I received this a gift in 2015, based on the recommendation of Cook's Illustrated.  It holds a lot of food, and I appreciate the very long timer and the fact that, despite being a slow cooker, it heats pretty quickly!  That means I can toss prepared ingredients in right from the fridge in the morning, let it sit on high until they warm up, then reset back to the recipe temperature before I head to work.  The only negative is that the pot itself is long and thin, rather than fat and round, so it did not fit in my sink.  As a result, the upper right corner broke into several pieces as I was moving it around while washing it.  That's a bummer--it was a real kitchen workhorse.