I purchased this stainless steel bowl as a very inexpensive "shaving" bowl for lathering up my shave soap / cream. It's a horrible shave bowl. Too big and the walls are too straight up and down for a lathering purposes. But that is not what this bowl was intended for. So this is completely my own fault... for being cheap and not wanting to spend $20+ for a proper bowl. I decided to keep it as a traveling dog bowl to simply keep in the car. It's very light and easy to store. As a primary dog bowl?... not so much. It's light weight makes it very easy to tip over. I prefer a heavier ceramic type bowl for my dogs at home. But for travel... this one is perfect. And you cannot complain about the price. One other thing.... there is no rubber padding under the bowl to protect whatever surface you may put it on. More weight and a protected bottom would have earned this piece of steel 5 stars. Just don't get this as a shaving bowl.