I have be use the Zojirushi ns-vgc05 for about 2 month now and love this cooker . my family eat lot of rice and a good rice cooker be essential for we . I own a number of rice cooker in the past , some american brand like black Decker , Aroma , Tiger , some japanese brand like Hitachi , Panasonic , Sanyo but none come close to quality and performance of this one not to mention good look on the counter top . the job of a rice cooker be to cook delicious rice , I be satisfied with cook rice by this one and look like it will last for a quite some time . this be one pricey rice cooker , it cost twice much more than the other brand but it be worth my money . I do not like the fact that I can not change the battery myself and do not know what to do if the battery die ! for that reason , I take off 1 star . if you care about delicious rice , and a piece of good look appliance in you kitchen , this be the one .