Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is a solid, basic stainless pressure cooker, that is quite a bargain at the $41.45 price (or $33 something after the $25 off $125 kitchen purchases). Advantages: * Easy to use flip pressure regulator for quick release of pressure * Only has 15 lbs pressure that is adequate for normal pressure cooking * Has handles on both sides that makes the cooker easy to carry and stable when full. * Stainless won't interact with food product such as tomatoes. * 8 qt. capacity gives 4 qts of capacity when cooking foaming products such as beans or lentils. * Easier to clean than some pressure cookers I have used. Disadvantages: * Only cooks at 15 lbs of pressure, where some recipes call for only 10 lbs and would have to be adjusted. * Most canning is done at 10 lbs pressure at sealevel and up to 1000 ft elevation * I respectfully disagree that this cooker is meant for canning. It could process 3 or 4 pints in a pinch, but a 23 qt pressure cooker is the canning workhorse and will hold 19 pts or 7 qts. The manual suggests not canning in it, and it doesn't have a canning trivet included. * It is much lighter weight than older Presto models, so I don't know if it will last as long as the old ones did. Overall, it is a great pressure cooker for most cooking, and is a very good value.