Product review (4 stars): The Reality of The Panda Washer.
I've had my Panda for a little over a month now, and have washed with it about every other day. I live in a small apartment in an ancient house, so putting in a washer and dryer would cost thousands. I researched a lot before choosing this washer, so here is what I've learned that you need to know:
1. The washer is incredibly easy to install and move around, it's very lightweight.
2. I don't have a place set up for it yet, so I just put it in my bathtub when I'm washing and fill it up with my shower head---I have one of those massaging shower heads that has a setting that is pretty much like a hose pipe stream.
3. Fill it up halfway with water and Soap before adding clothes. The full mark is right below the filter which is blue on mine.
4. Expect to wash about 1/4 of a " normal" load.
5. You set it on wash with the dail, turn the timer to how long you'd like it to agitate, and go! The washer will spin and stop, then spin and stop until the timer goes off.
6. Don't put too many clothes in, you'll know if it won't spin while washing.
7. If something is really dirty or heavily soiled wash those things alone and on longest setting.
8. If a garment is fuzzy like a sweater, wash it alone, or all your clothes will wear that fuzzy thing.
9. This washer is awesome, but, you do have to have some patience. You have to fill it up, wash, drain it, fill it up again, rinse it, and then spin the load, possibly having to split your load in half according to its size to spin, then you hang them up to dry. But, you're not going to the creepy laundromat, and it saves loads of money.
10. Be careful spinning, too little and the machine will bounce around, same with too much clothing. The spinner should be mostly full with much of the water squeezed out already. When it spins it should be almost silent.
11. The spinner takes out more water than a conventional washer, and it also can wrinkle, already wrinkle prone clothes, and again, if you spin something fuzzy with the rest, everything will come out needing a lint brush.
12. Since the spinner is so efficient, most clothes do not take very long to dry by hang dry standards. Overnight at most.
13. I take mine out of the tub and put it on the floor in my bathroom when I'm done.
14. There is only myself and my partner, and washing every other day seems to keep everything clean.
15. It gets clothes really clean if you don't overload.
16. It does have an almost fuel-type smell when it is working. It reminds me of my Dad's old lawnmower repair shop. I like the smell personally, but don't worry, your clothes will not smell like that and it only smells a little while washing.
17. It's very satisfying!

Overall I give it 4 stars since it does take more manual labor than a regular washer, but is still amazing since you are at home and your clothes are clean and you don't have to brave snow to make it so.