After a bit of practice I'm getting on fine with mine. You just have to realise that it's a small, domestic appliance not an industrial one.
The only think I have against the blurb on Ideal World is that "Sue" says you can use it in the bathroom. Bathrooms in the UK aren't (or shouldn't be according to building regs) fitted with electric sockets and it probably isn't sensible to attach an electrical appliance to an extension lead and use it in the presence of water!
For the same reason I wouldn't use it on the kitchen sink but it's great on my filthy cooker.
I believe that IW are not going to be stocking it any longer and it was on sale last week.