The knob on the front broke within a week of it arriving. And then when i was shipped a replacement the same thing happened. This seems to be a design fault in the plastic used to create the knob so I expect this will happen with every slow cooker of this make. When the slow cooker heats up it melts and weakens the plastic in the knob and then when you turn it, it breaks very easily.  Part from this the appearance of the slow cooker is nice and i love the bright colours. Just disappointed by the quality. I am also saddened by the idea that thousands of these will end up in land fill. I wish you could simply fix each knob on them rather tan contributing to global waste issues. :(