Too fiddly - poacher hard to use.
Wasn't really as impressed as I thought I'd be. You need more water in the pan, as the eggs sit in the holders upright and consequently 'taller', so you need more water to make sure the eggs are covered, so you have to watch more carefully to make sure the water doesn't boil over. The poached eggs were disasterous - they leaked out of the holder and through the holes and I just ended up with half the egg in the holder, and the rest all stringy and floating around in the water. Not a good product - you're basically paying for the timer, as that's the only good thing about this product!
Revaluation (at the risk of egg on my face)
I initially gave an enthusiastic review of this garish curiosity, which revived my interest in boiling (and eating) eggs. Unfortunately, I've subsequently had to remove that earlier appraisal. The kitsch appeal of the device has had time to wear off, moreover leaving in its wake a couple of major flaws.
First, by slightly elevating the eggs and placing them in vertical position, the gizmo requires a large or, at the least, deep kettle. So you'll be using considerable water not to mention energy to ensure each egg is boiled bottom to top (plus waiting extra time for the water to come to a boil). Secondly, the plastic egg mounted at the pinnacle of the handle contains a timer with numerals that are extremely hard to decipher and which, after a couple of months, disappeared altogether. (I suspect that these units have been sitting on the shelf for extended periods of time, so that the battery is on its final leg by the time the consumer receives his Egg Cooker.) You could...
4-stars for fun
OK, as others have said, this is a silly extravagance, and it does require more water = more gas to boil :-{, but it's about as funny a thing as I've seen!!! So it'll take its place on the viewing shelf to be used only in whimsical moods...
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