Castle Semi Automatic Washing Machine, 4 kg, Single Tub, White, CWM-1450G

The Castle CWM-1450G is a 4 kg single tub mini washer, the machine Egyptian families call a غسالة أطفال and keep beside the bathroom or on the balcony for nappies, baby clothes and delicates that should not go into the main wash. Everything runs from one mechanical timer knob, so there is no board, no display and nothing electronic to fail. The pulsator turns at a listed 600 RPM and reverses direction so small garments do not wind around each other. The cabinet is moulded white plastic with a tinted tempered glass lid, measures just 36 cm wide by 80 cm high by 65 cm deep and weighs around 11 kg, which means one person can carry it from room to room. You fill it by hand from a tap, hose or bucket, so it keeps working when mains pressure drops, and the flexible hose drains by gravity into a floor drain or bucket with no pump to block. Radio Talaat sells it as the cheapest sensible second machine for a small flat, a chalet or a student room, or as a dedicated baby washer for new parents.