I have been using this for 3 months now to cook our rice and I'll say that so far, this has served its purpose really well. First time I used this, I had to clean my microwave because the water from the steam all pooled into the microwave plate. I remedied this by putting this cooker into a shallow Anchor Hocking glass pie plate so all water collects on the plate, hence, no mess. Now, I can have hot, steaming rice in just a few minutes. My daughter, who's in college, uses it in her dorm. I've bought several for my friends and now they're all using this. I plan to buy several more.