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I love me some high end Zojirushi, but this feels stupid over engineered. That retractable Zojirushi cord though. My family upgraded from a top end Xiaomi/Miji

I love me some high end Zojirushi, but this feels stupid over engineered. That retractable Zojirushi cord though. My family upgraded from a top end Xiaomi/Mijia IH pressure rice cooker ($150 USD) to top end IH pressure Zojirushi ($800 USD) and they performed comparable. Best rice is still... controversial... instantpot if one knows what they're doing, but it's definitely fussier than high end models that can figure out any arbiturary quantity of rice. I remember another friend with mid-high end Zojirushi scoff at instantpot rice until they tried some. Then a few years later Zojirushi integrated pressure cooking in their top end models. That said, from what I hear, there is something black magic about Zojirushi's ability to cook brown rice.

steve_adams_86 3y ago
I remember when I bought my zojirushi around 14 years ago I was annoyed by the retractable cord because I was certain it would stop working before the cooker itself broke down. Well, almost 15 years in (that milestone will be in July I think) and I can’t say the machine is any worse for wear, and I rarely use it less than twice per week. It’s a workhorse. It makes oatmeal at least once per week, rice usually twice per week, and occasionally some other grain. It does a great job on everything I throw at it. The retractable cord is doing just fine.
- knightofmars 3y ago
  Turns out the bowl is relatively easy to replace via the Zojirushi website as well. I've done it twice and even contacted them once to ask if they had any in stock. They responded in a day and then updated their web store inventory.
  - steve_adams_86 3y ago
    Mine was discontinued and I can’t seem to find the bowl anywhere. At this point it has cost me something like a penny or less per use, so in terms of what I spent I’m not unhappy. I just wish I wasn’t using the same old decaying bowl, haha. It’s in bad shape. Actually, like you mentioned maybe I should reach out directly and ask. I might get lucky.
sib 3y ago
We use our Zojirushi about 5x / week. The cord was definitely the weak point of the design, having failed about a year into our ownership. The rest of the product works great.

steve_adams_86 3y ago

I remember when I bought my zojirushi around 14 years ago I was annoyed by the retractable cord because I was certain it would stop working before the cooker itself broke down. Well, almost 15 years in (that milestone will be in July I think) and I can’t say the machine is any worse for wear, and I rarely use it less than twice per week. It’s a workhorse. It makes oatmeal at least once per week, rice usually twice per week, and occasionally some other grain. It does a great job on everything I throw at it. The retractable cord is doing just fine.

knightofmars 3y ago
Turns out the bowl is relatively easy to replace via the Zojirushi website as well. I've done it twice and even contacted them once to ask if they had any in stock. They responded in a day and then updated their web store inventory.
- steve_adams_86 3y ago
  Mine was discontinued and I can’t seem to find the bowl anywhere. At this point it has cost me something like a penny or less per use, so in terms of what I spent I’m not unhappy. I just wish I wasn’t using the same old decaying bowl, haha. It’s in bad shape. Actually, like you mentioned maybe I should reach out directly and ask. I might get lucky.

sib 3y ago

We use our Zojirushi about 5x / week. The cord was definitely the weak point of the design, having failed about a year into our ownership. The rest of the product works great.