Product review (3 stars): Does it clean? Yes. Is it as convenient as I thought? No.
I bought this washer because I was tired of going to the laundromat. Overall, it's *just* okay. It provides me with the convenience of staying at home but it carries along some annoying issues. Let me preface this by saying I was fully aware that it's a time consuming process: you have to dump water into the machine (my hose wouldn't stay onto the faucet, I don't mind though), wash the clothes, drain the water, dump more water in, rinse, spin dry, and then hang dry (the spin dryer doesn't dry things completely). This is not an issue for me whatsoever, I like being able to wash as much or as little as I please and control the temperature. Plus I'm convinced that regular dryers shrink my clothes. My issue, however; is within the spin dryer. My clothes come out completely wrinkled and there's nothing I can do about it other than go out and buy an ironing board/iron and iron every single item that comes out (after waiting a day for them to air dry). My other issue is that the lint trap does not work whatsoever. My clothes come out COVERED in lint so once again I have to go and buy items that I wouldn't have needed if I had used the laundromat. Another concern is that even on the delicate setting, some of my delicates are getting ruined - buttons come off of cardigans/blouses, the lace on underwear gets all bunched and torn, etc. I know this happens with regular washers too but I just assumed that this washer would be more gentle.

Maybe mine is just defective (it did come with a rather large dent on one of the corners) but regardless, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who is looking for something easy. Like I said, it's time consuming and inefficient. ALSO not ideal for small apartments. I'm lucky in that I have a spare room to hang all my clothes/towels/bedding in that I wash to air dry but I would be screwed without it.