BLACK+DECKER 3.0 Cu. Ft. Portable Washer, 26.5 lb. Capacity Washing Machine, 6 Cycles, Quick Connect Sink Adapter and Drain Hose Included, Transparent Lid & LED Display, BPW30MW, White

So I specifically bought this to bucket fill… I live off grid and don’t have any water source to directly hook it to. I have also had the Japanese style ones where there’s a wash cycle on one side and a spin on the other and they’re AWFUL. This is much much better. I had seen a couple reviews stating that they bucket fill this one, but not much info about water usage doing that or how it works, so here’s what I’ve learned so far (please note, this is for the largest model offered): The system seems to be weight based. Given that it’s hooked up to nothing I can hear the intake pump running at the beginning of a cycle. This will continue until the unit has enough water in it, but how does it know? I played around a lot and decided it’s gotta be weight based, which correlates with the size of load you’re running. So, I put my wash settings on “normal”, change the load size to small, add about 8 gallons of water + the drum 3/4 filled with clothes will get it to start. You’ll see the time for the wash drop from 37 minutes to 34 as soon as it’s got enough water. The cycle size you choose will affect how much water it wants, so I always choose “small” for size and this cuts down on how much water I use. The same thing happens on the rinse cycle. It drains the water from the wash cycle and wants another 8 gallons to do the rinse cycle. At this point it really depends what I’m washing if I choose to do this or not. I have a geriatric dog that makes a whole lot of laundry throughout the week, and for those items I don’t really worry about the rinse cycle. I’ll let the system run through the beginning of the rinse cycle where it is draining most of the wash water off, pause the program, turn the washer off and back on, and then put it on the “spin only” cycle. This cycle is automatically 27 minutes but I usually run it for about 10 and then stop it again. I use those little $3 Walmart micro fleece blankets for him and after 10 minutes in spin only they come out almost completely dry and smelling super fresh. I’ll hang them on a rack in front of a box fan and they’re bone dry within an hour. I also have a regular household pillow for him as a dog bed and that will spin out and dry super fast (2-3 hours) with the same method. This machine will hold two of the fleece blankets and the pillow at the same time, and get everything very clean on the normal cycle, small size. For my clothes I do want a rinse cycle so when the washer changes from wash to rinse I’ll let it drain the wash water, add another 8 gallons, and let the rinse cycle run. The main thing I listen for is if the inlet pump is trying to run. If it is, add more water. You’ll have to pause the system every time you’re adding more water or you’ll get an “E3” error, which just means the lid is open. So, all in all, it is kind of hands on if you’re a bucket filler. It uses between 8-16 gallons of water on small cycle depending on if you want to do a rinse cycle. Based on other reviews I was cautious to have the drain inlet at the proper height. I drain it to my bathroom sink and it works great. If it’s too low it won’t hold water, too high and the pump isn’t strong enough to drain. The drain hose has a nice moveable gooseneck on it and the power of the pump has yet to be so strong it kicks the gooseneck out of the sink, which has been my biggest fear. Despite the hands on nature of it, I really love it. It took me about a week of use, using it 2-3x a day to where I felt really comfortable not just standing over it staring and learning the sounds it’s making to know when it needs my attention. Living in a small space I can just attend to it while I’m doing other chores and it doesn’t feel like a pain. This may depend on how much you hate the laundromat or how much access you have to one. There’s only one laundromat nearby but this woman runs a wash and fold out of it and will tie up all the machines until about 3 pm, and then the rest of the community has a mad dash to try to get their stuff in so it feels like sometimes there’s a laundromat nearby, but it’s a huge source of stress to try to time my day around it’s availability. Other pros: it is really really quiet. I’ll run it at night while my s/o is sleeping and it doesn’t bother them at all. Whether you use the rinse cycle or not everything comes out smelling incredibly fresh. If you want to soak anything, just put it all in with water, soak as long as you want, then run the cycle as you see fit. Will definitely be keeping.

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.

I bought this portable washer back in June 2023, and it’s still working AMAZING! It washes really well, has great capacity for its size, and the different cycles are super useful. It’s perfect for small spaces and saves so much time and money compared to using shared laundry. When it arrived, it did have a small dent, but customer service was great — they refunded me $80 because of the damage, and the machine itself worked perfectly despite that. I’ve used it nonstop since then with zero issues. If you’re looking for a reliable, powerful portable washer, this one is definitely worth it. I would buy it again!

I have had this washer for just over 2 months now and I am well pleased with it. I did my research on different washing machines (that can be used without hookups) beforehand and decided on this one in part because of the warranty and the brand. It works well, simply no issues there. The way it washes seems a little strange, as it will swish the clothes around for maybe 1-2 min, then stop for 1-2 min. It still washes my clothes well. It is smaller than a typical washing machine of course and can't hold as many clothes. The spin cycle gets them dry enough that when I leave them on a drying rack indoors, they dry usually in about 24 hrs. It is not that loud, although that wouldn't really be an issue. You can hear the water swish in the machine, you can hear the sink when its filling with water, you can hear water rushing out when it drains, and you can hear the motor working to make the clothes move, although I'd say that's the same noise level as the water swishing as the clothes move. I live in a pretty small apartment with no hookups and wanted to save money from not going to the laundromat and I wanted the comfort of doing laundry in my own home. I fully recommend this machine. I have already saved more money than I would have spent at the laundromat. My setup has my washer in the bathroom with the inlet hose connected to the sink and the drain hose also draining into the same sink. I have them connected with a rubber band so the drain hose stays in place. Figuring out how to attach the inlet hose to a sink took a little while, but I had to take the water aerator off the bathroom sink and then it was able to attach with the attachment it came with. There are issues people have mentioned that I would like to address. Someone said the spin cycle on normal is set to 55 min and it seems to be a mistake in the programming. Mine initially said this too, but after my first use, it now says 5 or 9 min, depending on the cycle. Other people have mentioned that the washer will start draining water out of the drain hose before the water level is filled up enough, or if you use a bucket. I believe the issue there is the drain hose is not elevated high enough. It seems kind of weird, but if the drain hose is only raised high enough to drain into the bathtub for example, I had the same issue where the water would start draining before it filled to halfway (or if I added more from a bucket). Then, I raised my drain hose higher to drain into the bathroom sink, which is just about the same height as the washer, and now it fills almost to the brim and doesn't drain water prematurely. The manual says the drain hose needs to be elevated to about 34 inches high for this reason I'm sure. In case people don't read the manual or notice, there is a little filter on the inside wall of the washer which needs to be cleaned about every 10 washes or once a week or something like that. Its a little net that fills with lint and is very easy to clean.

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 like this 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.

Little background in case someone else is in my same position... I live in a big city, in a studio apt, on an upper floor... in a big old apt building.. AND I'm bucket filling! My faucets are all modern and weird shaped so there no adapter for me to plug my hose into. If you find your self in my position, you will need a rolling cart (bought on amazon) a doubled over yoga mat (to roll the cart and machine onto to absorb some sound) some high efficiency laundry detergent (I use 3 table spoons of old school Dr. Bonners and it works great!) A 5 gallon bucket and a little patience. There's a guy on here that goes into great detail in his review about how to do it for bucket fillers. His review helped me so I wont go into it here. So search all reviews for "bucket" and I'm sure you will find it. I will say, after about 3 washes, you will get the hang of it. I was sick of spending $5+ to wash and dry in my buildings laundry room. For one, its gross, other people are gross and their laundry and whatever they leave behind in the bottom of the washer is gross. Plus I was sick of it not working right and losing many quarters in the process. I did ALOT of research. I settled on this black and decker model and decided to get one size up from the smallest model. I am soooooo glad I did. The smallest is a little too small. Next size up is perfect for one active person that generates a moderate amount of laundry. The machine is quiet! It generates the same amount of sound as a modern dishwasher. Get yourself one of those little pop up wooden drying racks and you will be set. The clothes spinner works so well on this machine that the clothes come out only damp anyway...win! After I am done washing, I'll leave the machine out with the lid open for a day or so to make sure it completely dries out inside.. then I just roll it into my closet to store it out of sight. Use your common sense about water levels and not over filling and make sure you understand water displacement and drain it into something that can handle the amount of water coming out...that you put in. IMPORTANT FOR BUCKET PEOPLE: This freaked me out at first because I did not see this written anywhere.. when you go to fill your machine, you will pour the water in and it will disappear. This sketched me out because I dumped a fair amount of water in and it went down into the basin but no water was in it. I ran around the unit like some kind of stupid cartoon character thinking it was leaking out the back. It wasn't. There appears to be some kind of reserve under the basin that the machine uses at some point during the the wash. So once that fills up, your basin will begin to fill up. So chill out, you dont need to call customer service. It's fine. ALSO, BEFORE YOU START FILLING ANYTHING, make sure your drainage hose is placed properly in the appropriate place first or you will probably find yourself in big trouble with your landlord.

Value proposition: - I'm a single guy in a 1br apartment in a historical building, so this guy has been a game changer. The alternative was paying $5 in quarters for a small wash and dry at the laundromat across the street. No thanks. Return on Investment (ROI) is strong here. If you're a sporty person like I am and do say two loads per week - one light, one dark, it pays for itself in six months. In my case, it'll be sooner. Setup: - I have this setup semi-permanently in my kitchen near the sink and use the adaptor to hook it up and then detach it after use. I have to take off the aerator on my sink to use the adaptor, so sometimes I just leave the adaptor on the sink for a few days but this makes doing dishes a bit messier. It's not difficult taking the adaptor on and off; if you're busy it's just another thing to have to do. If using the kitchen sink, make sure you don't have a "shower head" style head only because it won't work with that I wouldn't think. - My only real complaint with the setup is that the drain hose is a little too short to comfortably reach the sink so I ended up using a mini bungee cord to make it reach, hooking the bungee cord around the faucet. You could also get an extra PVC hose to extend the drain hose, it appears to be about 1" in diameter. For drying, I got a simple metal drying rack from Amazon, whatever the top choice was, and it works well. Functionality: - This gal works beautifully and cleans my stuff every bit as well as my parents' $1.5k+ machine. It is a top loader but agitates gently like a front loader, so it doesn't damage your stuff like one of those older machines. I use the Kirland Signature pods that come in the orange conatiner with this machine and they work well. I do hope that isn't too much detergent for the machine, which is the .9 version, but so far no side effects. -On settings, it's curious that the "heavy" load cycle is shorter than the "normal" load cycle. Not sure how that happened. I use "heavy" because it's already 63 minutes. There are also "gentle" and "rapid" cycles that are shorter so you have flexibility. - Basically, the way clean water works is that you turn on the sink after hooking up the intake hose, and the machine only lets water in when it's needed. To get warm water you just turn both taps on all the way and for cold, you use the cold, just like you normally would with a sink. The manual says to use cold water only but I've used warm water for whites with no side effects. I have yet to try hot only. Just proceed at your discretion realizing if there is damage to the machine it could void the warranty. Honestly, it seems unlikely it would cause damage, it's probably just some legal thing. Wrap-up: That's really it, I'm a happy camper and could not think of a single $250 purchase that I've made that has been a better investment and improvement to quality of life than this beauty. I end up using it pretty much every day because I'm a sporty guy and the load size is small-ish. That said, I can wash everything except for like a duvet in there so it's perfect for one person.

It sucks I had to pay the dent-tax like many others here. Luckily it was on the side and away from critical components, I hope. That aside, so far this mini machine is impressive. Im on my 6th load over a span of 2 weeks and it appears to be performing better with each project. I think it cleans as good or better than a full size washer. The spin cycle is awe-inspiring, violently elegant with sounds any man would be proud to hear from his machine! I need it to last 10 years, then I'll get another one. Don't forget to turn off the water supply when it's done if you're using a sink!