The shipping was super fast and came quicker than expected. Was packaged well and didn't have any issues when starting up. The machine was reaching the temperature in decent amount of time and with the nob being a new feature for myself that was the only learning curve. However took only 2/3 tries and I managed to figure it out easily. Weight is pretty standard i would assume and it sit perfect on my desk. Have used it 20+ times and has worked every time from shirts, bags, and sublimation keychains!