Product review (5 stars): Perfect for what I wanted it for
**UPDATE** - I've had this for a year now, and let me tell ya - this is a BEAST!  It washes its little heart out!  Since I wrote the review last year, we bought a pump to go in the creek and 300' of hose so that I don't have to carry buckets of water anymore (whew). I lost track of how many loads of clothes I've done. I do know that it doesn't work too well if you pack too much in there - better to do 2 smaller loads than one big one, which is true of any washer (in this case, I think it has more to do with the weight of the clothes once wet - for example, towels get really heavy when wet, so only one or 2 at a time, vs lighter clothing like shirts and underwear for which you can wash a much larger load). Bottom line - I'm still very, very pleased with this washer.
Original Review:
I bought this for our camper - we have it setup on some land and it's our getaway for a few days every couple of months or so. We have electricity, but no running water, but there is a creek which we can get water from. And this was actually an important selling point - I needed a washer that I could manually add water to as I have no way to hook it up to water - so I used a small bucket (about 2 gal) to get water from the creek. I was pleasantly surprised at how large the wash side is. I've only used it once so far - I put 1 pr jeans, 6 pr underwear, 3 pr socks and 1 set of long (thermal) underwear in the wash bin, added 1 bucket of water and a little liquid detergent. Mind you, it was about 35 degrees outside (that's where the washer is - no room inside). Even a little detergent went a long way and I could have used less. I set the washer on 15 min, then spun them out (I divided the load and spun out 1/2 separately) to remove the detergent. Then put back in the washer and added another bucket of water to rinse - I just set it on 5 minutes of the wash cycle. Then spun them out again, hung them up to dry. The washer did an excellent job at cleaning the clothes. The spin dryer side allows you to add rinse water while it's spinning - I have no way of doing that with my setup, but it looks interesting and will try it the day we get running water hooked up. When I was done, I set the drain hose on the ground and turned the knob to drain to make sure all water was pumped out of the pump and hose. Then I tilted the washer on all 4 sides to make sure no water left as I have to store it in a barn - it will freeze and I didn't want a busted pump or hose.