DIY Human-Powered Washing “Machine” (Video)

Natural disaster? Camping trip to the boonies? Just living off the grid and you’ve run out of clean skivvies? Need a more-aggressive way to Woolite your delicates?

Tighty whiteys notwithstanding, this short video illustrates how you can make a human-powered clothes washer pretty easily using a bucket (with lid) and a plunger.

Better than beating your clothes against a rock in a creek, right?

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.