HBMA-50 Mandoline VS : Decent instrument for the price

I bought this as my first ever mandolin. It was the cheapest one out there, I wasn't going to spend a fortune for a beginner instrument.

Quality: The build quality is pretty good for the price. The finish has a nice gloss to the varnish.

As to features and sound: it has 8 strings as it should, and it pretty much sounds like how a mandolin is supposed to sound.

Straight out of the box, I just give it a very quick tune (it didn't require too much tuning) and it was ready to go to start strumming some chords and picking some notes.

Would I recommend this? For a beginner who wants an instrument to learn on, most definitely. It's cheap (I think the cheapest I have seen) and is a pretty decent quality for the money it costs. So it's a very good choice to begin with.