Arrived well packaged and on time, comes with a good carry case with a separate pocket for the Beater, it's well worth the money and well made as a starter Bodhram , im very pleased with this instrument and would say if your looking for a Bodhram to start learning this is the one for you, it's good enough for a professional to play, it's just most top players have there's hand made and tuned to suit their style of playing .