Obviously, the first thing I did was the foil test. I ended up with amazing results. Achieved excellent cavitation within 2 minutes or less. If you were looking for a powerful one, you found it. I would just be careful with the timing as the oil was pretty well destroyed in less than 2 minutes.It is a little loud, but given the power, its what would be expected.When operating, you should give it time to preheat first if using heat, but, the heating power was not lacking any either.The only thing I wish was with it would be a plastic basket, but I'm not sure that a stainless one would scratch anyways.No one mentioned the tub size. Its about 10.25" x 5" with plenty of depth. Much like the stainless pans you would find in a restaurant.I have only tested it so I will come back and leave a little more once I've cleaned a firearm (my main intention) and some jewelry.