Product review (5 stars): How to repair a non-draining washer
Don't get me wrong, I love my washer. I love it enough to give it five stars for bringing out the 50's housewife in me, despite the fact that, when draining the water, it occasionally slows down to the speed of a urinating rodent.

But! Don't let that deter you! Because, if your washer stops draining, there's something you can do.

First you'll want to remove the back panel. This'll be hard, and require a lot of sliding it up and down and wiggling it. Yes, getting it back on is going to be equally difficult. Best not to think about that. Set the two screws aside in a safe place and stare apprehensively into the tangle of wires and PVC. Make sure your hands are dry.

Now, you see that blue thing in the picture, with my finger behind it? That cord runs all the way up to the middle knob, the one you twist to drain the water. If you give it a little pull, you'll be able to see the shadow of a valve opening inside the pipe. That's the thing that lets the water out. Make sure your drainage hose is pointing towards an actual drain, and that you have water in your machine, and that your knob is set to drain, and then yank that blue cord as high as it'll go. And watch as a clump of thread/lint/accidentally laundered kleenex comes flying out of the hose.

Now you get to put the panel back on. You'll want to slide the middle clips under the plastic edge first, then push it up and down to get the top and bottom ones under. Yes, this part sucks. Yes, it's okay to cry. I'm fairly certain they didn't intend for the consumer to perform any maintenance on the machine.

I love this machine. I love it enough to haul it down off the kitchen counter and start unscrewing bits of it experimentally when the internet can't tell me how to fix it. I love it enough to tell the internet how to fix it, so you can keep loving your machine.