After about 10 uses, the writing on the control panel started to wear off. Also, I have owned multiple slow cookers over the years. All of them function well, just wore my last one out and decided to splurge on a “fancy “slow cooker since I use them so much. The sauté and steam options are not worth the extra hundred dollars I spent on this. Not even close. Does not store well with frequent movement between my cabinet, and the counter, looks far more worn than its age and use. Buying this was definitely a mistake.