The family loves the waffles we make with this, and it is easy to clean. No problems with sticky waffles so long as you give it a little oiling prior to adding the batter (given that my recipe uses a full stick of butter, I only need to do this once).My issue, however, is with the rubber feet. I've had ours for about few years now, and roughly a year ago the feet near the bottom of the iron would melt slightly, creating sticky smudges on my tile countertop that are difficult to remove. I've since solved this by slicing the pads off entirely and replacing them with adhesive vinyl pads bought from a local hardware store (before this I'd protected the counter with small pieces of paper towel).Aside from this one annoyance, this is a fantastic waffle iron for the price. I don't have the counter space to have a larger unit, and this stores nicely.