what can I say , I put water and rice in it and a little bit later I have cook rice . do just the way I want . with any rice cooker you have to play with the exact amount of water -lrb- if you use the line measure on the side -rrb- and make sure you use the rice measurer that come with it , but after that - it be a no brainer . if it go `` ding '' when the rice be do , it would be perfect . I have no trouble with leakage , but i do not cook a full pot of rice , either .