believe it or not, Philips makes fantastic rice cookers as well, on par with the japanese brands. I chose them over the others because of the 2 year international warranty while all the others come with a 1 year domestic warranty which isnt valid in the UK.

i got their entry level fuzzy logic model, which has a capacity for 10 cups of rice, but has a small portion option which does 2 cups very well with no burnt bottom bit.

it sure helped me through my student days with the keep warm feature, as well as the soup making and slow cooking features. Its great to be able to go to class in the cold winter morning after just dumping the herbs and spices and meat into the cooker, and setting it on slow cook mode, and come back to a hot soupy meal that's pretty much been cooked for you automatically!

the steaming function also does well for making vegetables. By the way, most upmarket/fuzzy logic rice cookers do not use teflon. Much newer, harder substance with bits of industrial diamonds in it to avoid damage from people using metal utensils on it.

for most of my life i used the basic rice cookers because of the comparitively high price of the fuzzy logic models, but only after getting a fuzzy logic one (it was on discount, so i went for it) i discovered what i had been missing out on!


this is the basic fuzzy logic model i got: http://www.philips.com.sg/c/home-coo...hd4746_00/prd/

was 35 pounds after discount

this is one i want to upgrade to at some point! http://www.philips.com.sg/c/home-coo...hd4763_00/prd/

pressurised function would be nice for soups...


and this is their most advanced one

http://www.philips.com.sg/c/home-coo...hd4777_00/prd/



the small 5 cup models are not big enough for soup making/slow cooking, better to get a bigger one which has a small quantity menu option, so you get the best of both.