This works great for me. I am housebound and frequently use a wheelchair and the gal that helps me puts my meals into this and instead of something cold, I enjoy a hot meal!
I have been using one of these for years! I keep it in my desk for the days I bring soup or something similar. I plug it in at 12:00 and lunch is ready to eat at 1:00. A lady at work has been eyeing mine so glad to be able to gift her one.
I bought 6 of these for Christmas gifts and kept one for myself. One was given to a first year college student who is required to live in the dorms and microwaves are not allowed. She said this is perfect to put in oatmeal, can of soup, top ramen....then while it heats she studies and it is ready when she is hungry without timing meals to the cafeteria hours of operation. I use it to bring in my non-frozen leftovers, plug it in when I get to work, by lunchtime 3-4 hours later it is the perfect temp. Food stays moist and I don't have to waste break time to heat up in the microwave at work. It saves so much money this way! My only complaint is that I have been using this several months now and the plastic lid for the insert is warped and doesn't stay sealed. Not a huge deal but something that they need to send back to the engineers to fix.
I bought 6 of these last year. I gave 4 away as gifts and kept 2 for my household. We have used them a lot for lunches, but have also used several times for dips to bring to a party! Fits a can of Rotel and valveeta perfectly for a queso dip! Highly recommend this product! Great quality and great price!
Perfect for heating lunch but the inner pot lid warps and doesn't fit correctly and when I put this in my lunchbox to bring to work it opens and spills! I bought an additional inner pot hoping that would help thinking I just had a faulty lid but it did the same thing.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from crock-pot.comBy Crock-Pot, Consumer Care Team, April 24, 2019
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I purchased a dozen in every color to give as Christmas gifts. What a great little food warmer to heat up your lunch. So far, the people we gave it to said they love it. My hubs likes it, because he does not have to use the nasty microwave at his job.