The kit is a great starter. The brush is soft and removes all the dust from the shoe before you begin polishing. The polish is very thick and the brown was a bit darker than I was expecting. If you have light brown shoes, I wouldn't use the included polish. The pads for applying the polish are the weak points of this kit. One broke within 5 minutes of polishing a shoe. The foam is held to the handle by glue, which isn't very strong. I just continued to use the foam without the handle. The included cloth is cheap but gets the job done.

Overall, it's a great starter set. If you don't have a lot of shoes to polish, it'll do just fine.