Got it in Friday and have had the chance to do a few tattoos with it. I gotta say it's definitely a very consistent smooth running machine. It's light and well balanced, I ran it with a bugpin 11 mag at about 6.5 volts and the 3.2 mm cam for smooth color blends. It is whisper silent. It puts out a bit of vibration but didn't bother me at all while tattooing. I traded a Vivace for it and am this far happy with my decision. Definitely a nice, simple and straightforward machine.