Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

(Initial review on unpacking day -- will update after a week or two of use.) The dryer was lighter than expected (but not so light as to feel cheap). Build quality is good; packaging is tight fitting to protect it during shipping. Note: you must find and remove the shipping immobilizer under the base -- this is BOTH the metal angle iron and the heavy-duty plastic zip-tie holding it in place. The zip-tie is tricky to get out, even after cutting it open with scissors. If either is not removed, the spinning mechanism can be damaged. There is an X-shaped styrofoam spacer filling up the clothes chamber inside at the top to stabilize it during shipping -- remove it, but be prepared to vacuum out zillions of annoying styrofoam bits afterwards. Finally, DON'T FORGET to set up a bowl or small bucket under the water drain spout at the bottom front! Use was simple and much faster than I expected -- just put in wet clothes no higher than the top of the inner chamber, slide in the flexible pink safety cover on top of the clothes but under the inner chamber rim, plug in the dryer, and close the hatch, which locks and activates the spinning. Warning: I suggest leaning with some weight on the lid/dryer when you start it up, because if it is unbalanced, it will buck all over the place. With experience in loading my clothes, I have reduced the number of bucking incidents and hope to pretty much eliminate them. Assuming no bucking, the dryer quickly spins up to very high speed and water starts gushing out the drain spout in front. (This is when you will remember to put a dish/bucket in front if you haven't already! :) ) Once the water slows to individual drips, you are done. This usually happened within a minute or two for my loads of heavy-duty cotton T-shirts & cotton underwear. The clothes came out surprisingly dry, definitely dryer than from my traditional full-size top-loading washer. Why I didn't give it 5 stars (for now): 1) I will upload photos of the machine and manual; the manual says the warranty is only 1 year, while the listing says 3 years. I have a request into Amazon to find out what's going on here. Even if it's only a 1 year warranty, SquareTrade sells an appliance 3-year warranty here on Amazon for about 10% of the price of the dryer. 2) Small capacity. Initially, it seems to fit only about 4 heavy-duty thick men's cotton T-shirts at a time; I suspect I will be able to add some socks and underwear at the same time as my loading skills improve. 3) Sensitivity to uneven loading. I may change my mind on this as I improve my loading skills with practice. It seems likely the best way to load it is to put the heaviest/largest items in first, and to extend each item in a circle shape around the center as much as possible, forming a donut-shaped pile of clothes at the bottom. That said, I really like this machine: -) It's easy to move around and compact. I keep it next to my small table in the bathroom, then move it next to the sink and outlet when I want to use it. -) It's very quiet -- quieter than my bathroom exhaust fan (unless it starts bucking!). -) It's ridiculously fast -- a few minutes and it's spun out all the water it can, leaving the clothes surprisingly dry. -) It's easy to use, without any parts that look like they will break easily.