I  bought over a month ago and loving it. The hinged top where I don’t have to lay it down and the notch in the pot where a spoon can stay in the pot and allow for the lid to close all the way is perfect. I love the easy push button system to open and close the lid make it soooo easy to operate. No I will be ready to participate in work potlucks.  Already used it at home to try it out and it cooked perfect it will soon be replacing my other digital 9 year old generic slow cooker that is on its last leg. I even talked a friend into purchasing it and he liked it soo much he decided to dump one of his other 3 slow cookers to make room for this one. The only problem now is I may have to label mine so it won’t get mixed up with his during our work potlucks.