I've had this machine for a year now and am satisfied with it. The only problem is that it clogs easily. You MUST scrape all excess food from the plates. I had GE out here to unclog it of corn kernels in the pump outlet. Lesson learned.
So now our ritual is to scrape all the plates and it works just fine.
It's very quiet and uses only a gallon of water each cycle.
Also quite energy efficient too.
I'm happy with this machine as it does what it's supposed to do.