I actually bought this for myself, but my daughter loves instruments. She loves my gongs so I ended up sharing this too. Its way more peaceful to hear than her traditional drum, so there's that.

So far no issues, the case is helpful and practical for storing in the music closet.

Excelente producto

I purchased what looked like the best options of a few of these steel tongue drums, in these general sizes, from a few different brands so that I could compare and find the best one.

Here's what I found out:::

BeatRise, both the 13" and the 14" drums -have 'tinny' sound to them and both had dead notes
Berning&Lin 14" - sounded 'tinny', dead notes, and the weaving around the edges wasn't staying on.
SMAUTOP 14" -came the closest to keeping this one. Its sound was a bit better but still had dead notes. I was also impressed with all of the stuff that came with it. It's like they like their customers. ;)

Then I watched videos from people who know a bit more about this stuff and were making recommendations. I found out that bigger isn't necessarily better. You get more notes, but the shape and material differs from the smaller ones in a way that seems to make a real difference. I decided to sacrifice some notes and try a couple of 12" drums, from the list of recommendations.

I tried::
Harmonic Star Steel Tongue Drum 10" - it was really nice! the sound was sweet and if I hadn't tried the next one then I might've been happy with this one. It did have a little bit of a dead note, and was hard to get it to register well on the higher notes in general.

and then,
Rakumi,12" 'lotus' drum - This was the clear winner. And because it was the very last one I tried, I was sure glad I didn't give up or settle! The price wasn't too bad and totally worth it. It was the only one out of all of them that I tried that had ZERO dead notes. And it had the prettiest, fullest and most resonant tone. It also has a large cutout at the bottom so that you can get in there with magnets and tune it to another key. So basically, it's perfect. I'm honestly in love with it.

For anyone comparing the options and wondering, I hope this helps!

... this has much to be desired. The metal on this has been coated with something to make it "feel" like it's thicker and more solid. The sound has a tough time carrying. The tones are not so melodic nor in key. Sounds okay, but there are notes the make your face pucker, unfortunately. Maybe an upgrade set of padded mallets instead of hard rubber. Has a tough time coming across as "soothing" which is why you would ever buy one of these.

Nothing negative to say about the item but the delivery was a little odd. Got a big box with a smaller box inside. The inner box was addressed to someone else. Looks like someone returned the item. I can't complain, everything is clean and present and looks brand new. In a sense, it is good that items that are returned are not shunted in to some kind of junk bin. I've heard about that being a business in itself. Returned items that can't be put back on the shelf and sold at deep discounts to people buying them in lots. I don't know the best solution that doesn't entail a great deal of decision making and human resources.