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I live on a farm so always have super fresh eggs. Fresh eggs are absolutely the hardest to peel, so when I saw Eggies I bought 3 sets, enough to boil 1 1/2 dozen eggs. Once I opened the boxes, I found that each eggie is comprised of 4 parts. Each part had to be washed and dried, then oiled before use. You can't use spray oil, you must coat them by hand. Okay, I washed, dried and oiled all the little pieces. Then I put the first 3 pieces: bottom, top and locking collar, together. Note that these are plastic, it was impossible to tighten the collars by hand to the point that they stopped turning, but they all seemed screwed down as far as possible. Next came filling: you crack a raw egg and pour it into the eggie through a hole that is 1 1/4" across. Some of the whites dripped down the edges, but all the yolks fit inside. Once filled, I wiped off the dripped white and then I screwed the little lids onto each eggie. Following the instructions, I filled a standard dutch oven pot half full of warm water, and began to set the eggies into it. Only 11 fit. So I pulled out two saucepans, placing 4 in 1 and 3 in the other. All pots were then taken to the stove. Following the instructions to turn burners to high, bring water to boil, then turn down to gentle boil, I sat down to wait. As soon as the water began to heat up, white foam appeared in all the pots from the egg whites that were leaking out of the eggies. It was a real mess by the time they were done. 3 of the 18 eggies came apart in the water during cooking. This must have happened after the eggs were mostly cooked as there were intact yolks in the water. 2 others lost their tops, resulting in egg white protruding into the water. All the eggies has small to not so small amounts of water inside them. Many of the eggies were sealed shut from the white leakage, requiring a paring knife to pry them open. Several had turned upside down in the water, resulting in strange shapes and trouble opening and removing the eggs. The eggs that stayed upright or on their sides, though, came out fairly easily. I did have to run a knife around the edges on a couple but that wasn't a hardship. The eggs were cooked by this method, but they looked weird. The eggies are so large that even my largest farm eggs barely filled the capsule half full, so they looked sort of like they had been cut in half. The whites were mottled in texture, possibly due to the water leakage into the containers. Some of the top edges of the whites had crispy places, like a fried egg that is cooked too hot. Not appetizing at all. Then I looked at the plastic pieces. These have many crevices and indentations, most of which had egg white stuck in them. The only way to wash them would be to use a little brush and scrub. Let me say here that I am a saver, and a donator. If I can't use it and its in good repair, I donate it so others may get use out of an item. Nonuseable items are sent for recycling. These eggies went into the trash. Thankfully I had coupons so the 3 sets only cost $10 & tax. But even if I paid full price I would have trashed them. If there was a rating below a 1 I would have used it.