Product review (4 stars): Haier Means Quality!!
I love Haier products .. they cater to a portion of people that most other appliance manufacturers do not .. people who live in small quarters or have no laundry hook ups! I used to live in an apartment with no laundry hook ups and I was too busy to make several trips to the laundry mat during the week. I seen this that came with the Haier portable dryer for about $400 .. I was skeptical of how well this would work at first. The setup was surprisingly quick and easy .. take it out of the box, screw a few things on, hook the water intake and drain hose and you are ready to go .. honestly took 10 minutes! Since there is no agitator but a pulsator ... it allows you more room for clothes. I was surprised by how much clothing I was able to fit in this little washer. I was also surprised by the array of fabric settings and loads sizes, including an extra spin cycle ..and a setting to allow for a long soak before the wash. There is even a countdown timer that informs how many minutes remain in the cycle and shows you which par tof the cycle it is on (fill, wash, rinse, spin) ...  Honestly .. I was amazed at how well this machine cleaned my clothes and with the pulsator .. it is more delicate on fabrics. Everything from the fill, wash, rinse, spin and drain worked perfectly ... the spin works just as well as a regular sized washer and the operation is pretty quiet .. as long as the washer is level on the ground .. there should be no issues. Now my reason I gave this a 4 star rating is because of the exterior shell. This is obviously not as strong and durable as a regular sized washer since it needs to be light weight enough to be "portable:" so I have had issues where if the unit gets banged by say the counter ... the outer shell can crack and the top loading door is not very durable either .. do no set anything on top of it or drop anything of heavy weight on it because it can and probably will break! I also had an issue where the area surrounding a couple screws/bolts on the exterior started to "spider web" crack around it. Now none of this affected the operation of the unit in any way, but the cracks can grow worse overtime. I personally know Haier customer service is great! Their warranty periods are pretty long, a few years, and they even have a separate warranty on the interior basket. If you have an issue with your unit .. they WILL send out a whole new unit if they have no Haier repair services in your local area. And they will NOT ask you to return the unit to them .. they will ask you to sign a letter saying you did properly dispose of the defective unit. I know some reviews state they had issues with the washer not starting after fill up ... this probably is because the washer is not level ... if this unit is even a small amount off level (even an inch) it will not run .. so adjust the legs accordingly.