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we're taking an up-close look at the whirlpool swash so what exactly is this large appliance I have in front of me supposed to do essentially supposed to save you time expense and effort by cutting down your trips to the dry cleaners this swash appliance is big it's heavy it weighs 80 pounds and it's almost four and a half feet tall the swash is also not the most elegant looking product it's made out of plastic and it looks like some sort of retro radiator type of device except it has LED lights on the front which basically clue you in to its 21st century origins to use the swash you basically pull this big knob here and you open up the drawer put in any kind of item that you want to refresh after you put in a pod and put it right in there close it up there are some definite drawbacks to the swash first off at $400 it's still expensive I also don't like how the swash requires you to use proprietary pods almost like it's some sort of pureed coffee machine at six or seven dollars a 12-pack that can definitely add up one thing to definitely be aware of the swash doesn't actually clean your clothes it may refresh them and make them smell a little better but it doesn't remove stains or grime or dirt so if you're into the pressed sharp clean looks that you get from dry cleaning or even ironing the swash is not gonna make you happy it tends to leave some wrinkles behind until the swash delivers the same sort of wrinkle free press look that you get from dry cleaning or even just ironing I don't think this guy is really worth your money I'm Brian Bennett foreseen it appliances be sure to check out our other laundry coverage at cnet.com