Product review (5 stars): Hey, it works
This Panda xpb45 replaced a 3.6 cubic foot American made top-loader that cracked the outer tub during repetitive power failures and started leaking.  The machine was only 4 1/2 years old.  The Panda has surprised us by creating really dirty, opaque, wash water on the first loads we ran.  I thought at first that it was really dirty clothes, but when I washed a load of unworn "clean" shirts from the closet, the wash water was still grey and dirty looking.  After 3 or 4 times through the wash cycle without changing detergents or spot treatments the wash water looks like one would expect,  a little dirty (brownish), but not opaque.

The Panda lets me soak a load overnight if necessary or convenient.  Its' predecessor would automatically drain after 3 or 4 hours in a soak cycle unless it was unplugged from the wall.  I used to pretreat even small bloodstains with hydrogen peroxide to remove them.  With the new machine, unless it is a large bloodstain, it washes out without pre-treatment.

Washing is now a manual process which requires minor thought.  I actually have to remember whether it just finished a wash cycle or a soak cycle.  The spin-rinse tub works surprisingly well, I always liked the spin-rinses that the washers of the 60's had.  I know it is not intended, but a spin-rinse on clothes with hanger dust on them is usually enough to run them through dryer and wear them.  We may save enough money from the shorter time that the electric dryer runs to pay for the washer before it wears out (I hope).

The colored stain in the tub from new clothes washes out after a couple of loads without any visible transference to following loads.

I guess that all I can say is that so far, it works better than Federally mandated designs of automatic washers.