I have had this crockpot for about three years now. I got a Hamilton Beach about six months later. My Rival one has cracks all the way around the walls and bottom of the pot, and there is one that goes all the way through the bottom, just waiting to split. My HB, on the other hand, has ZERO cracks! I use these just about every day for dinner or homemade broth. I am about to buy a replacement for this one, and it'll be a Hamilton Beach crock pot. I gave it two stars, as it worked well throughout those three years.