For this price I am not too sure what to expect. As title says, great for learning pottery. The maximum weight of clay it is able to do at once would only be possible if you solidify the machine in concrete, otherwise the 4 legged stance just bounces away from you.
Overall its a fine device for the price, it’s decently stable and powerful. Now for the obvious flaws of the product are two main things: the splash tray and the electrical component/touch screen control. I bought two of these and encountered the same issue in both.
The splash tray is very small, especially the rounded part close to the potter. It would be fine if you throw one cup, but as soon as you work more and have more clay and water piling up, the connection between the trays starts to leak. Normally that would be fine, apart from the mess it creates. But thats where point two comes in.
The electrical component and/or touch screen is hard to control with clay fingered hands, but that is solvable. The real issue being the leaking water/slib from the connection of the two-part plastic tray. This seeps down the side of the machine, on and behind the touch screen. Which often results in the machine shorting and coming to a halt amidst throwing.
I have also found water leaking from under the tray on top of the machine, dripping down inside on to the motors flywheel. Creating a clay centrifuge on the inside, making the inside of the touchscreen’s electrical board wet. On both the machines I own this happened on multiple occasion. After a full clean and popping out the screen, then letting dry and brushing with a toothbrush I get it to work again. It seems this could be easily solved by making sure the top is leakproof, or just in case asding a casing to the inside of the electrics.
Overall for the price of the product I would recommend this to a beginner hobbyist potter. The tools included are of low quality but fine to hobby around with. The apron included is a kids size plastic apron, basically useless.
I do hope my feedback about both the rounded tray size and distance from the wheel is picked up by VEVOR as well as covering the inner side of the electrical touch screen.