It is better then any of the others I have tried & we are keeping it. It works fairly well. The griddles do come out and cleanup really easily. The only reason I didn’t give it five stars is that it doesn’t heat perfectly evenly and so the waffles at the very front edge don’t cook nearly as well as the rest of it. This is the third one I’ve had in a year to try and this is the only one I’m keeping and I’ve actually used twice already so I absolutely do recommend it.