Product review (4 stars): better than by hand
I have had this for two days now and have finished my laundry. I have to tell you that it is better than by doing my laundry by hand. It is a workout but not like before.

If you want your clothes clean, you will want to cut back on the amount of items you put in this panda. Some reviews on here talk about how much they can put in, but I can also tell you that their cloths are not very clean.

You can forget about doing any kind of stiff clothing in the panda. I have some new jeans and now I have to settle with still doing them by hand. I put ONE pair of jeans in the panda and they would just sit in one spot. I tried hot water to soften them up a bit, but even that did not work. I had to take them out and do them by hand.

So if you want your cloths to be clean, i suggest only about three shirts at a time. One sweatshirt at a time. Socks? well, it can handle them ok, but still if you want them clean, I suggest you only put in about 8 pair maximum.

I found that the hump in the back that is there by design catches your clothing and holds up the rest of your cloths and keeps them from agitating.

The timer knob is destine to fail. It is a cheap plastic knob with a very strange seating style. I cannot see it lasting very long.

One other flaw is the the MINI decal/emblem on the front. When the water splashes up on the back side of the emblem, water leaks out. It is not a drastic leak, but never the less, they should not have used the kind of emblem they have used. They should have put on a decal that sticks on, thus eliminating any kind of holes for water to leak out of.