jumping out the sink.
+Shakira Marable great solution!
I mounted the drain hose different n stopped the hose from slapping the side of the mechine. And it will rub thru the drain hose. Rerouted mine strait up the back of the mechine. Leave enough hose to allow movement of the motor parts to body mounts up the backside. Aluminum tape n gasket maker can be used as a patch if drain hose has rubbed through n leak. I use a pair of vicegrips to hold down the drain hose in the sink drain by clamping just behind the end collar into the sink drain.
Don't know how to add a picture.
Diasculpa para cuantos kilo de ropa tiene capacidad?
We found that this washer works best when hooked up to the bathroom sink. The adapter has threads inside and outside making it universal with almost any sink, and the hose fits perfectly into the drain of the sink with the trap removed. These machines work very well and get our clothes cleaner than most of the machines at the laundromat.
Yes, I loved it! Ideally I would have been able to have it somewhere permanently, not having to wheel it into the kitchen. That took commitment. Diapers always seemed very clean after washing in this machine!
Just bought this for my garage - to wash all my detailing towels. Looks like it should do the trick.
Why do you do a no soap wash first?
its cloth diapers, most likely with poop and pee. you need to rinse out the poop and pee first.
exactly! and with cold water so it doesn't set any stains...
If you are washing them with a good disinfectant laundry soap, then what pumps out in the sink would be sterile/safe water
Hi, I know it's been a few years since you posted these but I'm still hoping I can gain some insights. I see you turned the faucet on in this video even before you turned on the machine. Is the water running at this time? If so where? The problem with my machine is that when I turn on the faucet, the water will try to flow into the machine even though the machine stops accepting water in the non-fill cycles. I don't know if the problem is with my machine for not being able to control the on/off flow of water from the faucet or if my faucet should not be feeding water during non-fill cycles.
Hi, I don't know exactly how it worked, but water did not flow. I don't understand how, but I do remember wondering, but then it seemed to work just fine! Good luck!
Thanks, I figured out it was the connecting pipe and was able to get a replacement:)
I just got mine a week or so ago. I read the manual and it said never to use hot water. Since you have been using the machine for a while like this, have you experienced any issues relating to hot water use? I am not sure why hot water wouldn’t be allowed, but I also fully intend to use this for cloth diapers and I want to wash them properly
oh! I don't remember reading that, but I must have missed it. I didn't notice any issues, but I don't currently use it as we have moved.
I am thinking of getting one tomorrow is this heavy to carry? I live up steps
@@deannamontgomery8115 yes. A strong man can. A weak man or a woman can't without risking some serious back injury. :(
@@deannamontgomery8115 - No, it is not that heavy. I was 60 yrs old when I got mine and was able to get it into the front seat of my car and bring it into my travel trailer.
I just bought one of these and this might be a dumb question. But... You you dont leave the water from the faucet on the whole time do you?
+Deanna Woodward Yes you do.
Would you want to walk over to the washer everytime it needs to rinse the clothes and turn on the water or wouldn't you rather just leave the water on and then turn it off once your wash is done?
Also, you don't turn off the water on a full size washer so why would you on a portable washer?
you do but it didn't use way her unless its filling the machine. I often unhook the washer to wash a few dishes while its in a wash or rinse cycle. regardless the cycles don't take long
can you wash big bath towels with it?
I am not sure. Probably, but not many, maybe 2? I don't really know though.
is it really noisy? we live upstairs and have extra thin walls.
I have the same model. It's not too bad but the spin cycle is very loud if it isn't properly balanced. We found that towels have to be washed separate to keep the tub from hitting the side of the machine and making noise.
Hi, we also lived above two other apartments and it didn't seem to be a problem.
Hello does this washer really cleans the diapers, hows the agitation with the cd? I liked that this portable washer has different cycles. How the agitation in the heavy cycle? Im thinking of buying one but i want to know about the agitation style like spinning or rubbing against eachother moving from up to down like a normal washer. Thanks grate video
+sarah hardesty Put them in a tumble dryer and you won't have a problem with stuff stretching out.
+Eric Ver Linden es, that is ideal. At the time we didn't have a dryer, and I didn't want to walk to the laundromat with a bunch of heavy wet diapers, or spend the money.
+Damaris Vazquez Yes, it worked great for us. I liked how I could rinse on cold, wash on hot, and rinse again. We use a regular washing machine now, and I miss using the portable one for our cloth diapers. I am not sure how gentle it is on things long term. It might stretch things out a bit, I remember onesie's would have a wide neck after washing them in this, but for the diapers it was great.
Damaris, the up and down motion is fairly new. The back and forth type was the norm. : ) Anyway, I have the same machine and I agree with her that it works great. Just don't overfill it and it will turn easily and forcefully push the clothes back and forth.
Where did you purchase the adapter for your kitchen sink? What is the adapter called? Are you in Canada? Thank you.
+Deborah Anne It came with it I believe! I am not in Canada.
it comes with the machine
Deborah Anne from any hardware store it's called faucet adopter
Where did you get your diaper pail?
www.bearbums.com/products/diaper-pail
How many diapers could you wash at one time?
Probably two days worth...
Are you worried about lint clogging up the sink drain.
I wasn't...until now. I am not using this anymore, because of circumstances, but that could be a longterm concern I guess, I hadn't thought about it, so not sure.
@@Littlewholesome so why don't you use it any more?
@@seanmaxwell2754 we used this when we lived in a small nyc apartment with no washer dryer - and we were on the third floor. It was a godsend then, and the only way I could have done cloth diapering in that situation. We now have a washer/dryer so we don't need this.
Hi I'm wondering how many cubic feet that is.. I believe theres a 1.0 cubic ft and a 1.5 cubic ft
+Yecenia Bonilla This one is 1.5 cu ft. I have a RCA one that is 2.1 cu ft. Cost less then this one and has a bigger capacity.
+Yecenia Bonilla This one is 1.5 cu ft. I have a RCA one that is 2.1 cu ft. Cost less then this one and has a bigger capacity.
+Yecenia Bonilla This one is actually 1 cubic foot.
+Eric Ver Linden this one is 1 cubic foot. www.haier.com/us/products/laundry/washers/compact-washers/hlp21n.shtml
Is there a way to do this so you aren't draining diaper water into the same sink you wash eating utensils in?
If you can, use the sink in your bathroom? I would clean with vinegar and paper towel after I think.
You could probably use this in the bathroom and have the drain hose go into the toilet.
did you buy a need hose ??
I don't know what that is, so no!
You dont know what a hose is?..gosh damn you are dumb
C C she's not stupid. Maybe you should learn about grammar before you comment
*did you NEED to buy a hose?*
Not "did you buy a need hose?"
Katia, medialuna lulu wrote that. So you shouldnt direct this comment to me
C C oh i think i got confused
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can u hook this up to a regular washer hookup?
I am not sure...
according to Haier you can
yes
Putting an item in the sink (Tupperware full of water) is a dumb idea since it can block the drain and the sink can potentially overfill leading to water all over the place.
What I did was zip tie the drain hose to the inlet hose, that way the drain hose stays in place while draining the water.
+Eric Ver Linden I think your zip tie idea sounds like a great solution. For us it was ok because I kept an eye on it, and I had filled the tupperware with water, so it was heavy and it did not block the drain in any way.
I've been doing the same thing for about a year now and no overflow. It goes down the drain faster than it has a chance to overflow the sink. Mine has a u shaped pipe at the end, so I put it behind the dish rack, and that holds it in place.
I am give this video a thumbs down because no one on this video show you how to hook the machine to the sink. Way will I buy a $200.00 plus machine if my sink will not allow me to use it. PLEASE STAY SHOW PEOPLE HOW TO HOOK THE MACHINE TO THE SINK. DON’T JUST SAY HOOK IT TO THE SINK.