Product review (5 stars): This machine is great!
You definitely have to use a lot less detergent than you think. The pump is strong and the agitation is quite powerful as well. We did discover that having the hose above the machine when spinning keeps the water from running out of the hose. If you put it in a bucket on the floor then it drains so much better. Our machines doesn't leak like a lot of the reviews on here said theirs did.