So far, I've been very pleased with my juicer: it's easy to clean and isn't terribly loud at the higher speed. This is my first time juicing so consider the source--I don't know how a more expensive juicer would perform; then again, I'm not juicing wheatgrass. It can splatter a bit during the juicing process which is why I gave it 4 stars, but the apparatus overall is more like a 4.5. I'd certainly buy again.