Product review (5 stars): How did I live without it??
I have owned this washer for a little over 1 year and use it to wash 2 laods, every day. That's every single day, without fail, sometimes even more then 2 loads.

I live in an apt building where the laundry room in the basement was very small for all the tenants, and VERY expensive ($3 to wash $2 to dry). Not only the fact that I was paying $5/load, I had to STAND IN LINE to get a washer as there are only 8 washers/dyers for a 20 floor building (dumb I know) and you dare not leave you clothing there. So needless to say this was very annoying and time consuming!

After living here for 7 months my husband and I finally gave up and bought this washer. I have no idea why we waited so long as this is a life saver!

It washes better then the ones in the laundry room and since I don't pay utilities, it's free! I'm not sure why other people complained of it's capacity or this noise problem as we have neither. We use it in the kitchen, which is pretty much open to the living/dining room and don't have to turn the TV up when we wash. You can't hear it in the hall, or anywhere else so it's awesome. The only tim eyou can hear it is when it does a hard spin and if you can't handle 30 seconds of spinning then maybe you shouldn't own a washer.

As for capacity, it's not that small! In a regular load I can get in 4 t shirts, 1 pair of pj pants, 1 pair of pj shorts and the socks/undies that went with those outfits OR 2 pairs of jeans/heavy pants OR 1 queen sheet with 2 pillow cases OR 4 crib sheets ETC... So, it does fit a good amount for being a small washer and no, I never cram it full.

I have NEVER had a leaking problem, but again, I don't cram it full, always make sure the connections are on well, use it on level ground... so basically I use it carefully and properly. The only thing I can complain about it that it does tend to get unbalanced and if you don't pay attention it will go into endless rinse cycles. So what I have done is just shut the water off after the first rinse and if it unbalances I turn it off, mix the clothes around a bit, turn it back on and set it to spin only. Never an issue as I never have, and never would, leave ANY washer running and go out.

Anyway, I absolutely LOVE this machine and would buy another if this one dies before we move into a house!