I thought this pressure cooker would last me years. How disappointing to have the orange indicator just disappear yesterday and smell burning plastic! I bought this in October of 2011, and now I'm having to find another brand. It leaked under the handle where it attaches to the top of the pan since I bought it, but once it reached pressure it was fine, I just kept a towel handy and cleaned up the mess, but yesterday I realized that it was taking too long to come to pressure, so when I checked on it - the orange indicator was gone! I took the pot out on the deck till it cooled down. Will mail just the pot cover back to Amazon, to save postage, and look for another one that hopefully will work for a few years at least.