Product review (5 stars): Great washer for all sorts of needs.
I've owned this guy for about 2 years now. I don't use it constantly, and I bought it used off of a guy on Craigslist along with a small spin dryer. I love this machine.

I actually HAVE a full sized washing machine and dryer in my home. I also live with no less than 6 people. The laundry is frequently full, and it won't accommodate delicate items like it should too.

With this thing, I can wash a few items, or necessary items for the week, in just 20-30 minutes without waiting for laundry. They stow away in my closet when I'm not using them. Also it's very safe (so far!) for all of my hand wash only clothes. (if you have beaded items, or silk, this is NOT going to be safe for those things. Dry clean them with a wool-lite dry-clean kit instead.) I just use a bucket to fill it up from the bath tub. You don't need much soap at ALL to get your clothes smelling great. Probably about a teaspoon to a tablespoon depending on the load, and a teaspoon of bleach if you're doing whites. Then you drain it out with the drainage hose (it HAS to be in the upright position when you wash though! You'll forget only once, I promise.) and do the rinse cycle. I put about a teaspoon or two of fabric softener, and 2-3 drops of bluing for whites into the rinse cycle (which is just fill it up again and wash it again). That's it, that's all. Best of all, if you need to soak heavily soiled clothing, you can just not run the washing machine and it'll just let the clothes sit in the water all you want before you wash! My front loader washing machine won't do that.

It worked great in my apartment when I was too lazy to go to the dry cleaners, and in my house now with emergency "I need this washed NOW" items, hand wash only items, "wash this by itself" items, and stuff like that.

I bought it used, and the little plastic clip broke on the drainage hose (my fault on that), but I fixed that with two bread twist ties and honestly I like those better because they hold it firmer. This thing is super easy to use, and if you have a spin dryer you don't even need to wring the clothes out. Just dump them in the spinner and spin them out. It's really awesome.

word of caution: Make sure it is FLAT on a surface that is not wet. It will skid on smooth, wet surfaces.. Put a towel underneath it. Another seemingly common sense thing, but there is little protection where the device and the drain hose meet, and I've cracked the hose a tiny bit by being careless. Take the time to ensure you don't bump that hose on things.

To stow it away, just let the drainage hose flow downwards and open the lid and let it dry out overnight. Then it can be stowed.

The wonder wash is a mess of a machine. That machine sucks, don't get it. This machine, for about the same price (okay okay almost twice as much, but still used I got this thing for $60!) does the washing FOR you. It doesn't eat up a ton of electricity either.