this be one of the best and most useful home appliance I have ever buy . we buy this to replace a much cheaper rice cooker -lrb- around $ 40 -rrb- and we be so glad we buy this . the fuzzy logic technology really do make a difference . we have perfect rice , every time , and have now be eagerly try all different type of rice and love the new flavor experience . my favorite feature be the timer . you can set the cooker to be do at a particular time . I use this to have a nice hot breakfast ready for I at 6 be , when I be too bleary-eyed to cook anything `` from scratch . '' I also use it to have the rice perfectly do for dinner time , at just the right time . no worry at all about `` when will it be do ? '' this machine figure it all out for you . I have a kitchen full of applicance but this be the one that be get use the most , often twice a day now . there be usually 2 of we for dinner and this make the right amount for 2 for dinner , plus enough leave over to prepare a good breakfast . love it !