we have be use this rice cooker for a month now , and we have no complaint . it have definitely make life simpler for we . we love brown rice , but do not usually have time to cook it on weeknight . now , we can just set the rice maker to go in the morning , program the time we want the rice to be ready , and it do the rest . the rice cooker automatically calculate the time to start cooking , so the rice be freshly cook when we get home . -lrb- I have originally fear it would just keep it warm all day , but that be not the case . -rrb- the rice come out perfectly . we have also use the `` porridge '' set to make steel-cut oats for breakfast -lrb- another long-lead-time favorite -rrb- . it work great . we use the same oats\/water ratio -lrb- 1:3 -rrb- that we would for cooking it on the stove . no problem !