I (male) absolutely love this thing, it's great. A couple a drawbacks, though not severe drawbacks, are it's somewhat lack of power and that it seems a bit flimsy. You definitely need to use plenty of lube, otherwise it might have some trouble thrusting, and another thing is that it's mostly plastic exterior makes it a little wobbly/bendy in places so if you don't use enough lube or if it's not properly angled, instead of thrusting into you the machine will just push back and forth, even if the base is perfectly still. Another plus though is that if you use it on low speed, around a thrust or two per second, it makes little enough noise that you wont hear it on the other side of a door. Turn it up more though, and you'll probably hear it in the whole house. I've only ever used it at about half the max speed so far, and even that's so fast it feels like some kind of super powered vibrator inside me. It does also seem to have more power on higher speeds, so it's less likely to stall/fail to thrust or whatever you call it than on lower speeds. Overall it's amazing, and even though it could be better, it's certainly more worth it paying $100 for this than $300+ for a better one that's seems only mildly better.