Not as heavy as my old one, but, I bought that over 10 years ago. This one is almost as good. Works well and I recommend it for anyone that does a lot of cooking and wants another way to prepare a meal. It's great for stews and roasts. It will reduce cooking time quite a bit. It actually takes less time to cook beef stew (10 minutes once the pressure builds up) than it does to prepare everything and wait for the pressure to build up.