I buy this rice cooker in order to try a rice cooker . I would hear that if you want to cook rice , this be the way to do it . for the price , I feel I could try it . I will never cook rice in anything but a rice cooker again . in fact , I would love to get one that cook larger portion as the 3-cup be not large enough for my family . have you ever try to cook brown rice ? it be almost impossible , and take at least two hour on the stove in order to get right . with the rice cooker , it be a quarter the time , and come out perfect ! there be still slight difference between brown and white rice once cook , but no longer be I plague with a hard lump of brown rice . in the rice cooker , it come out nice , fluffy , and delicious . Eating healthier be no longer a chore or a discomfort . I have also cook quinoa in the rice cooker . it also come out perfect - fluffy and delicious , with little work from I ! sometimes my husband stay at work longer than intend . dinner will be ready anywhere from a half hour to a hour and a half before he get home . I have not try longer , but even with that long , if you keep the cooker on the warm setting and keep the lid on , it remain just as if it finish cooking . it do not dry out . there be no need to cook more rice for he .