Product review (5 stars): A mechanical Mossad agent!
Because it's fast, silent, and very, very effective. It lacks only being deadly, but that's probably a good thing in a laundry appliance.

It arrived well-packaged, and required some styrofoam removal, inlcuding wiping out the pestiferous crumbs, as well as clipping free the motor restraint bar from the bottom, before it was ready to use. Those were simple operations.

It's not that heavy, can easily be lifted to sink level, which you will need to do as the outlet (above the indent in the bottom) is not shaped to accommodate a drain line. If you leave it on the floor, it seems to widdle, or at least to spray water in unexpected directions which a standard dishpan cannot catch ... although the dishpan is perfectly sized to sit under the nozzle. The Nina also continues to drain for an extended period after use, so be warned.

Be careful to load clothes evenly, which is most easily done by laying them lengthwise around the inside of the barrel. Keep an eye out for weight distribution. If it's a LITTLE off, the Nina will shortly spin it into balance. If it's far enough off to trip the sensors, it will walk, and never get up to optimal speed. You'll have to resign yourself to practicing a bit at first.

Remember to put the little pink plastic thingummy provided in place on top of them. Items I tossed in on top of it, as I did not remember its presence, were not as dry as those under it.

Those needs attended, the Nina works like a dream. Your clothes come out about twice as dry as they do from a commercial washer.

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