I would have spent a little extra to buy it made right. All in all, it does make alcohol; however, there are a few things wrong with the description. First, it does NOT work with induction. To get it to work, you would have to buy a special induction plate. Second, it does not come with a thumper/doubler. When running, it will "burp," and you'll get cloudy alcohol. Technically, and I found this out after doing more research, the thump keg should be at least 30% of your main pot. The "thumper keg" provide is way too small. The pictures shown is my modifications to two different stills.... plus a chiller made from a Walmart pot and some 1/2 inch refrigerant line.The other issue is that there is no thermostat where the liquid is at. They only provide one at the top of the pot. I need to know both. The good alcohol evaporates at 160-180F. I can't have my liquid boiling at 212 when the upper reads only 180-200F. I remedied that by drilling a hole and putting the thermostat from the 2nd still into the first one.The lines included are junk. I ended up learning how to solder copper and making my own. Speaking of junk, the condenser is junk. I made my own. I did love the water pumps included. I use them to chill my mash when making it, and when I do my runs.To give this 5*, they would have had to have a thermostat at both locations in the pot, have the thump keg be the correct size, have copper as the connection lines, and the condenser to be useful. I am happy with my purchases (I did this one, and the one without the thumper), but I had to put in some copper, solder, and blood (from the cuts I gave myself from being stupid) to get it to where it should have been when I bought it.If you're willing to put in more material and effort, this is a solid purchase. If not, what you want isn't on Amazon.
Swiss Miss 
