I researched poppers for about a month admittedly it was quite challenging, I chose this one based on features, price and reviews. After receiving, assembling and using the Lincoln full popper I can tell you I am very pleased. Not that everything was perfect and I will list the issues I ran into.1) the top garnish was bent(apparently from packing not from shipping)and I would say this is the weak point on this unit, now I am pretty handy and I was able partially disassemble the top and straighten it out, this repair added about 15 minutes to the assembly2) There were loose machine screws and one had fallen out, I hunted down the missing nut and screw in the box reinstalled them and and tightened the rest of the screws I used a small Phillips screwdriver and a 7 millimeter wrench this repair was completed during the same time I used to straighten the top. The screws are under the cover I removed to to straighten the top garnish.3) The axle for the wheels is short as mentioned by another reviewer, it took some time and patience but I was able to install it and it does function as designed.The fit and finish of the unit is excellent, the unit was mostly preassembled and the whole process including the repair took about 45 minutes.After complete assembly and a through cleaning of the inside cabinet and popper bucket (which is required because it was apparent to me that there was a thin layer of machine oil on all of the stainless steel surfaces) we added jolly time 8oz popper mix, the machine worked as designed and in a few minutes we had a bin full of fresh popcorn. Having said that there are a few things to expect;1) fresh out of the popper the popped corn is a little moist from the steam released during the popping process so my advice is to open the doors a bit after popping is complete stir the popcorn a bit and let it sit a few minutes the warming light and warming tray will do the rest, after a few minutes the popcorn will crisp up nicely.2) there are definitely more unpopped kernels during this process then there would be if I used a pot on the stove about enough to cover the bottom of the unpopped kernel tray. Aesthetically the unit is beautiful, structurally the unit is sturdy although the top could be improved, for me it wasn’t that bad to straighten, I have seen pics where they were badly damaged mine wasn’t and was easily fixed.We love our unit, we hope you will love yours also.