Yirego Drumi Portable Washing Machine: A Foot-Powered Washing Machine to Do Your Laundry

Last updated: October 5, 2026

Specs on this page come from the Yirego Drumi Use and Care Manual (PDF, linked from Yirego’s maintenance page) and Yirego’s own store page, both checked October 5, 2026. Imperial conversions are our arithmetic. Not a lab test. We have not run a Drumi ourselves.

The Yirego Drumi is a small washing machine you run with a foot pedal instead of a plug. It is built for a few clothes at a time: a cabin, van, RV, small apartment, or a power outage. It does not replace a full-size washer.

Does the Drumi need electricity, and how much does it hold?

Short answer: No electricity. Yirego’s manual lists the power source as “Manual (non-electric)”. You pedal it. Each load is rated at 2.0 kg of laundry (about 4.4 lb). It uses up to 8 L of water for the wash and up to 8 L for the rinse (about 2.1 US gallons each). That adds up to as much as 16 L (about 4.2 gal) per load if you do one wash and one rinse at the maximum. A cycle runs 3–5 minutes washing, 2–3 minutes rinsing, and about 30 seconds spinning, per the manual.

Correction, October 5, 2026: earlier versions of this page gave per-load capacity and water figures that did not match Yirego’s manual. They are now corrected to the maker’s 2.0 kg per load, with up to 8 L each for wash and rinse.

Yirego Drumi specs (from the maker’s manual)

Source: Yirego Drumi Use and Care Manual, “Product Specifications” and “How to Use” pages. The ≈ imperial numbers are our conversions (1 kg = 2.205 lb, 1 US gal = 3.785 L, 1 in = 25.4 mm). They are not Yirego figures.

What fits in one 2.0 kg load

The manual’s load guide gives one of these per load:

• 1 pair of pants, or
• 2 long-sleeve shirts, or
• 4 T-shirts, or
• 8 pairs of underwear, or
• 16 pairs of socks

Yirego says it is not recommended for large, heavy items like a heavy jacket, bath towel, or bed sheet. The manual also warns that overloading gives poor wash results and more wrinkling.

How a Drumi wash works, step by step

This summary follows the manual’s “How to Use” section:

1. Set it on a stable, level floor, ideally near a floor drain. Unlock and remove the top lid.
2. Load clothes loosely into the drum. Close the drain plug.
3. Add warm tap water (max 140 °F / 60 °C). The tub has an 8 L max line, and the 4 L lid works as a measuring cup, so two lids is the maximum.
4. Add 3–5 ml of detergent to the detergent tray, then lock the lid.
5. Wash: open the air pressure cap and pedal slowly, 12–20 strokes a minute, for 3–5 minutes.
6. Drain: open the drain plug (a detachable hose helps aim it).
7. Rinse: close the plug, add fresh water, and pedal 12–20 strokes a minute for 2–3 minutes.
8. Spin: open the drain plug and build up to 60–120 strokes a minute for about 30 seconds while pressing down on top with one hand.
9. Wait for the drum to stop fully before opening. Hang the clothes to dry (or give them a short run in a dryer).

Time, labeled arithmetic: the manual’s stage times add up to about 5½–8½ minutes of pedaling per load (3 + 2 + 0.5 to 5 + 3 + 0.5), not counting pre-soak, filling, or draining. Yirego’s store page rounds this to “up to 2 kg of laundry in 5–10 min.” We have not timed it ourselves.

The manual warns that the fast spin “requires high levels of coordination” and can be hard for many people. Do it on a non-slip surface and build speed gradually.

Is the Drumi still sold? (checked October 5, 2026)

Yes, from the maker in the US. On October 5, 2026, Yirego’s US store listed the Drumi (Green) at $334.00 USD sale price ($369.00 regular), with Add to Cart showing and free shipping within the contiguous US (not Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, APO/FPO, or US territories). Prices change, so check the store before you plan around it.

The US store also has a “Canada Store” button pointing to yirego.ca. That domain did not load for us on October 5, 2026, so we cannot confirm a Canadian price or stock today. We also could not confirm a current Amazon listing, so this page has no Amazon link for the Drumi. The Yirego link above is not an affiliate link.

Who the Drumi suits, and who it doesn’t

Good fit: one or two people washing small loads often. Think socks, underwear, T-shirts, and workout clothes in a cabin, tiny home, van, RV, or apartment without in-unit laundry, or as a no-power backup during outages. You need no plug, no inverter, and no battery bank.

Poor fit: family-size laundry, towels, bedding, and heavy jackets (Yirego itself says not to use it for those). At up to 16 L of water for one 2.0 kg wash and rinse, you also need a way to haul or pump water and somewhere legal to drain grey water.

Durability, what owners report: on October 5, 2026, the first three customer reviews shown on Yirego’s own store page were 1-star. Each described the bearing that connects the pedal to the drum wearing out, rusting, or stopping the drum after some use. That is three owner reports, not a failure rate, and we have not tested one. The manual’s care steps point the same way: open the secondary drain to remove leftover water, leave the lid open to dry, keep it out of freezing weather and direct sun, and clean the tub and drum every 1–3 months. It also lists drum axles jammed by dirt as a cause of rough rotation.

Background: who makes the Drumi

Yirego Corp. is a product design company in Toronto, Ontario. According to Yirego’s About page, founder Yi Jiang designed the Drumi while studying industrial design in Toronto, frustrated with his apartment building’s shared laundry room. The maker’s timeline lists Yirego founded in July 2013, a crowdfunding campaign in November 2015, and production starting in late 2017. Yirego lists a 2017 Edison Awards win and a 2015 Canada National Winner award on its homepage. The crowdfunding campaign is history. Buy from the maker store, not a campaign page.

Other off-grid laundry options

For hand-crank, plunger, and other non-electric washers, see our alternative washing machines guide. If water supply is the bigger problem at your site, our solar water pumping guide covers getting pressurized water without grid power.

What this page does not claim

• We did not test, time, or measure a Drumi. Capacity, water, time, size, and weight are Yirego’s published figures.
• Imperial conversions and the summed cycle time are labeled arithmetic, not maker or lab numbers.
• Owner durability comments are quoted as reports from Yirego’s store page, not a measured failure rate.
• Price and stock are a dated snapshot (October 5, 2026) and can change.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Yirego Drumi Use and Care Manual: specs, load guide, cycle steps, care and troubleshooting (PDF, checked Oct 5, 2026; linked from yirego.com/maintenance).
• Yirego US store, Drumi page: price, color, shipping terms, “2 kg in 5–10 min” claim, customer reviews (checked Oct 5, 2026).
• Yirego About page: founder, Toronto, company timeline, awards list (checked Oct 5, 2026).
• Yirego homepage: Edison Awards Winner 2017 and Canada National Winner 2015 listing.