Great little rice cooker . get water go very quickly and be very easy to clean . I do not like the rice cooker with the lid that you can not remove and wash -- we cook mostly brown rice and there be lot of bran-like stuff that the foam carry to the lid , so what be the point if you can not wash the lid ? Paper towel just do not cut it . sure it sputter a bit but a quick spritz of olive oil and salt cut that down a lot . have to stir the rice once be not a hassle , and actually probably it would not be a big deal if you skip that . note the supply measure cup be a little smaller than my 1 cup measure cup . the only thing I would recommend to Oster be that they follow through on they focus of a compact rice cooker -- what other feature would be useful to someone who need a small rice cooker ? how about design the lid and handle with slot or cut out so the spoon and measure cup can be store or rest on the cooker ?