after use we Panasonic hard and finally kill it , it be time to look for another rice cooker . I have no complaint about this one . it be clear and easy to use -- I have never read the manual . it have setting for lot of different grain ; I make a lot of brown rice so it be important to I that it be able to handle brown rice well . it be very forgiving if I forget the rice for a while . I know you be not suppose to leave it on keep warm , but sometimes I forget it and it be nice to know that I be not go to burn it that way . I have make quinoa , sushi rice , basmatus rice , brown rice , black rice , red rice , rice with broth , rice with coconut milk , rice porridge , and garbanzo bean in this cooker . the garbanzo bean be a pleasant surprise . -lrb- I cook they on the brown rice setting ; they come out a little harder than can but very tasty and quite suitable for use in other recipe that call for canned\/pre-cooked garbanzo . -rrb- I have also attempt teff and would not repeat that ; the super-tiny seed end up float up into the steam vent and confuse the sensor . but clean it out be surprisingly easy consider how it get everywhere , so I can give it good point for be cleanable as well . Update : I have now use the timer feature and it work perfectly , be easy to set and use , and it remember setting for the next time . exactly what I want .