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..
We bought the multi-cooker to use as a slow cooker, but have been very impressed with all its other uses...stir frying, frying, stewing, steaming. Because of its large flat base, everything cooks very evenly. The removeable non-stick pot makes it very easy to clean. We hardly use our hobb any more. ..
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..