Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is a great microwave popper that is dishwasher-safe. We've used it much more than I'd thought we would, because it is so convenient. Addendum, after reading some negative reviews of this product: Performance will probably vary, depending upon the wattage of your microwave. Ours is 1100 watts, and I've found that 1 minute, 50 seconds is the optimal amount of time needed. Even 10 seconds more results in burned popcorn. Less means more unpopped kernels. To avoid the horribly burned popcorn with the attendant noxious odor, some experimentation, starting at the 90-second mark and increasing in 10-second increments, may be necessary. (Edit- Reducing the effective microwave wattage by cooking at a lower power level, as noted below, is probably the method to use for optimal results.) As with all microwave popcorn cookers, including the plastic-lined bags, whether the microwave has been recently used also matters, because the rotating glass plate may already be quite hot. I would advise placing the popper on a room temperature plate in the microwave prior to popping, in that case. Addendum P.S.: To ensure that the popcorn doesn't burn and that more kernels are popped, the seller recommends that only 80% of full power be used in microwaves of 1000 watts or more. Update: I found that even 80% power was too high for my microwave to pop an acceptable percentage of the kernels without burning, so I reduced the power to 70%, starting with a room temperature microwave and with the timer set to 3 minutes. The results were much better. Each reduction in power requires more time, most noticeably prior to the first kernel popping. Because of the pauses in microwave radiation inherent in cooking at less than full power, the general bagged microwave popcorn rule of stopping when you hear popping only every second or so cannot be relied upon. A trial-and-error process to determine the optimal power level and cooking time for your microwave will probably be necessary. Final Update: We've had a couple of these for a while now, and they are still like new. The only complaint that I have is that when the bowl is washed (upside down) in the dishwasher, its bottom retains a lot of liquid. We are thinking of making some holes in the base, so that the liquid can drain out. Would advise wiping any residual oil out of the bowl and the lid before placing it in the machine, so that it and the other dishes don't come out smelling like oil. One thing that we've (duh) realized is that we can just use the popcorn button on our microwave to get perfect popcorn every time, without any power adjustment, just as we could with the bagged microwave popcorn.