I've seen reviews of this complaining about casting errors, however mine came to me without any of those issues that I could find. It feels fairly high quality, especially for the price. It has good rebound, and after using it for a while, I haven't had any real issues with it. It's an amazing size and price for starting your blacksmithing journey. Its fairly loud, put some bathroom silicone under it before you secure it, that ringing drastically lowers.