I have be use this every day for about a month and it work perfectly with perfect rice every time . the really nice thing about it be that you can time the rice to be do at a certain time , so then you do not have to wait in order to soak the rice , you just fill up the cooker again after you finish the rice and time it to cook the next batch . it keep the rice warm automatically , and the warming feature work really well . I have keep rice warm for a full day , and it seem to stay nice . I recommend that you get a big bag of good quality rice like tamanishikus and have at it .