I give it a 4 for quality for the price, a 3 for design.  When we received it, one of the brackets wasn't fitting right.  Caused the pot to sit at an angle, so the gears wouldn't mesh, pot wouldn't tip properly, hard to get at.  I took it apart to fix that.  Beyond that, it's a big pot for a small width/depth.  It would seem so simple to turn the assembly 45 degrees so you could actually open the lid, add oil and popcorn, tip it to get corn out, etc.  As it is now, it would help to be left handed to add ingredients because the bracket prevents you from accessing the pot.  Picture is also misleading - it shows a flexible metal conduit for the internal power cord... but alas it is a normal rubberized ext. cord.

Happy with the purchase, and would buy it again for the price, but it would be nice if they could take out some of the simple 'flaws'.