Product review (2 stars): okay if your clothes aren't terribly dirty, but cheap product
i bought this washer after two of the "other brand" portable washers failed me before i even got to use them.  this one is lighter, so that's great - easier to move and less chance of it being broken upon delivery.  it does a decent job of washing, but the pulsator is odd.  it stops and starts, and really barely moves the laundry - it's about as powerful as very gently running your fingers through still water while riding slowly in a canoe.  that said, it's not too bad, as long as your laundry isn't too dirty.  however, two problems make it not so great of a product.  1) you need to stay with the machine constantly, because you have to manually stop and start certain cycles, or it will go on and on ad nauseum, rinsing and filling, rinsing and filling, rinsing and filling.  2) it leaks out of the back, where the top joins the back (which runs water onto the engine), and, as far as i can see, this is unfixable by any consumer, and it leaks where the supply hose joins to the machine (though this may be fixable with some significant wrench tightening).  as for actual laundering, it will wash the equivalent of six shirts (i consider a pair of pants/jeans as equivalent to two shirts and a twin sheet as equivalent to two shirts).  all in all, it works, but not terribly well, and i'm considering returning it.  so, if you're low on money (and if you live in the south, where you don't have to do many sweaters or parkas or heavy blankets, though you might be able to do a couple of heavy cotton sweaters at once), it's an okay product if you can watch out for the water leakage.  however, if you've got some extra cash, check out the more expensive name brand portable washers.