Product review (5 stars): Excellent washer
Based on all the reviews listed here - and the price - I chose the Haier HLP21E.  Thanks for all the info on the bottom plate and the screws.  I only had to purchase a stronger screwdriver to force the screws through the metal.  The machine is so quiet I had to keep checking to be sure it was running.  The faucet adapter works with the bathroom sink and the hose runs into the bathtub, draped over the drying rack.  A great purchase.

UPDATE 06/04/2009 - Water started gushing out of the faucet adapter into the sink, but I just had to wiggle the hose to be sure that the first 3-4" below the faucet were absolutely perpendicular.

Today I actually washed a queen-size comforter and all is well.  Certainly do not recommend anything that large but I was desperate.  (I'm on crutches and can't carry anything down to the laundry room.)  Everything, even towels and jeans, dries overnight on a rack in the bathtub - just like the one my mother used with her wringer washer in the 1940s!