Not a good value, mediocre results.

I bought this one because I wanted a smaller rice cooker AND required a stainless inner pot. It was a significant disappointment. First, although the stainless insert is actually pretty good, it's a bit of a stretch to say it can take 3 cups of uncooked rice. 2 is about the true maximum. OIt doesn't cook all that well either compared to the one this was purchased to replace. Second, the whole outer unit is no better than those ultra-cheap ones which show up at discount stores around Christmas for 8 bucks--definitely not of a quality matching the fairly-high by comparison asking price. I also bought the steamer basket and that is extremely cheaply made. Very thin metal and junky plastic handles--not even close to the quality of the stainless insert pot in the cooker itself. Feels like a dollar-store level item. I gave it 2 stars because it does cook rice...so it does the job (not all that well). However, this isn't anywhere near worth the asking price when compared to other offerings available. Keep looking--you can do far better for the same money.

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