It is not as sturdy as I would have liked. The base is hollow and the entire construction feels rickety. It is difficult to get the top to raise all the way in order to grill both sides of an item; it tends to want to fall back on its hinges. The hinges for the top grill do not slide smoothly, and this may be part of the problem.
It does heat up and grill, however. So that part of it works as intended.