This distiller really is quite attractive, even beautiful. It arrived well packaged and protected, with all the parts. I'm currently running some water through it now for a test run, and for cleaning any residual chemicals left over from the manufacturing process. I'll do that a few times to make sure it is really clean inside before distilling anything I'm going to drink. Although, to be fair, it looks absolutely spotless inside, and no oily residues, at all, are visible.It looks exactly like the pictures on the item page. Note, if you have not selected the 'Stainless Steel. Temperature Controlled.' model, then the one you receive may look very different. I see that there are basic white and red models. There is also a red model (with temperature control). This review is for the stainless steel adjustable temperature control model only. I daresay that the red version looks and probably works exactly the same, just the colour is different.There seems to be some confusion in the reviews as to whether the temperature can be adjusted or not. If you have the temperature controlled model, then yes, but if you have the basic model, then no, the temperature is fixed and cannot be adjusted.It's very easy to put together. Just put the top piece on top of the boiling kettle. Plug in the cables. Set the temperature you want to distil at, and you're off. Mine is the adjustable temperature model, so I can use it to distil water or make essential oils, or even distil alcohol, where legal, of course.Note to people here in Canada, you do not 'make alcohol' by distilling. Alcohol is perfectly legal to make in the form of beer or wine, or even just fermenting sugar and water with yeast. That is what 'makes alcohol'. Distilling is a purification method, which unfortunately, is not currently legal here in Canada. Please be aware of that before you even think about distilling any alcohol from your home brew. You might however be able to distil fuel alcohol, but I don't know what the law