Found this easy to work with but had a smell coming from the black band where the wires connect to the heating element. Also seems that the adjustment screws aren’t quite long enough to fit some of the skinny 20 oz tumblers tightly. Not bad for the price and I don’t have anything else to compare it to. The tumblers seem to come out okay with two pressings so I’m not complaining too much. It does stink, so I have to take it outside to do the presses.