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Great popcorn popper, just observe a few rules and you'll have enough popcorn for a movie festival. 1. Do not use small kernel 'gormet' popcorn. They are too light and may blow out during popping. 2. The little cup is a measuring device, fill it with corn and scrape with a straight edge to equal 1/2 cup of corn. No more no less. Don't try to melt butter in it, the cycle time is way too short to melt more than a dab of cold butter. Use your microwave to melt the butter. 3. Do use a tall bowl under the discharge chute (8 inches), this will keep all of the popcorn contained. 4. All hot air poppers may send a hot kernel out that pops outside the 'containment area' or skitters across the counter onto the floor, keep your shoes on and small childern away. 5. Any issue you have with 'old maids' not popping is a problem with the popcorn, not the popper. I get almost 100% success. Use fresh, yellow or large kernel popcorn from a vendor that turns it over quickly. You don't know how long that bag of store brand corn sat on the shelf. Too low a moisture content will equal a high number of unpopped corn kernels. 6. When the popping starts, tilt the popper back from the bowl until the side is vertical to the counter(raise the side towards the bowl about 3/4"), when the chute is almost full, you may set it back down. The no-switch complaint is a non-issue, one less thing to fail. We make popcorn about 3 to 4 times a week and this is way cheaper than microwave popcorn. Use one of the Hickory Smoked salts available from Amazon and you have bacon-flavored popcorn, what more do you want?