Product review (5 stars): Great for camping and apartment living
We used this while camping and traveling, so we used it outdoors (with a generator) and also in hotel rooms and such to avoid having to seek out laundromats.  It requires way less soap so we bought individual liquid laundry soap packets and used maybe 1/3 of the packet per load.

It fits many more kid's clothes than adult clothes (not counting undergarments), but it's a pretty fast cycle (15 min?) and does a great job of rinsing all the dirt and grime out of the clothes, so it's not too difficult to get a lot of stuff clean in a short amount of time.

The laundry is very soggy after coming out so we used this in conjunction with the Nina Soft Spin Dryer to get our clothes clean and dry as quickly as possible.  I also think this would be great for apartment living (it's fast, pretty quiet, and effective) so you can save some $$ doing laundry at home without going to a laundromat.

I think this is better for less bulky clothes -- I can't imagine washing terrycloth towels in it, although we haven't tried.  It's also a great backup to have in the event of a washing machine issue or power outage (with a generator) so it's a nice piece of gear to have.