My husband loves his egg and muffins, they are easy to make and a good weekend treat. The egg part only gets used on weekends, the toaster a little more often.When our first egg poacher burned out after about eighteen months, we decided it was worth replacing. Our second model has lasted exactly one year, at this rate we would be lucky to get six months out of another one. We have decided not to replace it. We will go back to making our egg mcmuffins the old fashioned way, in the trusty microwave.