Product review (5 stars): Life changer
After a few weeks of looking at the options , and contemplating buying one of the cheaper portable washers that were made of plastic , took up more space, and had no pump,  I decided to spend the extra money for this and am so happy with it. I live in the 3rd floor of an apartment building, am a nurse , and was sick of lugging my work clothes down to the washers in the basement every couple days and constantly having to go to the bank to get rolls of quarters. Now when I get home I can just throw my outfit in the wash on quick mode (which takes about 20 ish minutes) and it's done. I air dry everything on a  collapsible clothes rack I keep stashed in a closet. It seems to do a better job of washing my clothes  than the standard machines in my building ever did. This machine doesn't weigh as much as some of the other comparable machines and my sister and I had no problem carrying it up to my place- this was also a factor I considered when I was buying this. I'm not super muscular or large.. So that mattered to me.
It definitly seems to be a sturdy / well made machine and this brand and machine have good reviews, w/ people reporting after 5+ years , theirs are still working well. I agree with some previous reviews which said that the machine sometimes struggles when the water level is set to high - it will beep and stop abruptly- but it seems like that has only happened, for me at least, when I may have overloaded the machine with towels (which get pretty heavy when they are wet)  and this hasn't been a regularly occurring issue.
Would definitely recommend this. Such a time saver and life changer !

UPDATE** its been 8 months now and The machine is still working perfectly. I thought I would make some additions to my review . First set up was easy and took me (someone who is not very handy) about 15 mins. Pay attention to which sides of this machine you can safely lay against the floor, as you need to lay it down to screw on the bottom plate. This is also important for moving it into your home when its delivered. And make sure not to cut the uppermost zip tie holding the drain hose.
Required tools: open end pliers, tape measure, and phillips head screw driver, they also list needing a level but i didn't use one.
 What took me a little while was figuring out the "aerator" situation on my faucet. At first i thought that maybe my sink didn't have one  but on closer inspection of my faucet I could see a small line right near the area where the water comes out. I used open end pliers to remove this so that I could connect the hose from the washer to my faucet. The manual for the machine says if you have a faucet with threading on the inside of faucet that you should use the included rubber washer to connect the hose to the faucet but i found that the rubber washer was too large and ultimately the only way it would connect to my faucet was to remove that little washer. Not a big deal- there is a small slow trickle of water that comes out but nothing significant. Not sure if others have had this problem or if its just my sink.
Also when I first got this washer I considered putting it in my bathroom and letting it drain into my bathroom sink (typical little oval shape approx 6 inches at its deepest and about 12x 16 inches around). It is clear that it would not have been a good idea and i would have had a flood. My sink, i should mention is not the fastest draining bathroom sink , but even if it was, i think it still would have been a problem.  The amount of water that is drained from this machine and the speed at which it drains requires a larger sink , so I use my kitchen sink (typical tub style metal kitchen sink).  You could get around this by letting it drain into your bathtub I suppose. If you type the name of this washer + manual into a search engine online u can look at and/or download the manual w/ all of the specifics for free.
Someone mentioned that you could only use cold water with this washing machine which is not true. You simply set the water temperature via your sink's normal hot and cold knobs to the temp you desire and then hook up the hose to the faucet. The manual says not to use water hotter than
122 degrees (farenheit). Ive not had a problem w/ temp. Also there is no lint filter on this model and i recommend putting a mesh drain catcher into your sink to catch  lint . I haven't had an issue with my clothes being linty or my drain being clogged.
There is are no gentle, delicate or hand wash settings (just heavy= approx 70 min running time, normal =approx 35 mins, and quick= approx 20 mins) on this machine and I have gotten around that issue by doing the following: I add clothes to the washing machine as usual but I leave the lid open while it fills with water. I leave my clothes to soak for a while and then close the lid and let it swish around for about a minute or less (can repeat these 2 steps as desired depending on how dirty/ bad the stains are). I then turn off the machine, turn it back on , push the "cycle" button until it lights up on the "rinse" selection at which point the water drains from the machine. If the clothes are super delicate i take them out at that point and squeeze out the excess water into the sink by hand. (If they can withstand being spun i leave them in) . I then put them back into the machine once it has finished spinning and draining the soapy water and is filling back up with clean water. Again i leave the lid open, let them sit in the water a few mins , close lid for 30 seconds or so to agitate and then turn off/ turn it on, press "cycle" button to "spin ." The water drains out , i remove my clothes and hand squeeze excess water into the sink and hang to dry.
I also want to clarify that this washer can and does handle loads of clothes well beyond the 1 outfit I described originally. For me, a typical load consists of a cpl pairs of jeans, 10 undies, 3-5 t shirts or shirts , can handle my entire queen sheet set. Can handle my bath mats. Cannot handle my queen comforter or my large kitchen runner
 ( approx 18 inches by 68 inches) .
The product manual is available free for viewing online and lists the specifics, water use (settings are high medium and low) and load weight etc. Id recommend looking at it bc its helpful.
There are video tutorials on replacing the belt if needed (i haven't had to yet, but if I ever do it looks easy and cheap). Theres also a customer service number right on the inside lid area of the machine and supposedly they are responsive .
Hope these things help. No complaints here. Love this thing.