Product review (5 stars): ... my only washer and my roommate and I both loved it. We poured water in it from a ...
I bought my washer from someone else and used it for over a year as my only washer and my roommate and I both loved it.  We poured water in it from a bucket instead of hooking it up to the faucet since our house didn't have the proper hookups.  Clothes always came out clean with no issues.  When my new apt machine broke down for 6 months, I was lucky to still have this item convenient to use.  Maybe others got a bad model, but I have had not trouble with mine.