As a very keen cook, I was very excited to try my hand at slow cooking, having read some interesting modern recipes for the slow cooker. I decided to spend a little extra for this model as I liked the idea of having a timer and a keep warm feature. However, I failed to realise that this unit only has one heat setting and the timer is very limiting. I am unable to find whether this setting is high or low, therefore will need to gamble with overcooking fish dish recipes requiring low setting. Also, the timer can only be set for a minimum of 4 hours. Again, if a recipe requires less time cooking, I cannot use the keep warm facility as this can not be manually switched on prior to 4hrs. In its favour, it is a large slow cooker and I have made some fabulous stews and curries, however for anything more delicate - think about the cheaper option with the different heat settings!