Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I admit that I was a bit of a victim of good marketing. My wife saw this product on TV and she had me watch the commercial online. I went right out and bought one. My experience, once I got it home, not so great. The directions stink. They are a little north of worthless. This pot does not brown things very well and it doesn't have a browning setting, which is an important element when cooking with pressure. The slow cooker setting is about as useful as the directions. It never seemed to hold a good slow cook temperature. The bottom of the pot has 'dimples' that catch food residue and is hard to clean. The non-stick coating on this pot easily rubs off with the use of plastic tools. Lastly, my pot stopped working after 4 months. It just wouldn't get hot anymore. I called the company that distributes the PPC XL. They offer an extremely weak 60 day warranty. Who offers a consumer product with essentially no warranty? I was expecting at least a year. This thing is absolute junk. Do yourself a hughe favor, buy the Cuisinart version of this product. It has a three year warranty with a very nice pot (no dimples), browning, sauté and simmer modes along with both low pressure and high pressure settings. The instruction booklet is excellent. I will never buy anything from Tristar products ever again.