I receive this as a gift from my wife last Christmas . I would always want a rice cooker but have never use one - they just seem like a great way for a lazy guy like I to make food . since open it , I think it be fair to say that it be be use nearly every day to make something - rice , steel-cut oatmeal , and other dish . if you think these be only for rice , you be mistake . however , specifically when it come to rice , these be amazing . add a give number of scoop of rice , add water -lrb- or , better , broth -rrb- to the proper line , make sure the right type of rice be set -lrb- f you usually use the same type , this be a set-and-forget thing -rrb- , and turn it on . use the timer if you prefer . brown rice take a while , but come out amazing . other rice type tend to take less time and also turn out well , but give the benefit of brown over white , and give that the brown come out as soft as white normally do , brown be my go-to preference . Cleaning , as many have say , be trivial . just make sure you clean the lid attachment as well as the bowl . look into other recipe - steel-cut oatmeal use the timer make for a wonderful breakfast during the winter for those of we who live in colder climate . as far as durability go : mine be still work like a charm . if it die today - and it will not - that still mean I 'll have pay fifty cent or so per use , and it would easily be worth that . my guess be that , for most people , this will last for many year .