Product review (2 stars): Terrible pump and seems to show early wear.
Upon first using the machine I thought it was great! I washed my clothes I used the spin dryer everything was working well... Until it was time to drain it. At first I tried draining it into our kitchen sink but the pump wasn't strong enough to push the water up there. Okay no big deal, I got out the bucket I used to fill it (as the water inlet hose wouldn't fit our sink), and a trickle came out into the bucket. Upon watching this for a moment the pump sputtered and then suddenly it started emptying normally, and I thought it just needed to warm up or something. But no, it sputtered again and was back to a trickle. Picking up the machine seemed to help for a bit but not much. The pump sounds like it has air in it so I decided to open it up and see if air was getting into it somehow. I couldn't find any unsealed parts, but what I did find was quite a lot of black residue which I can only assume is from the belt wearing out already. So finally I used it for a third time, this time sitting on two stools so that it would be higher than the bucket, and it didn't help at all. Still just a trickle and it took almost a half hour just to drain the thing. Hoping to get my money back and just pay the difference to buy the panda washer of the same type.