I was apprehensive but this machine works excellent! Much better than I thought and easy to use! I think my clothes are much cleaner with this little machine than bigger ones or laundromats! Why? Because the rinse cycle in not included so I open it to look and I have control! The Agitator is strong and the spin cycle has very high revolutions per minute! A total surprise! THE WATER PUMP IS SUPER GOOD! I was so impressed at how fast it drains the water! Light weight and easy to use, I just put it in the shower and use the shower head to fill the washer and then just let it drain in the the shower! Could not be better

I have trialed and errored this thing for 9 months so you wont have to! If you are on the fence about getting one of these washers I suggest you look them up on tiktok - you will find alot of brands and reviews. I ultimately chose this one because of its larger size AND because it has a drain pump to help push the water out (some of them only drain by gravity) First I'll start with the tricks I've learned that make this thing much easier to use SHOWER HEAD - the little hose it comes with is okay, but it takes around 10 minutes to fill up that way and getting it to stay on the sink without falling off or leaking is a pain. Getting a deatchable shower heard cut fill time to about 4 minutes. DRAIN HOSE - FIRST - its probably better to drain it in the toilet due to the amount of lint that drains out with the dirty water. If not, make sure you have a hair catcher or something over your drain so you can stop the excess lint going down the tub drain. I clogged my drain a couple times before I learned this less. i ALSO didnt realize until about a month ago that you can turn the washer over and move the drain hose from the right to the left side depending on where you want to drain it. So for a while I was moving it back and forth to fill it and drain it, but now I've got that figured out. EXTENSION CORD - the cord on this is pretty short so an extension cord will probably be neccesary. SHOWER ROD and BOX FAX - get a second shower rod and hang your clothes there, set up a box fan to speed up drying. If you get a drying rack, use it for small things or you will run out of room fast. Now the actual review - I freaking love this little washer. You do have to kind of "babysit" it - meaning you have to manually fit it up, run it for 15 minutes, drain it, manually fill it up and run it again to rinse the clothes, drain it, then manually spin it. But it beats always going to the laundry mat. The larger size is ideal for me because I can do about a half of a full basket of laundry at the time - i just cant spin it all at once so I usually spin half (1 to 3 times depending how much water the items are holding on it) then while im spinning the second half of the load I start refilling it with water to start the next load. You dont need to use very much laundry soap at all! I am guilty of using too much in normal machines but you need very little for this washer. Same with softener (add that to the rinse cycle). Its a little heavy because of its bigger size so its kind of a pain to move it back into the closet when im done, but if you have a larger bathroom you might not even need to move it. ADHDers beware - dont walk away from this thing while youre filling it up UNLESS you have the drain hose set up where it will drain to already. I overfilled this twice and slightly flooded my bathroom because I walked away from it without setting a timer. The good news is that when it overflows its draining from the hose, so if you set up the hose where its in the tub or toilet already, it wont overflow onto the floor. When im done with it, I hoist it up on the side of the bathtub so that the drain hose is completely below it and drain the last bit of water into the bathtub. The pump is strong but theres always a little water left at the bottom so this step is neccesary to make sure theres no water in the bottom when you put it away. I generally dont wash blankets or bedding in it (aside from pillow cases) mostly because I dont have the space to hang them to dry really. But I have seen reviews on tiktok of people who do so it might be possible! it also just depends on if the blanket would fit into the spin side when its fully wet. Ill end my review by saying this - while the washer is AMAZING - sometimes it will be easier to still go to the laundry mat if you have alot of laundry to do. It takes about 1-1.5 hours for me to do a load (with distractions and multitasking of course) so if I have a weeks worth of clothes for two people to wash, it may be an all day activity to get it done in the little washer. But I will still be using this thing the majority of the time.

I bought this to replace a dead super capacity HE top loading washer. I found that I didn't need a wash drum large enough to hold my entire family and I wanted a washer that would give me more control over the wash process. I'm happy with the washer. A surprising amount of laundry will fit into the wash side. The spin side holds not quite half as much. I don't use the filling hose for the wash side; it's very slow. Instead, I use a hose connected to the hot and cold hookups for my washer. That works fine and saves time. I like that I can see how dirty the wash or rinse water is and adjust the process accordingly. I can also choose to soak inside the washer for longer than 30 min -- the max my old washer would allow before auto draining for my safety. 🙄 There are several features that would make this washer even better. The drain pump for the wash side does not automatically shut off. If you aren't careful about turning it off manually, you could burn out the pump. It would be nice to have that automated. The spinner is nice, but it doesn't spin as quickly as my spin dryer. I would actually prefer an option without the spinner and put the cost savings into a really fast, larger capacity spin dryer (Panda 22lb capacity, 3200 RPM spinner on my wish list). The lint catcher in the wash tub doesn't work well unless you add some sort of filter material. I use a piece of mesh produce bag wadded up and placed inside the lint basket as someone else suggested. I also swipe a mesh fish net used for aquarium fish to skim floating dog hair and fuzz from the surface of the water. It's low tech and surprisingly effective. Overall, this washer does a fine job washing clothes. The number of rinses and spin time can be adjusted as needed. The cost is far less than I would have spent on a larger, fully automated washer, and it was easy to carry downstairs and setup by myself ( I'm 50-ish and 5'4"). I'm pleased work this purchase and hope it will be with me for many laundry day.