Laundry would be a real tough one for most people, I think the washing machine is probably the most amazing piece of tech that nearly everyone just takes totally for granted!
Do you have a washboard?!?
Laundry would be a real tough one for most people, I think the washing machine is probably the most amazing piece of tech that nearly everyone just takes totally for granted!
Do you have a washboard?!?
No, our old basement laundry sink had one built into one side of it but our “new improved” one doesn’t. I should probably pick one up. In a pinch, I could use a 5-gallon bucket with a gamma seal and agitate it manually.
I love the sound of that old sink!
I've got loose plans in my head to make a cycle washing machine when I get settled off-grid, I've never seen one before, but it strikes me a no-brainer - a washing machine drum, connected to a bike with manually controlled water inlets/ outlets - it'd be a bit of a mission, but very achievable, and a spin work-out too.
There are small hand-cranked ones commercially available:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FTVRV6P/
Haven’t looked, but I’d be surprised if there weren’t bike-powered designs on the web.
I couldn't imagine hand cranking a wash - cycling seems so much easier, it must be a thing already!