I'm not sure why people always give rave reviews, they obviously aren't being objective about it. Being an average joomla user and php coder heres what I found:

Pros
- easy to install
- small mod, compact
- free

Cons
- Lack of features
- FF css bug. Submenus fall behind images on site
- Code experience a must
- lack of documentation
- No support forum
- Submitted requests for help and recieved no response

It doesn't work in IE8 its not much good to my clients since alot of people are using IE8

The component has great potential.

The good

- It's got fairly good integration with Native 1.5 Joomla
- it's pretty user friendly
- has some good modules
- Support forum is active
- its free

The bad

- No complete english version
- very buggy
- updating the component will cause alot of problems and rework
- be prepared for alot work to get things properly running
- its free. Most users would gladly pay for a stable version with support
- An inexperenced coder would not be able to use this component out of the box.

I hope the developer keeps at it, this component has some great potential if it just addresses a few major issues.