The dust collection system is quieter than the 16 gallon Sears shop vac that it replaces but provides ~ 3x the air moving capacity. I am using it for my table saw and works well for normal operations. It does not work well when I am using a dado blade which produces chips that clog the screen to the fan almost immediately. This unit will need a separator if used with a surface planer or other tool that produces lots of chips.As stated in other reviews the unit comes with no packing but instead is packaged in three sets of boxes in boxes. My unit was delivered in good shape but that may have been the luck of the draw.