I be no stranger to rice cooker , I eat rice every day , I have have they for most of my adult life . my former rice cooker be a Panasonic fuzzy logic cooker , it be great , it last over 12 year and always make great rice , but the nonstick be flake off the inside bowl and it be time to retire it . the new Zojirushi ns-vgc05 be hand down the best rice cooker ever , the rice be always perfect , the design and construction be top notch . you simply can not find a better rice cooker , the Zojirushi be perfect .