Product review (3 stars): ONLY BUY IF YOU HAVE A EASY WAY TO FILL AND DRAIN!!
I don't normally review but this washer compelled me!! Maybe I made the process much harder than necessary, but unless you have a shower or tub basin you can lay the drain tube in for draining and can reach the fill tube (it's also short) or shower head or something to fill the tub directly from tap, I probably wouldn't bother this machine. I was really excited to have a washer and did a lot of research to get a decent one at a reasonable price but it's been a nightmare so far. The power plug wouldn't reach the outlet so I purchased an extension cord, which turned out to be the wrong kind of cord so I had to order another. Make sure you have a suitable 3 prong outlet that will be close to plug into or 3 prong extension cord because the cord is short. I had to fill and refill a pot from the sink in my bathroom about 6 or more times to dump enough water into it. The washing cycle seemed fine, but water started spilling out the drain tube that was off the hanger and when I tried putting the cycle to "stop" it really came pouring out (mistake!). Make sure the tube stays up at all times unless you're ready to drain! After washing I had to lower the drain tube into my pot and hold it there while all the water drained, hanging the tube up onto the flimsy holder (that repeatedly fell off) with each pot full just so I could dump it all into my sink. After doing this the not very well written instructions say to wring out your laundry. I wanted the spin function to not have to wring everything. So I tried to wring my things out, put the basket and my stuff in, then struggled to get the lid to the basket pushed in. Once starting the drain cycle I had to continue to hold the tube over my pot on the floor while the washer rocked around like mad, then take out the basket for a second time and refill from all those pots of water a second time for the rinse cycle. Then hold the drain tube in place over my pot a second round before dumping each pot full in my sink. It also says to rinse several times...but I didn't even want to bother with another rinse after what should have been a simple load of laundry that took an incredible amount of hassle. Also had to mop up the floor from all the water spilling everywhere. At least my floor is cleaner...but my back hurts after all that and definitely not worth the hassle doing it this way...it took forever to fill and empty. Maybe very small loads would be better or just washing by hand :P