Product review (4 stars): IT WORKS
I watched several videos about people who had used it in order to learn the best procedures and those helped a lot. I think the stand does seem a little wobbly but with today's plastics I can't tell whether or not that's an indication of weakness--time will tell.

I bought it to do my hand washing, and it seems to perform as advertised (much easier on lingerie than regular machines). I have a shower head with a long flexible hose that I just drop into the barrel and turn on to fill it; to drain it, I find it faster to just take the lid off and turn it over. You really do need either a spin dryer or an over-the-tub rack for hanging to dry since the clothing is quite wet when it comes out and wringing is hard on the hands.