Product review (4 stars): Excellent, For What It Is
I've always been very skeptical of anything bearing the "As Seen On TV" label, as the Wonder Washer did at one time.  But when I moved into an apartment and started plunking down $1.50 for each load of clothes in a small coin-operated machine, I decided to give it a try, and I'm glad I did.

After a few tries I found that the Wonder Washer isn't up to handling jeans or sheets (the latter won't fit).  Parts of it are a bit lightly constructed and I would be cautious about overloading it or expecting the plastic bucket and lid to put up with rough handling (to my knowledge, replacements are not available).  I finally settled on using my machine strictly for bleach loads--a tablespoon of bleach does the job and as a one-person household, I average a "white load" a bit more often than once a week.  In less than a year, the Wonder Washer has more than paid for itself in bleach and detergent savings along with avoided coin-op loads.

The only gripe I have with the Wonder Washer is that it has no spin cycle and does not drain itself so the bucket must be removed, emptied, and refilled for a rinse cycle (I've found that I get the best rinse if I fill and empty the bucket once before refilling it and putting it back on the base).  Clothes come out of the machine saturated and must be squeezed out even before machine drying or, as I generally do, hanging on the shower rod (when the humidity is low, they'll dry overnight--when it's higher, they won't).

So....using the Wonder Washer is more of a hands-on process than using a fully-automatic machine.  But you can't beat the price, and if you can accept its limitations, it will serve you well.