I love this popcorn maker. I had been using the microwavable glass popcorn makers where you just add the popcorn and put the whole thing in the microwave and wait until it pops and while that worked very well, I hated the fact that I had to make 3 or 4 pots before I had enough popcorn and it would. Take about 20 to 25 minutes. With this, I make one go it and I have enough popcorn to watch our movie with in under 6 minutes. I use the hulless popcorn and only had about 5 unpopped kernels, too! Definitely will save money on that respect.