As a regularly playing musician, when my kids started learning uke, I could not stand the cheap ones. Sound was flat, tuning was dropping, intonation non-existent on most.
Having read a few reviews on this one, I decided to give it a try. Very happy with the result.
Tuning is good, and it keeps well. Intonation is fine all the way up the neck. You get a bit more cutting tone with mahogany. (harsher is not the right word, but it's def stronger than most other woods)
Let me put it this way, it was good enough for us to come back and buy more :)