Product review (4 stars): READ FOR YOUR OWN GOOD
Ok, so this thing is pretty neat. It does exactly what you'd expect it to do. However, it's not without flaws, which is to be expected for a relatively inexpensive appliance. Fortunately, I received mine without much physical damage - it had a couple dings and dents, but they were certainly nothing to cry over. I assembled all the little hoses and pipes pretty easily and ran a small test load as directed by the manual. I thought everything was going smoothly until I soon realized that water was leaking from beneath the machine. After a brief inspection I discovered that the source was at the back of the machine behind a gray panel. Assuming that wiring was behind this panel, I quickly unplugged the machine and screwed off all the piping. Even after shutting it down, the water continued leak without any indication of stopping. I called the customer service number provided and spoke to a very uninterested representative who offered no suggestions, took down my information, and assured me that she'd find a technician in my area and get back to me within 48 hours. Meanwhile, the drum of the washer continued to empty its contents all over my kitchen floor. Needless to say, screw the warranty. I was down to one pair of undies waiting for this thing to arrive, and I refused to haul my clothes to laundry mat in 13 degree weather. Not to mention, I was soaking wet. I decided to screw off the back in efforts to find the culprit. What I found is that the manufacturers failed to assemble the machine completely. I saw water spewing out of a tiny port located on the back of the drum towards the bottom. I also saw a clear tube that was disconnected and dangling on the inside of the machine. I connected it to the small plastic port and the leaking stopped immediately. I tried to wash the load a second time but ran into another problem: the machine wouldn't stop filling. I turned off the machine before it overflowed and decided to google the issue. I found out that the clear plastic pipe is called an "air dome hose" - this part tells the machine when to stop filling by use of pressure (or something). When I attached it to the leaking drum it filled with water, therefore, it couldn't properly notify the machine to stop filling. So I drained the machine by using the rinse cycle, disconnected and reconnected the tube to ensure that there was no water left inside, and BOOM...the machine began working just fine. Also, the quick adapter that attaches to the sink leaks. Its not a major problem, but make sure to SLOWLY turn the faucet on or you WILL get sprayed in the face. Also, when the machine stops filling, be there to turn the water off! When its on the rinse cycle, listen out for it carefully to turn the water back on. You have to turn the water off and on about three times during the rinse cycle so water won't spray all over your  kitchen or bathroom, or wherever. Keep in mind that the machine stops accepting water once its filled, so it causes a build up, which ultimately causes the spraying. Even with all of that, its a fine appliance, and still beats the laundry mat by a long shot. I wrote this terribly long review so that you won't have to clean up Noah's Ark-grade floods like I did; 3 times to be exact.