Product review (5 stars): I love my Panda! Tips and Instructions. I use it on our sailboat
Love my Panda portable washer with spinner. I bought it for our sailboat and it lives on the seat in the shower. We bought the gravity drain machine and I drain it into a 2 gallon bucket then when it's about 3 inches from the top of the bucket I switch the control from drain to wash or straight up and it stops. Then I pour in down the sink and drain another bucket. It's do easy and fast. I used a black magic marker and put a viable line on each control so I know when it's on wash or drain or spin. I usually wash for 3 min and spin for 3 min. It holds alot of clothes. Then after you want spin 1/2 of the load at a time. I bought a great drying rack from. Home Goods that holds a load or more. Clothes dry quickly. Yesterday z I did 3 loads. 1 white and light, one colors and 1 black. Example would be 3 T shirts 2 or 3 pair shorts and 2 Capri plus 5 pair undies and 2 boxer shorts. Only problem has been lint filter falls out. Finally figured it out. When you put it in,  raise the piece on top up with your finger and it will snap in place.  Other hints. The separate piece on the spinner is supposed to be inside the spin tub. Just put it on top of the clothes and turn it sideways to get it out. Also re the soap I learned from another review of Pandas to use 1 tablespoon. I use 2 tbl of liquid Gain  because the machine is bigger. Hint to save water. You can save and reuse your rinse water for your next load of wash. How to use the Panda.  Instructions are not clear. Fill washer 1/2 full with water.  I go to below the lint filter. I fill with the shower sprayer. Tried the fill hose but it doesn't fit the sink spigot well and slips off or I have to hold it. The washer holds about 4 gallons of water. 2 full buckets if you want to fill with a bucket. Be sure the knob is on wash and the bucket with the drain hose is below. More than once I  have left it on rinse and when I think I am filling the tub, It is draining into the bucket. Add clothes and soap and continue filling to top of lint filter. Turn the knob to the number of minutes you want. When done turn the knob to drain. Be sure the drain hose is positioned over the bucket. Since I am in a shower it doesn't matter if a little water spills but you may want this on a kitchen counter or a stool in the bathroom. After the water has drained out fill the tub with rinse water and add a little softener if you like. I use about a tablespoon. Rinse 3 min and drain. Then take half of the clothes and put them in the spinner.  Be sure the hose in in the bucket. Spin for 2 or 3 minutes until no water is coming out the hose. You're done! Takes me about 10 min total for a load.

You may be deciding which Panda to buy. I read a lot of reviews. I chose the blue one with gravity drain because it was a little smaller than the one with a motorized drain. Since it was going on the shower bench the smaller size fit better. Otherwise I would have picked the motorized drain. You could sit that one flat in the tub and it would still drain. It only cost a little more.  My Panda weighs 43 lbs, too heavy for me. It has fallen over twice in rough waters but I usually have a hamper in the shower ares so it doesn't fall completely over. My husband is going to try to secure it with a strap in the future. Caution. If yours is elevated stay with it during the spin to be sure it doesn't walk or vibrate off of its perch. Mine is also very quiet. We are coming up the ICW now. The Panda is happy on its perch in our shower on the seat. Perfect for boaters. But I recommend securing or putting it on the floor in heavy seas. It says a ton of $, time and effort over taking laundry ashore in dinghy to lsundramat that often is $3.00 per load to wash. I do take sheets and towels except for hand towels and washcloths as I prefer to fluff them in dryer. Could probably get 1 queen sheet in but haven't tried it yet. So I recommend The Panda 100%. Would love a small portable dryer.