We have also had a hi dome pressure cooker for some 20+ years and thought we would treat ourselves for Christmas. I ordered the cooker through a local catalogue and when it came we were delighted with the shiney cooker.We could not seem to get it up to pressure not matter how we tried. We telephoned..
I have used the tefal multi cooker for sometime,i have found it up to the same high standard you exspect from "Tefal".
The only down side it is on the large size so if you do not have a lot of space ,you end up putting it in a cupboard and you do not use it,if it could be made smaller if would..
I received the Tower Family Pressure Cooker as a gift about 3years ago and continue to be delighted by the magic it works,it turns the toughest meats into soft succulent dinner everytime. Ive never had any problems with it an have only changed the rubber once,its easy and inexpensive to maintain and..