A rice cooker has been a welcome addition in my kitchen for 15 year
I had a zojirushi for 9 years. I replaced it after it's demise with an Aroma ARC-838TC 8-Cup purchased on Amazon. It works better. I use it for short grain brown rice or basmati rice. I purchased an inexpensive, $ 19.95, black and decker cooker for one of my college kids. After 1.5 years it works great.