Etcokei Yarn Winder, Electric Yarn Ball Winder for Crocheting, Compact Yarn Cake Winder with Strong Tension Stepless Speed, Automatic Yarn Spinner Wool Winder, Ideal Helper for Knitting Lovers(Purple)

I love this little gadget. Before I was using a pos yarn winder from HL & it sucked. this guy winds my yarn like magic, (fast, easy, & pretty) and i can do other things while it works. Id definitely buy again, i've had no mechanical issues so far. My only issue is that the cord doesn't have an outlet part, but no biggie I was expecting it tbh.

I don't usually write reviews but for this product, I just want to quickly say that I love it. I have severe rheumatoid arthritis and this makes caking yarns so simple for me and it works out so well. There are little notches under the spring to help guide the yarn, which I didn't see the first time I wound up some yarn and I wasn't happy but then I found those notches and since then, this yarn winder is really perfect. It is not the products fault if sometimes there are knots at the end of a yarn skein that need worked out, you would have to deal with that in any circumstance, in fact, it takes care of some of the looser knots that can happen at the end of a skein. I highly recommend this, especially for folks with hand issues. It is definitely worth it. Now, I just pray it lasts a long time. ;)

(*Cracks Knuckles*) I’ve been waiting to type this review until I’d put this machine through changes, and well we’re 15 skeins in and counting. I’m not sure why companies have decided that consumers only need a cord to power their devices, but this is another that annoyingly comes without a charging block. That aside, this machine works reasonably okay, is easy to store, and has saved me time in winding. It’s easy to assemble and secure to your table for use. There are settings to adjust how fast it winds the yarn. I have found that the machine needs to be on a pretty high setting if you want a skein that doesn’t eventually fall apart after winding (for worsted weight or heavier yarns). I’m not sure about its durability - as others have noted. This thing clicks and whirs in a way that makes you think it’s going to quit at any second. It has sufficiently met my needs, but it’ll be interesting to see how long it actually lasts. Finally, I don’t love that it slightly shaves the yarn because it needs to be passed through a couple of grooves and springs to secure it to the device. It’s a great start but needs some improvements to be a device that I recommend to all of my fellow knitters. For now, I’ll keep it because I hate hand winding yarn and have a number of skeins that need to be made into cakes. Once it dies, I’ll search for a different device.UPDATE: The seller contacted me and actually invited my feedback. They took into account my concerns about the slight yarn shaving caused by the affixing the yarn to the machine and suggested alternatives - including not using all of the springs. I so appreciate that they are reading comments and taking the feedback of their customers to heart. I added a star and give them an A+++ for customer service for this.

Like some others, I waited till this yarn winder went on sale to try it out. I've been meaning to buy a yarn winder for a while and when I saw this one reviewed by a crochet artist I follow, I thought this would be perfect.This yarn winder takes like 2-3 mins maybe to put together. It is super simple and straightforward to assemble and comes with a screwdriver and extra screw. As well as easy instructions.I have both Acrylic and Plush yarns and it works great for both. I say mostly hands off because sometimes the tension gets loose as the yarn skein gets smaller and it will start to wrap around the base and I have to unwind it a little bit. That is most likely a user issue, since I walk away from it to multitask sometimes.All around I am pretty happy with this product and recommend it if you are interested. It really is nice not having to wind yarn by hand lol.

This winder is a power house. I love it! I have tried many of these (mainly crank style) I was so worried when I got this because I thought it would be like all the other maybe even worse.Here is what I love about it!It does make big cakes! You can slow it down to unravel any knots but it does great taking care of them for you. If it does get knotted then it auto stops so the motor doesn’t burn up. It keep the tension on the cake so it doesn’t come unraveled while you work.You do have to watch it just in case it does have an issue. I don’t really love that it is plug in with usb connection

I suspect the tension arm is fundamentally flawed, despite its claims. Every time I used it, if there was any loosening of the tension (which happened easily the automatic torque adjustment was basically in the pulling contest with the swift) the yarn flails and then is no longer at the exact angle it needs to be to wind correctly, resulting in yarn wrapped around the top or bottom of the post. I tried putting the swift lower like other reviewers suggested, which seemed to make things slightly more even, but I still ran into the issue. I even re-wound one ball because people said it handled commercially wound pill-shaped skeins just fine, but the yarn still slipped once the ball got bigger (I tried to make 100g balls, so nothing crazy). I only managed to keep it from doing that by letting the yarn run through my fingers between the swift and winder to keep tension in the winder, same as my manual winder.If you have any issues with cranking a regular yarn winder, you can definitely make this one work. But for me, this was more than twice the cost of a basic knit picks winder and isn't any more convenient to use, so I'm going back to that.

Works great! Easy installation, only took about 2 minutes.

Works better than I thought! Easy set up. Saves times and an arm workout compared to the manual winders. Only downside is the yarn can’t be too thick or it won’t work.