I bought a different brand at first and after using it for 24h and almost had a hopper fire, I then returned it. I decided straight away to get the SmokeFire as I saw the improvement that they had compared to the other brand and I had always loved Weber. I saw a few videos and read some negative reviews about it in the USA but that was the first version. Before buying, I went to check another more expensive brand but after comparing it with the SmokeFire, the built quality is just amazing and cannot be beaten. The SmokeFire is more premium for a cheaper price!!!
I have been using it for couple of months now and cooked on it multiple times. I cannot be happier. I did a brisket and pork butt all together on a 20h plus cooking, sausages, chicken, more brisket and today a beautiful reverse seared tomahawk. Everything was so delicious and easy to manage. I did not have any issues leaving it on overnight and in the morning, there were still plenty of pellets.
I cleaned it without much trouble and if I do a long cook, I just put a tray under the grills so it will collect all the grease from the meat. I love the app and the notification, the probes, and the alarms on them.
The only thing that I would suggest is to allow the SmokeBoost mode to have a timer and after the timer rings swap back to a pre-determined temperature.
My work colleague might buy one after being very impressed with mine.