Product review (5 stars): If done correctly, this thing really works!
So at first, this thing was very difficult to understand how to REALLY work it. The instructions are vague at best so here's what I found out about it:

  1)  Pounds per load is based on WET clothes... now that I say it, I'm thinking "Duh!"

  2)  If you don't make sure the lid actually LOCKED, chances are you're going to get a waterfall (found that out the hard way). The screw thinger holding the lid in place can actually get in the way of turning it to the locked position so make sure you loosen it a bit more then just to take the lid off.

  3)  Put water amount in first with detergent and then add your WET clothes and its perfect. You'll hear the swish swash swish swash of a normal wash instead of fwop flop fwop flop... if you hear the secondary, you need more water. I would hear the flop fwop all the time until I realized, "Hey, soggy clothes are better." lol

  4)  When the instructions say "2 minute load" its literally 160 revolutions at a second a piece. Count it out and do it slower then you think and you'll get better results.

  5)  Use WARM water, please... WAAAAAY better results.

  6)  Remove the lid BEFORE attaching the drain... I've annoyed myself pretty bad by forgetting that lol

  7)  I've heard of people complaining about rinsing. "I had to rinse 3-4 times before the water came out clear!!!" Honestly, a normally washer doesn't rinse out ALL of the detergent or color bleed, so get over it. What I do is start off with the 2 minute wash, once drained I'll add more water and do a 30 second rinse. After draining that, I'll add more water (each time I'll replace the water with the recommended amount per instructions...) and a little of my fabric softener and do another 30 revolutions/seconds. Drain and VIOLA! Done and clean!

  All in all, I love this machine. It can get messy at times, but so can the dishes so I am totally okay with it. I'm so glad I bought it considering buying cost me about half of what it costs me a month to do my household of 4's laundry. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone.

I hope all that helps!!!