Product review (4 stars): a useful addition
I got this to avoid lugging big loads of laundry up and down the basement steps quite so often and I quite like it. It is very noisy but it does a quick wash well and the spin is more effective than I had imagined it would be.  Its more like super- sized hand washing than a regular washing machine but that's ok.  The hoses that come with the thing SUCK.  They are too short and flimsy.  I use a bucket to fill it with water.
Since I realized that you can squeeze out the excess water before you run the spin tub by pressing down the clothes while they are IN the spin tub I like it better.  Originally I was hand - ringing over the washtub.  Silly me.  I keep the drain ON while pressing down and then 'fluff" the clothes back loose before I run the spin.  About two months of thrice weekly use  and I am glad I got it