I have no experience with nut milk makers, this is the first one. And so far it's done everything I've needed it to. I've been using it to make almond milk, still working on the recipe, but it seems to do a good job. The only thing it doesn't come with which I wish it did was some type of recipe book. That would have been nice. This machine will allow you to make soy milk, nut milk, milkshakes, boil water, oat milk, rice paste, and it has its own cleaning function. The lid does have to be on and in the right position for it to work, it must have a magnet sensor. And it does come with a green scrub pad, and a double-sided cleaning brush. When it's chopping up the nuts, it is kind of on a loud side, but that is to be expected. But so far it's worked well, and there's nothing I can think of to change it to make it better, but I don't have any experience with these either. So take that with a grain of salt.