Product review (4 stars): although it can still be picked up and moved quite easily. For me
Rather than continually use the coin laundry machine in my apartment, I bought this to give it a go.

As the videos show, it's actually somewhat sizeable, although it can still be picked up and moved quite easily. For me, the size is enough to pick up a 'regular size' load consisting of either 14-24 pairs of underwear or 10 or so t-shirts.

In terms of ease of use, this can use some improvement at least as far as filling goes. The included fill tube is just that- a tube, and you have to find a way to adapt it to a hose (As you can see in other reviews, people have come up with all kinds of methods to secure it to a faucet). Emptying is not as annoying because the empty tube has a hook so you can leave it upright when not in use; and it's fairly substantial so it can be dumped into a drain. However, because you have to manually fill and empty it, it can get pretty messy in an apartment. Eventually, I took the easiest/laziest way of using this, opting to put the whole thing in my shower so that I can fill it directly with the showerhead and empty it directly into the drain.

In terms of actual usage, the performance of this machine is pretty surprising. As long as you manage how much you're loading it by, it does a pretty good job washing everything. For example, a pair of dirty pants from a day of hiking through the mud was completely clean by the end of a simple 10 minute cycle. A few complaints: the machine isn't quiet by modern standards (though not deafening), and if you do happen to heavily load it, I did notice a metallic smell from the motor that indicates that it's working hard. After 40 washes though, no issues.

The spin-dry function is also very surprising. Again, if you manage your loads, most of your clothes come out to almost completely dry with a < 2 minute cycle. One of the most frequently washed items for me are Ex-officio, Calvin Klein Micro material type of quick-dry underwear, and usually after a 2-minute spin cycle they come out essentially already dry. Even things like heavy jeans (provided you place only one or two of them in at a time) come out relatively dry and only need a few hours hung dry, saving substantial amounts of time. You *can* overload the spin-dry, but it would be pretty obvious as the rotation speeds would end up very slow and the machine would vibrate from the imbalance- make sure you distribute your clothing evenly around the tumbler and you're good.

Overall, the convenience of being able to wash the laundry in a regular apartment without having to use coin laundry cannot be understated, and while it can be a bit clumsy to use, the machine does an excellent job actually washing laundry. And at this price point, it doesnt' even take long to recoup the cost of buying the machine vs. using coin laundry. If the company can improve the filling mechanism to be more faucet friendly, this would get 5 stars!