This rice cooker is a game changer. I've used cheap rice cookers in the past and quickly grew tired of the slightly mushy white rice or crunchy brown rice that I'd get out of them. This rice cooker has made me fall in love with rice. It makes such fluffy white or brown rice and can even make rice porridge like congee which I had never tried before but now can't get enough of. It also has warming settings that can keep your rice warm and fluffy for days. I just put my rice in when I get home from work and forget about it until its time to eat. Its so easy I've started working rice into all of my meals.