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I love this thing, but you must understand its purpose and function. 1) By the time you plug it in, the kernels should already be loaded and the top on. You should be standing by with a (large) bowl to catch the output. Don't try to preheat or anything silly, the directions expressly tell you this. 2) This thing makes a lot of popcorn. Filling the measuring cup to half gets you four to five cups of popcorn, and full gets you between eight and ten cups (with standard yellow popcorn). Fill it less than half and it starts spitting out far more kernels than usual, and over-filling is, of course, bad. It will pop so much popcorn that they can't eject fast enough and end up scorching. This means if you only want a cup or two, this machine may not be your best bet. 3) It's a home device meant for a batch or two (which is is sixteen to twenty cups). It will need some cooling time in between batches if you're popping more than that. If you're trying to pop fundraiser-quantities of popcorn, you should probably look elsewhere. For our purpose, this thing is absolutely awesome. In two or three months it will pay itself off, and I can eat healthy additive/preservative-free popcorn all day long. My recipe is simple: a second or two of cooking spray (canola=no calories, olive oil=tastier), and a liberal sprinkle of Old Bay Seasoning. Has a lot of sodium, but adds almost no calories to thr popcorn. *I will not update this review unless something negative happens requiring it.