Product review (2 stars): is there a good, inexpensive portable washer out there?
though this washer looks quite sturdy and may well function well, i didn't get the chance to try it out, because it was broken when it arrived.  there are four vertical metal rods that support the inner tub.  one fell out as i took the washer out of the box, leaving the tub very much unaligned and impossible to use.  the rod had glue on one end (imagine using glue to hold a metal part) and the glue was still wet!  the machine was also dented in a few places.  i called the ohio and the canadian factories three times, hoping that they could advise me on how to fix it myself, but never received a response.  i had chosen this washer after much research, had a LOT of friendly but slow back and forth with amazon re reimbursement (with a fruitful end finally), and still find myself basically washerless.  this looks like a decent machine, but consider the weight and the possibility of damage during delivery (u.p.s. damaged the replacement for this machine, so i had to send it back, too).  as an aside, i bought the "other brand" of portable washing machine as the third machine i got, and am considering very seriously sending it back, because it leaks out of at least two different unfixable places.