The volume of liquid this holds is closer to 2 liters than 3 (the 3l model), but overall it's a very powerful little ultrasonic bath.The basket is good for larger items but anything smaller- put inside a thin plastic container (peanut butter jar or similar) with a screw top with cleaning solution of your choice in and immerse that in water in the bath. Really saves on dirtying the bath!Takes a little while to warm up and it's calibrated in Celsius so get your metric conversion ready.I bought it to clean garage items like small engine carburetors, which it does a good job on. It's a little too noisy to use regularly in the house, but this was bought with intention of garage workshop use. For that, for the price I cannot fault it.