While my family loves the type of meals that are typically served with rice, I have always struggled with consistently cooked rice.  I feel like I do the same thing everytime.  I add the water, I add the lid, I fluff it...all of that.  There are only two problems.  First, my rice is never consistently cooked.  Sometimes it is too hard, sometimes mush.  Secondly, the boiling on a hot summer day makes the whole house (which lacks central air) a humid oven.  I had never tried a rice cooker before but I'm sold.  I'm several uses in and it's the same every time.  It's easy, and it doesn't make my whole house a swamp.  Highly recommend this one.  As a first time rice cooker user, it's easy to set up, stylish, and works great.