I bought one barely used here at a slight discount. I have been really happy with it, both in it's electric and acoustic presence. Yes, you can definitely play with almost no noise, and it sounds great through my PocketPod amp modeler from Line6. I have not restrung it since I got it, and that looks a bit challenging, but still really enjoying it - probably more all the time.
Oh, and you can just throw it into a suitcase. With an interface to an iPad or my PocketPod, I got the whole deal in very little space.
I got it a year ago December a few days before Xmas, so I gave it to my kids to give to me. When I unwrapped it and took it out of the box, my oldest said "Dad, why did they only send you half of the ukulele?"