Having previously owned a Steamer I was looking forward to seeing how compact this one was. My older Steamer was disposed of as we just didn't have enough room but as you can from the picture it packs down for easy storage.
Soft boiled eggs was a must first test, it took less than a minute to set the machine up and 7 mins on the timer to cook a perfect soft boiled egg. Second test was choc chip muffins, apart from my error with the choc chips(they sank to the bottom) the muffins were sooooo moist, cooked 50% of the batch in the oven and you could tell the difference, oven ones were dryer and a lighter brown.
Third test was a full meal with hoisin salmon, potatoes, asparagus and carrots. I prefer salmon pan fried but the fish was cooked perfectly in the Steamer.
Only negative point is that the machine didn't come with any recipe book, I own other tefal products and the recipe books that came with them are great.