all in all , I be happy with my purchase . it be a pretty well-made unit and it be compact enough to leave on my kitchen counter . the setting be too complicated -lrb- white rice , brown rice , etc -rrb- and the instruction manual be pretty clear . when I cook my first batch of white jasmine rice , it come out pretty good . the one thing I definitely notice over my old rice cooker be that this new one do not give I any `` hard rice '' at the bottom of the cooker . the non-stick material in the cooker pot seem to make the rice slide right off . I do not know how long the non-stick layer will last because although I wash my rice in a separate container -lrb- so not to scratch the cooker pot -rrb- , there be other people in the house that wash it directly in the pot . the only issue I have with this model be that it take a long time to cook a batch of rice . a 1-cup batch of white rice take almost 40 minute on the regular setting and 30 minute of the `` quick cook '' setting . my old Tiger rice cooker -lrb- 20 + year old and counting -rrb- only take about 20 minute give or take . I be a little disappointed with the long cook time -lrb- at least compare to my old cooker -rrb- . that be why I could not give it 5 star . everything else be good though . update -lrb- july 2 , 2012 -rrb- : the more I use this machine , the more I get puzzle by the extended length of time it take to cook . last night I have it on brown rice and it take 48 minute to complete it be cooking cycle ! my goodness ... I think my entree be cold by the time the rice be ready . another thing that puzzle I be that other than a short song a few minute before the rice be ready , the machine give no count-down or any indication of how much longer the cycle will take to process . although it do a solid job of cook the rice -lrb- and keep it hot after the fact -rrb- , the cooking process be entirely too long for my preference . I think I might have to bring out my 20-year old Tiger rice cooker to replace this new guy . go figure !