I love this pressure cooker.  We use it daily to make beans and soups.  You can cook things way faster.  For example, dried pinto beans are fully cooked after about 30 minutes.  We bought this one to replace another presto pressure cooker that my wife had for at least 10 years. The only problem with the other one was that the inside got a little roughed up and beans would stick.  This is just as good as other pressure cookers that cost more than twice as much.  I highly recommend it.