It take more time to clean the pot than it ...
353746
It take more time to clean the pot than it take to cook the rice. This is a poorly design cooker the engineers of this cooker give no consideration on cleaning the pot. This pot is a clean up nightmare.
2540686
I'm not sure it saves time, but I like it when I'm cooking for a bunch.  It can save time and counter messes to clean up.
2295289
Love this product when I use it. Then comes time to clean and it is almost impossible to get clean.

If it was easy to clean I would have left all 5 stars but after use I spend 5 minutes cleaning in. So by the time I clean it i could have chopped the garlic myself and not had this much of a headache for clean up.
2702820
While it does a great job, it seems to be a lot of effort to set up and clean just for a few veggies.  I can see it being more useful for a mass meal prep.
3309217
It takes me longer to remove the garlic inside. Chopping using my knife is faster and easy clean up. I thought this will save me time in chopping garlic. Nope.
386247
It's okay, but I did have one years ago that was twice the size and was perfect for making a pot of tea.  This one takes a little more effort!
4317851
I really wanted an item like this for when I'm making soup and need a bunch of vegetables chopped up. However, it took longer to cut the vegetables into small pieces, fit them into the very small chamber, scoop them out, and repeat about 7 times than it would have took me to just cut them by hand. I wish I hadn't bought this, but I hope to find use for it in the future.
3390319
Bought because of childhood memories of perculator coffee but this pot takes way longer than a French press for inferior coffee.  The loop instead of handle makes very inconvenient to use
229143
It works fine, but does not work as well as I had hoped for a certain pot that I have, due to what I suspect is limited contact with the heating element.
3182343
Takes too long to heat and food in pot on top cooks unevenly and not to specifications, i.e., adjusting heat to various levels.  Not happy!!!!
3457372
Takes forever to boil. Not such a great product.
3813480
I read so may reviews before purchasing the Instant Pot. First I ordered the 6qt and after opening and reading all of the instructions, I removed the inner pot to clean and realized that it would not be large enough for our family. I returned and purchased the 8qt. It is a very large appliance, but the meals I prepare would fit better- we love some leftovers! I first made steel cut oats.  They tasted great, but took way longer than had I just made them on the stovetop. By the time the unit heated, cooked for a short time, but then took forever for the pressure float to drop so that we could open it. Next meal was chili- the meat was so mushy I could barely eat. Again, I feel that I could have just made on the stovetop in same or less time. I do own a crockpot already and a steamer that I hard boil eggs in. I really don't need another appliance- I guess I really have enough is what it boils down to.
3423085
It does in fact take a long time to boil water in this pot.  I was frustrated with the Calphalon pot for that reason.  My mother has since taken the pot and she loves it.
4937793
It's kind of a hassle to fill and warm a steamer every time you want to clean something, but if you're willing to do a little preparation before cleaning steam will do things that household cleaners will not, like blast years of ground-in dirt out of the handles of my refrigerator that even scrubbing with bleach would not remove. The dirt that came off my kitchen floor with the mop attachment was impressive too.

I wouldn't look at this as a replacement to ordinary cleaning supplies, but rather as a heavy-duty solution. It takes longer to clean easy things with a steamer, but it will clean up things that otherwise can't be done and some jobs will take less time.

Note: this is not a pressure washer and should not be treated that way. That's what I ignorantly bought it for, but I have since come to appreciate it for what it can do when used properly and will always keep a steamer around now that I know what they can do. It will take a lot of patient scrubbing to clean things, but they will be very clean when you're done steaming them.
4256925
Even though this makes it easier to cook some things on the grill, the clean up is a pain. All the grease drips into the BBQ, creating a lot of smoke during the use. If the grease doesn't fall, then you have to be very careful lifting the mat off of the grill. And it is not that easy to clean. The dishwasher really doesn't get off anything. You have to scrub it first.
Would not buy again.
995907
We purchased this product to avoid the teflon and aluminum rice cookers. It makes great rice the first night. But by morning the rice is cooked onto the bottom of the pot and the rest that is not stuck is watery. Clean up is a nightmare. The clay pot cannot handle temperature change, so first it must be cooled, then the rice that is stuck must be soaked off. It will not pry off the pot with my plastic rice paddle. Cleaning and rice preparation thus takes about 30 minutes.

At least when the teflon and aluminum pots hardened the rice they were easy to clean up.
1587778
Very nice pan but its taking too long to get this thing seasoned. I don't know if I would buy this again.