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(White)

The Etcokei Electric Yarn Winder has completely transformed my crafting routine! The ease of use is fantastic I simply clip it to a table, thread the yarn, and let it do the work. No more manual winding or tangled skeins!The quality is excellent, featuring dual spring tension control that ensures smooth, even winding without knots or snags. The adjustable speed lets me customize the pace, making it perfect for different yarn types.For the price, it’s a great value, offering efficient performance at an affordable cost. Since getting this, I no longer need the craft store to wind my yarn. I can do it quickly and effortlessly at home.If you need a reliable yarn winder that saves time and effort, this one is a fantastic choice! Highly recommended for crocheters, knitters, and fiber artists!

Absolutely great. I bought it for two reasons, one my toddlers love messing up my yarn, and two winding yarn balls hurts my hands. This works great. You have to monitor the whole time, but it's worth it. The yarn cakes it makes are nice and tight. It fit a whole skein of Caron Cotton Cakes yarn (250g)(530yds). (Hopefully that gives you an idea on how much yarn it can hold.)

Update: I was contacted and ended up receiving a replacement for the item that stopped working. Customer service was excellent! I highly recommend purchasing due to the quick response and support provided.I was extremely satisfied with my purchase when I got it. It worked great and having RA, it really helped me out. It is one year ago this month that I had purchased it and sadly, three months ago, it just quit. No sound when turned on and no spinning. I am guessing the motor went out on it? Using it for nine months was beneficial but recommend keeping this in mind when purchasing.

(*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.

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. ;)

So far I am loving the electric ball winder. I'm 81 so the manual ones are too tiring. This one also has good tension so the balls are more tightly wound. I still crochet a lot so it will be used often.

It's not great. First, every single time I turn it off or it slows down, it must be unplugged and plugged back in to work again. Second, as others have said and shown, the cakes are not tight, so there's a lot of space. You need to run slowly with a more slippery yarn, like bamboo rayon, or you will end up with a tangled mess. But even with all that, it's still faster, easier, and neater than winding yarn into balls by hand. But it could be much better.Addendum: With the slippery yarns, like bamboo rayon, it is easier to just roll the ball by hand.

Set up was easy enough. It came partially together so I only had to put one screw. However, according to the installation guide, the shaft should have both an indicator line, where the yarn should stay below, and a notch at the top to press the yarn into so you can access it after caking. The indicator line, fine, there are little notches in the angled pieces at the bottom of the shaft, so I can work with that. But the notch missing at the top? It makes it difficult to know if I’ll be able to access once it’s done. I can put a notch, I suppose, but why should I have to. I’ll update when I’ve figured something out and actually have made a cake