Product review (5 stars): Going on three years and still love it...
I have had this Panda machine for a bit over two years. I bought the Panda dryer about a year ago. Both are so great and I'm just too old and lazy to schlep my laundry to the onsite laundry mat. Some of the reviews said their machines broke early on, I say buy the added protection for-I think it's like $10. My Panda has never leaked, don't fill it past the blue lint thing. Also, my clothes don't leave lint in that thing because I heard not to run the machine past like 4 to 5 min. I let them soak a bit before, run the machine about four minutes, then let clothes soak anothe 15 min. If you want to do one load after another quickly-you really don't need to do this, maybe just run it about six minutes. It makes life so much easier. I store it in my pantry, I just removed the bottom shelf and it slides right in under the other shelves.