I would’ve scored this higher, but if you turn your back on your kids with this the popcorn will go everywhere and you’ll be finding it throughout your house for weeks.  It does a great job at making single servings of popcorn, but if you don’t have a large bowl to catch it, the popcorn will go everywhere.  The popcorn taste fresh and it comes with a recipe book for different ideas, but the mess was maddening from our easily excited kids.