Product review (4 stars): This little washing machine is one of the best purchases I've ever made
This little washing machine is one of the best purchases I've ever made. I was skeptical at first, but I did go ahead and order one because I wanted to save many treks up and down my weird stairs (I live in a 3rd story apartment). I have washed clothes with this machine at least once a day since it was delivered last week, and it has been doing a wonderful job.

It is a bit labor-intensive, more so than just throwing clothes, detergent, and some coins in a machine and then sitting back and waiting until they are done. I do have to hook the water inlet hose up to a faucet, and if it doesn't hook up to a faucet well, and mine doesn't, I have to stand holding the inlet hose to my bathroom sink faucet until the water is where I want it. Once that is done, I have to push it back over into the corner so it is close to the tub for draining, and the electrical outlet so I can plug it in. But after those things are done, I have around 15 minutes to go do some other things. After the wash cycle finishes I have to make sure the drain hose is properly situated, and then I drain it into the bathtub. It drains really, really well though.

Rather than fill the wash side up for a rinse cycle to rinse the laundry detergent out, I have learned that I can actually rinse the clothes out while they are spinning. This the other labor-intensive part, but it is also super satisfying. So I pull the machine back over to the bathroom sink, hook the hose up to the spin dryer water inlet side, hook the drain hose up so it's draining into the toilet (drain hose is not too terribly long, so it doesn't reach my tub for this task), turn my spin dryer on, and then hold the fill hose up to the sink. I usually spin for 3 minutes gradually rinsing the clothes, and then 2 minutes just spin drying the clothes.

Overall, I really love this Panda washer. The whole thing, if I am not doing other things, takes about half an hour or so. My biggest complaint: The hoses are too short--both the fill hose and the drain hose. My bathroom isn't tiny, but it's not huge so this washer does take up some much needed room that I was planning on using for a couple of shelves to store my getting-ready-in-the-morning supplies. I would rather use this in my kitchen, but I would have to figure out a whole new drainage system because the drain hose will not reach my kitchen sink. Other than that I am gladly taking on being more vigilant with my laundry, than having to go up and down my weird stairs.