Opinion: Lavadoras Baratas

After years of washing by hand, bingo! I need an opinion. You know the cheap (by U.S. standards) washing machines made out of plastic, not connected to plumbing, filled with a few buckets of water, and drained with an outlet and hose . . . cost around RD 9,000 - 13,000?

Any opinions on a preferred brand? (e.g. Samsung, LG does not manufacture any of these). I was thinking about Daewoo, assuming that it is made in Korea. Now that I have googled it, I see it is manufactured in Mexico. I am neutral on Mexico manufacture.

Any recommend on a particular brand based on your experience? All these prices are more or less the same depending on capacity. So is one brand preferable over another?

I'm going to check Plaza Llama, Garrido, and California Sederias for comparisons.

OP Summation:
I went first to California Sederias on Duarte. In their second floor "Electrodomesticos" section, they had such a large selection of Daewoo washers, about six different sizes, that I didn't feel it necessary to comparison shop.

I figured that once you've decided to plunk down around RD 10,000, that you can get a larger washer for not too much more money. We chose a Super Power 12.5kg machine, quiet large. It sits inconspicuously on the side of a living room wall with a painting over it. It seems well designed and a real workhorse. Time will tell how it holds up.

It was interesting how my girlfriend integrated hand washing methods with newer ones (but lesser modernity compared to First World washers). Since the machine has no physical agitator, she would plunger her arms into the washer while it was running, to give special hand attention to specific clothes. Then, when she felt something was clean, while it was still running, she wrang out the item and through it into a ponchera of clean water to rinse by hand. I had to convince her to empty the machine's dirty water, fill it with clean water, then do the rinsing in the machine. Needless to say, after loads of dirty clothes wating for handwashing, that machine has been running all day!