I've just up graded to the new family one with the top plate in it, my daughter had one and moved house where it was lost( another fore for stolen) so I'm getting a new one and she can have my old one but she doesn't know it yet. I couldn't live without mine, the family get to tethers are great using it, sausages are coked in no time and the fat you get out of them is unreal. I do curries all sorts well worth the money and spare parts are a reasonable price. There was a problem with some of them but it was people not keeping an eye on them and not cleaning them properly. The ones on ideal world are at the moment £199.99 on flexor pay of £50:00 over four payments they are the same as the ones on Amazon and eBay but a bit cheaper At the moment. I've had my first one four years with no problems, you have to respect them just like a chip pan.