Product review (5 stars): Doing laundry at home = Priceless
The washer works great, but there could be much better instructions. So hopefully this review will be helpful.  First, don't concern yourself with that little fill hole, just run the water directly into the tub. I prefer to wash most of my clothes on the soft cycle, except blue jeans and towels.  Second, the spin dryer also has a water fill hole, why? I don't know.  I guess if you were doing a small load you could kind of rinse them in there, other than that you wouldn't use it.  Run the drain after the spin dryer. I noticed that it doesn't always get all the water out of the tub, so suck on the drain hose to siphon the rest of the water out.  It gets my clothes very clean and the spin dryer gets them about 80% dry. you don't need very much soap or fabric softner.  I would recommend to put it in the tub or shower when using.