I recently ordered this ukulele and 4 others while researching products for my senior adult choir at church as I wanted to give them a few options.

Okina UK100 Soprano Ukulele with Rosewood Fingerboard – Natural
Diamond Head DU-150 Ukulele, Natural
Mahalo U-30OR Painted Economy Soprano Ukulele (Orange)
Lanikai LU-11 Soprano Ukulele
Kala KA-15S Mahogany Soprano Ukulele

The Okina, Diamond Head and Mahalo were all under at the time and within price of each other. Of the three, I thought that the Mahalo was the best offering both visually and in terms of tone quality. The Okina had a poor sound quality even compared to my own 20- and 40-year-old ukuleles (which had the original strings). A string upgrade to Aquila strings helped significantly, but even then, the Okina still had a far worse sound quality at this price level.

The Diamond Head and Mahalo both sounded better even with the stock strings and each includes a very nice (for this price) little gig bag. Incidentally, what the Mahalo product description says is a “color-matching brown gigbag” ended up being black, but black is pretty standard gig bag color. The Mahalo has the most “island” look to my eyes and the best sound. Much of the sound can probably be attributed to the strings which are more substantial than the Diamond Head’s. That being said, it still makes financial and practical sense to get the Mahalo since it’s so near the same price (compared to the Diamond Head) and has better strings already installed. I’ve also reviewed the Lanikai and Kala on their own pages.

this ukulele is awesome! i own the purple one and i love it. At first it goes out of tune a lot but with time the tuning is just fine and it sounds really good. GREAT buy for a beginner! =]

This was the first uke I bought because I’d never played one before, but I really wanted to learn, so I opted for a cheapo one. I’ve owned it for a couple of months and I absolutely love it. I’ve named it my “blukulele”.

Negative:
Okay, this is a cheap uke, and it certainly looks like it. The frets are painted wood, not metal, the paint job is kinda sloppy. The strings are kinda too high off the fingerboard for my liking, but this is a minor problem. The gig-bag is basically useless. It’s so thin with literally NO padding, so I really don’t understand why they even give you one, unless it’s just because of the novelty of it matching the paint job. I keep mine in the box it came in so it doesn’t get damaged. It’s just as easy to carry the uke around with you than to keep it in the gig bag. The only use I could see for it would be to keep water off, and it doesn’t even seem fit to do that job well.

Positive:
For its cheapness, this uke still sounds great, and it seems solid enough (good for kids who might be careless with it). Also, I was surprised by how well the strings hold tuning: after a few days, I rarely needed to tune it. This is something you can’t see in the picture, but on the back of the head stock, the tuners are shaped like dolphins, I think that is absolutely adorable and fantastic!! This thing was so easy to play. All i had to do was print off chord charts and I’m a pro now! It’s soo much fun too! This is GREAT for kids who want to try an instrument, or people who want to learn ukulele on a very cheap starter uke. The paint job just looks really cool, I mean who wouldn’t love a powder blue uke! (The blue color is just slightly lighter than it looks in this picture. I will try to post a customer imaged).

Overall, I love this thing, it’s so great. I’m contemplating getting another color just because I love all the options they have, maybe purple or orange.

Get this uke, you will be glad you did!!