you get what you pay for [SEP] with this i spent a good amount of time cleaning some brushes that were absolutely completely terribly filthy just scrubbing them on a cleaning mat would have taken quite a bit longer and would not have gotten them all nice and fluffy again after all my brushes were like new i started cleaning my foundation brushes after every use and it took a just minute every morning i really loved this thing but it stopped working so quickly i know this was cheap but it hardly lasted any time at allanyway i saw the complaint that it slowed down when it touched the soapy water but i found it still cleaned just fine despite that i typically just dipped and held the brush at an angle occasionally pulling it up a little before dipping it back down