I believe the 'Kickstarter' campaign is sold out. I ordered mine off their web site after the Kickstarter and it was delivered in just a few weeks. As to long term reliability, that is a question, but I don't see why it would be any worse than the other US machines on the market. I demo'ed a Kirmuss before the 'Guru' and was much less impressed, not because the Kirmuss couldn't do an ok job of cleaning, but because records could be damaged in the cleaning slots(s). The 'Guru' has no such issue!