The fact that their own website says the belt will lose tension if left on the 45 setting for too long (in my experience "too long" seems to be 30 minutes) is a massive red flag

Although it is possible to very delicately change the belt from 33 to 45 while the platter is spinning, if you play several 45s in a row, or leave the belt on for the night, the belt is going to fall off when you put it back to 33.

I think that is a grossly unfair label to place on this turntable...this turntable is not only audiophile quality, easy to use, ready to play out of the box, but very much compares and performs to the manual belt-drive turntables offered by the likes of Music Hall, Project, Thorens, and rivals the classic belt drive audiophile turntables of the past, including a Sansui model my father still has to this day

The belt however, does fall off occasionally, but it is extremely easy to place back on and get going

I haven't used it much on the larger pulley, but the belt is loose as it is--I imagine to reduce motor coupling via the belt

U-Turn will send you a free spare belt, but this will still leave you wondering why in 2017 it's so hard to make a quartz circuit to regulate the speed

A fine turntable for the most part, but the design of the belt system is incredibly poor and belts lose tension and fall off very soon, especially if you switch speeds with any frequency

Belt hum: no problem whatsoever

Also the belt is loose and the instructions are very lacking in detail.