Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2016
Within a month, my previous pressure cooker (the instant pot) eventually started letting out pressure until it was unusable most of the time.
This Midea pressure cooker consistently holds pressure without a single failure yet. It builds pressure quickly. Everything has a nice build quality feel. The lid is removable, which allows you to clean it easily. It has both manual setting of the cooking time or you can use the pre-set programs. It also has a mechanical button on the lid to lock in pressure or release pressure which is nicer than most pressure cookers. Easier to put on the lid or remove it than my previous pressure cooker.
The instructions can be a bit confusing. FYI: On-demand pressure is for manual setting of the cooking time. Texture and pressure adjust are for making adjustments to the pre-set programs each time you use them. Make sure the valve where the steam is controlled has the steam cloud design oriented with the same orientation that's on the button or it won't hold pressure. Also, the timer countdown won't display until the pressure has built up to the established limit.
UPDATE 07/26: I use this pressure cooker almost everyday. It still works as perfect as the day I first bought it. No hiccups or issues whatsoever. I love this thing.
UPDATE 04/14/2018: I still use this pressure cooker all the time and it's still working well. I'm very satisfied with this product. I think there's an updated version of this product though so I would suggest looking into that.
UPDATE 02/2019: This pressure cooker stopped functioning well about a month ago. It would start taking a very long time to build up pressure, making the cooking process unreliable. For example, I was used to cooking my salmon steaks on the 2 minute setting with other settings on default. Since it would start taking so long to build pressure, the salmon steak would already be overcooked by the time the pressure cooking timer started. I have switched to the Taotronics pressure cooker. It uses an additional metal plate that the silicone ring is housed on. The plate itself is then mechanically secured to the lid. Perhaps this mechanism will lead to a longer lasting product.
