Product review (2 stars): Well, I *loved* this thing.
UPDATED AS OF 06/22/2013

Below the line of asterisks is the original text of my review.

Well, I *loved* this thing.  It got used once every couple weeks and sometimes not in the space of a month.  It stopped agitating about 3 months ago.  It's not quite a year since I wrote the original review.  So that means it lasted about 9 months.  Warranty is 6 months.

I know I originally said if it lasted 1 day past it's warranty it was good, and it lasted 3 months past that.  I expected to use it a lot more than I did for rags and stuff, though.  Ultimately those ended up with towels in a regular coin op.  So considering how rarely it got used, it probably would have failed much sooner had I used it as expected.

I will not purchase this product again and dropped my rating from 5 to 2 stars.

Below is the original review I wrote on 06/05/2012.

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I've only had it for a short period time.  I'll return to update this review after I've decided it's lasted long enough to keep the 5 stars it totally deserves as long as it lasts more than 1 day longer than it's warranty! :)

It's small and efficient.  It's JUST a washer.  This means it doesn't RINSE the soap out, or SPIN out excess moisture.  I knew that before I bought it.  So that's not a complaint from me, just a note for potential buyers.  I chose this over others that said they did those things due to those others also had lots of random complaints about wrong parts, overfill sensors, not working, yadda yadda yadda.

So if I'm not going to reuse the water in it, I'll drain it and refill it with cold water and make my OWN rinse cycle.  If I'm going to reuse the water in it I just rinse the clothes in the sink.  It's small loads so it doesn't feel overwhelming to rinse a few things out by hand.  Wringing the clothes out is probably the worst part.  I'll be buying the spinning machine that the primary video review of this suggests, because it will be perfect.

The line drying of things like towels is a slow process and they dry hard.  I think this will be resolved with the spinner because things will dry much much faster.  Line drying of thin items like shirts is fabulous even with hand wrung drying before hanging.  I can't wait for the spinner.  I suspect my life will be perfect.

When I say small loads I mean I can wash all my camisoles in one load.  But only one towel with a couple socks.  I have huge towels though, not your standard tiny ones.  I think mine are called like bath sheets?  I've never grown up and I like a towel to cover me head to toe like it did when I was 8! lol  I can wash one heavy sweater with a few socks too.

The ONLY thing I think they should improve is the tube that is supposed to go over your spout should come with an adapter, so I'm using buckets cause it's too small for my sink.  And I personally feel like a cap on the end of the tube that drains the water to prevent accidental spillage from the spinning causing the water level to jump from the disturbance would be brilliant (I'll improvise that on my own, but it would be nice to have it included).

This thing is PERFECT for a single person, or a low laundry output home.  Moms with a few kids would probably prefer to steer towards something that can wash more at once.