Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Trust the earlier reviews: This thing takes FOREVER to make rice, FOREVER to steam something, FOREVER to do anything. Not kidding: Brown, long stem rice, 2 cups, took almost 2 hours to finish. Are you kidding me? Basically if you want to make rice for Tuesday dinner, you should plug the thing in on Monday noon, dump in your ingredients, and walk away. Good grief. Fastest thing it will do is make a pot of white rice in 45-60 minutes, depending on its mood. It's also a joke for steaming veggies, as it takes approx 20 minutes to heat up before steaming your goods for 10 minutes or whatever time you wanted. Needless to say, sending it back. I cannot imagine a single advantage to using this thing as a cooking device over a stovetop pan with a steamer insert and lid, which will do everything this does in a fraction of the time, with far less hassle. Does anyone make a steamer that's actually faster and more convenient than stovetop cooking?