Product review (3 stars): I recommend with reservations...
I purchased this from a friend who decided this wasn't for her.  I've been eyeing it bc I have a very expensive large capacity Miele and I had all these small loads sitting around waiting for a full load to wash like some red t-shirts and my microfiber cleaning cloths.  I was so excited bc this was such a light weight machine and it was so cute. So I've done lots of laundry to test this out.

Firstly, this machine can clean very well.  The caveats?

Well, while it is effective, its basically just a step above manual washing.

It removes the manual agitation out of the equation.  You need to manually fill it, manually drain it, manually refill several times to rinse and the spinner isn't powerful enough to remove a lot of water.  It requires you to learn to load carefully to avoid the vibration of an unbalanced spin dry.  So its a lot of work, but better than hand washing.

The nice thing about all this hands on operation is you can pick the exact temperature you want to use for wash and rinse.  You decided how much water to use.  Also, modern day detergents are enzyme based, which requires warmer temperatures to activate, and longer washes for the enzymes to work.

So for my clothes, I would start the timer to agitate the clothes for 10 minutes...then leave it to soak for 20 minutes and agitate it for another 10 minutes.  Sometimes I would start a soak in bucket to get a head start.  The wash can be gentle based on how much water you use, how much you load and how long you set the timer for.  So for a wool sweater, I recommend room temperature water, woolite (no enzymes), do not wash more than 1 item, a long soak in lots of water and short agitation.  The more items you have, with less water will create a more vigorous wash.  However, if you overload, the machine it won't agitate well, so there is a sweet spot...I tried a pair of pants and a pair of jeans and it was too much.

Also, it doesn't spin dry the clothes very well, I ended up hand wringing some items and jeans were very difficult to do.

Bottom line?  This was a great compliment to my large machine.  Great for washing small loads that seems frivolous in a large machine. Also, because my normal washer is very water frugal, this machine is perfect for washing all my cleaning cloths (I do not use paper towels.) bc I can wash more frequently with lots of water and bleach. Great for my sons' gym & swim stuff.

Do I recommend this machine? Its great, but I recommend with reservations.

Its great for somethings... perfect for really really tiny spaces like RV's and camping, as an extra washing machine or for tiny shoe box size 1 room apartments w tiny bathrooms.  But if you have any space at all, or a family...do yourself a favor and get the fully AUTOMATIC small portable washers. If you have a lot of laundry you'll spend a lot of time overseeing the wash. Seriously, it will be worth the bit of extra money and they arent' much bulkier.