Customer Rating: 
Summary: Best Little Egg Boiler
Comment: My sister first purchased this item, she is known as "grandma gadget". She raved about it, so I bought one. The first time I made soft boiled eggs, I times them for "soft" - not great. The next time was on "medium" and they turned out wonderful. It took me longer to peel the eggs than to cook them. My husband loves them for breakfast and I love not having to heat up the range for this. My sister also uses this for steaming veggies. She puts the water in the bottom, the veggies in the top, and steams them to her liking. I will have to give this a try.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Does what its supposed to do
Comment: Thought I'd try this thing based on user reviews. Have tried other microwave devices with varying degrees of success(or failure), so I put a lot of stock in what others have to say about it.
First of all it works great, but there is some trial & error. Also I think the size of the egg has a lot to do with the results. The first batch I tried were Xtra large & it was dead on for the cook times. The next time I used it was Jumbo size & they came out under done. So bottom line it works great but you have to experiment for best results.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: This thing is wonderful!
Comment: I love boiled eggs and I love egg salad but I've never been able to boil an egg consistently well. It seems like I always undercooked or overcooked. Even when I got it just right, peeling the shell ripped chunks out of the egg white. That problem is now solved. I have a 1300W Panasonic microwave and cooking 4 eggs on high for 9 minutes yielded PERFECT results. I could not be happier. However, there is one flaw in this device that prevents me from giving it 5 stars and that is opening it after it's done cooking. This baby is seriously hot coming out of the microwave so you MUST use oven mitts or something similar to handle it. Trying to open this smooth egg with oven mitts is like trying to trim your nose hair with a weedeater, it can be done but it's not easy and will likely be painful. I'll have to invest in some fairly thick rubber gloves to be able to grip this thing well enough to get it open while it's hot but other than that I really love this little bugger!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Perfect every time! Once I learned to use it, that is.
Comment: I hadn't had much success with the enclosed instructions that come with this egg boiler and was just about to give it away when I saw a consumer report on them.
They said:
For hard boiled eggs to microwave on high for 12 minutes,
Let rest for 2 minutes and then
Run cold water over the eggs to stop the cooking.
It worked perfectly!
Since then, I have taken the time to experiment a bit more and have found that 10 minutes on high (1300 Watt) and about five minutes to rest works too. I was so happy with it once I figured it out that I got one for my daughter, too.
The best part is that not only are they cooked perfectly, they are also not cracked when they finish cooking. I love it!
Customer Rating:
Summary: the perfect appliance
Comment: Have had device for several years and cook one or two boiled eggs in it every morning. I set the microwave for 9 and a half minutes, put on the coffee pot and go take a shower. When i come back downstairs the eggs are usually perfectly cooked and the coffee is ready!
On several occasions the eggs have cracked and some of the white has blossomed out into an interesting formation on the side of the egg, but this has happened only seldom and it seems to be random. I have never had an explosion. I am not sure what the user who has explosions is doing wrong, but with the thousands of eggs I have cooked in this appliance, I think I would have had an explosion if there was going to be one.
It could be improved with a handle. It is very hot when done and one must be very careful not to spill the hot water.
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