SANJIANKER XB-EC06 14 Egg Capacity Electric Egg Cooker - 350W Automatic Egg Steamer & Boiler with Auto Shut Off & Egg Piercer - Perfect for Breakfast, Meal Prep & Keto Diet (White)

This works as well as I could have expected. I mostly use this for hard boiled eggs. A dozen at a time for use in egg salad and both times they came out perfect.There are a couple things that could be improved and the are not about the egg cooker itself. First off are the instructions. My unit did come with the updated instructions but this is where the first improvement could be made. The updated instructions to hard boil eggs state to use 140ml of water for 1 dozen hard boiled eggs. The problem here is that the measuring cup included does not show any ml numbers. The first time I just filled the included measuring cup and the eggs cooked fine, but they were next to impossible to peel as the white part of the egg was coming off with the shell. I ended up just tossing the eggs to the squirrels outside. On my second try I used a measuring cup that was provide with another appliance I had that did have the ml measurement and with 140ml of water the eggs came out perfectly hard boiled and easy to peel. This is when I discovered that the measuring cup included with this only holds about 80 ml of water when filled to the very top...please start including a measuring cup that will actually allow you to measure out the 140ml of water that will be needed to cook a full 14 eggs that this will handle. Not everyone will have another measuring cup with ml measurements.The second thing is that the egg piercing took at the bottom of the cup is pointless. I tried multiple times to pierce the bottom (top part when putting on the tray top down). It simply does not work so I never pierced them and with the right amount of water it didn’t matter as they peels easily.Overall I would recommend this egg cooker, especially at the price I paid. Just be aware that the included measuring cup/piercer just don’t make it possible to follow the updated instructions as there are no ml measurements on it and a full cup of the include cup doesn’t even come close to the amount of water needed for 8-14 eggs but works perfectly if you are only using one of the racks (up to 7 eggs).I used this the day I got it for 2 eggs. Just pour in the water, poke the fat end (the plastic bit on the bottom of the measuring cup works fine for me) and load them small end down. About 12 minutes later I pulled them out. I put the eggs in ice water to cool and they ended up very easy to peel and done through. I later used it for 12 eggs at once and put them in for about 12 minutes. They were a little less done, the yolks weren't perfectly opaque but not runny at all. There was no discoloration of the eggs or the yolks. This larger batch was also not quite as easy to peel as the first ones but still tasted good and weren't discolored. A slightly longer cooking time for more eggs may sort out these issues.If it has one I haven't seen the auto timer cut it off but it seems like it clicks off and on while it's cooking to maintain temperature, but probably not to approximate cook time. There also aren't any adjustment knobs which would likely be needed for a timer, just an off and on switch. I only use it while I'm at home so it isn't a problem for me but it seems the advert writers may have missed this one. If you want it to set and forget it you will probably need to buy an appliance timer.I enjoy poached eggs but always struggle with the boiling point versus the amount of time needed for poached eggs, but this machine takes the guesstimating away. It is effortless to use by pouring various amounts of water at the bottom of a pan-like surface, depending on how many eggs you are cooking at the time. A chart tells you how much and how long to cook your eggs depending on whether you want hard-boiled (Great for Easter) or soft-boiled (poached), and how many you are cooking at one time. It can also be used for steaming veggies, but I have not had it that long so I've not used that feature. Cleaning is a matter of wiping the water droplets off the plastic cover. There were many of these types of machines to choose from, and they all seemed to have the same features, which don't require many to function, so I went with this one due to price and aesthetics. I highly recommend purchasing the SANJIANKER XB-EC06, 14 egg capacity cooker.I bought this one to replace a 12-egg Dash cooker that I had for a year before part of its heating element went out. I don't like this one as well, and will get another Dash when this one breaks. The Dash has a loud alarm to let you know when the eggs are done, and this one just turns off with no alarm. That's only an inconvenience. The really unfortunate part about this one is that they crammed in slots for 14 eggs, so the egg holes are closer together. So close that large eggs touch and the ones on the large end of the scale can't have neighbors. Sort of defeats any benefit of having 14 egg slots. They would have been better served staying with 12 slots with a decent amount of space between. Eggs come in 12s anyway, so not sure what's to be gained by being able to hold 14 eggs. If I had it to do again, I'd have bought another Dash 12-egg cooker instead of this one.Edit: Added one star for customer support! The seller noticed I wasn't especially happy and contacted me to offer a refund. That's outstanding service! Thank you!Works great on the bottom level. The few times I have tried to cook both racks at a time, the top eggs were not hard boiled. Otherwise it has worked nicely.This could be a pretty good product. I like that you can cook up to 14 eggs at a time. However, the cup to poke the eggs has a plastic piece to poke the eggs. Really! What makes the creator of this item think that plain plastic will poke easily through eggs. I got the plastic piece to work but it broke the eggs rather than just poke a small hole in the eggs. All other egg steamers I have ever owned have always used metal to poke the eggs, which make sense so you get a clean poke of the egg rather breaking apart the egg. I had to use a parry knife to get a small hole in the eggs. The manufacturer needs to redo the cup.