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OK here is my assessment. I do not own one of these but it looks like it is basically a manual pressure cooker. If you purchase the Jr. model it is 8 quarts, physically that's pretty big and for some will take up a lot of valuable storage space, for me it would be just right. Second it is made of aluminum and does not state if it is anodized. A cast aluminum cooking vessel is not ideal because it is a reactive metal, anodized aluminum is non reactive. Reactive metals cannot be thoroughly cleaned. When heated the metal expands and everything gets stuck in the pores of the metal, also acidic food will tend to etch themselves into the metal. So what will happen the vessel will retain odors/flavors from what you cooked last and will release them into what you cook next, NOT GOOD. Anodized aluminum being non reactive will not do this. Cast aluminum is silver, anodized aluminum is black in color. For this reason I would not recommend this. For about the same price you can but a stainless steel manual pressure cooker or for a few dollars more an electric pressure cooker.
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