Product review (4 stars): Not as good as people told you or been seen.
I bought this for my wife to do small laundry loads such as undergarments, delegate sundresses, other polyester dresses, and for the steam mop pads, or for materials you can't wait for bigger loads or something you needed quick; all work good, we would rate it at 7 (scale 1-10). Small and thin layer dresses come out clean, and again you can clean them right away and need not to spend the time and money at the local dry cleaner. Heavier materials such as sweaters, towels come out clean enough for a quick job, this means a full laundry clean will always be the winner. For steam mob pads, it does the job of 40% of cleaning, leaving pads usable but not completely clean. I don't know how other people got their clothing out of this thing "smell clean and fresh", where you can read them comments/reviews all over online. The canister itself is made of two halves of recycled material, bonded together with a strip of metal. They seem to be bonded together very well, at least at brand new condition, we would rate the canister made at 9. The crank is strong and good size for its job. The support footings made with recycle material as well and are weak, very flimsy design, we would rate it at 3. After all, it's an alternative for hand washing need for small laundry loads. It will not replace your full size washing machine for a normal family size of 4, especially when you have active children.