I use mine mainly for small loads of heavily soiled items and as an alternative to hand-washing sweaters. For both purposes I have found it to work even better than I expected when I ordered it. It's much easier to wash several sweaters at once in this washer than to do them in the sink by hand, and they come out cleaner! Since I'm not happy with the way my sweaters come out of the "delicate" cycle on my electric washer, I'm happy to have this alternative.