So many reason why terrible:
1. Slow to cook (cooking brown rice takes 2hrs).
2. No alarm to tell you when its done.
3. So much water and scum collects at the lid and the 4 corners of cooker.
4. Thus, making it very difficult to clean.
5. Sometimes it switched to keep warm even when its not done.

While, admittedly, the eventual result is excellently cooked rice, it takes over 2 hours to cook brown rice (seriously!). Plus it has no alarm to alert you when it’s finished cooking which means you can’t just set & forget & wait for the ‘beep’ so have keep checking it. Disappointed really especially for the cost. My old “cheapie” didn’t cook quite as well but it was/is super quick & ‘pings’ when it’s ready.

I was tossing up between buying a cheap rice cooker or the Panasonic thinking you get whatwhat you pay for. My first attempt was a failure, I was hoping to have rice for tea. After two hours the rice was still hard. I tried again the following day and had the same result I followed all the instructions for white rice. I am taking it back to the Good Guys.

... but found the brown rice setting didn’t work very well. Used the ordinary rice setting instead but not very happy with that either. Perhaps I wasn’t very impressed with this rice cooker because I usually make only a single serve of rice - one third of a cup - for myself, and presume it would be handy for people who cooked larger quantities. I have an induction cook top with a timer, and that makes perfect brown and white rice and wonder to myself why I bought this rice cooker.

We were looking for a small rice cooker just for my partner and myself and a lot of the rice cookers in the market are too big, for big families. I finally found this one and we are very happy. It's effective, it doesn't take too long to cook, it doesn't take up too much space in the kitchen, and It's cute.

Bought this cooker 2 months ago. I have no complaints so far. It's very easy to use and clean. I usually eat brown rice and it cook them very well. The steam function works well too but you need to use timer as it only automatically stops when running out of water. 5 cups are enough for 3 to 4 people.

I have been using this rice cooker for the past few years. The price is reasonably, and does cook a few different types of rice. The only thing it's the inside of the cover is not very easy to clean, sometimes there are rice hidden in it and I can't clean it properly.

Pros

-Great Tasting rice. (Perfect Basmati, Jasmine, Long and short grain.
-Good Brown rice
-Simple to use.
--EASY Cleanup. (Simple wipe down after every use of lid avoids cleanliness issues.)

Cons

-Measuring off from factory.... Have to use a little less water or else it comes out as mush
-Only available in white... (Stainless/Brushed Steel or Black finish option would help it blend into the kitchen better.)

I have never written a review before but felt inclined this time. For $89 I expected half decent rice. Instead I got litres of mush and a large area of burnt rice stuck to the bottom. It tasted awful and was deemed inedible.
Really disappointed - Panasonic is permanently tarnished in my mind.

honestly, is the worse rice cooker I have ever use & purchased.
when the rice is cook, the steam water drip down from the lid to the rice cooker, have to wipe it every single time you open the lid.
Plus the size is quite deep, so is took up space.
Is worse then the $10.00 unknown brand.