Crock-Pot Manual 7-Quart Slow Cooker, Reflection

What happened to Crock Pot Brand high quality and reliability? Had the older version of this model for almost 15 years. My daughter needed one, so I gave it to her as it was still working great. Wish I'd kept it. This is the same basic model and I saw that it was on sale so bought the pretty color to go with my kitchen. Big mistake. The minute I took it out of the box was amazed how light it was; not half the weight of my old one. I thought the light weight was due to advanced technology, but no. The light weight is more likely due to cheaper production costs. The inside ceramic pot gets as hot on Low as it does on High! The Warm setting doesn't give off enough heat to keep anything warm. Also, The lid doesn't fit properly and I would imagine let's out too much heat. I guess that partly makes up for the ridiculously high temp of the low setting [sarcasm]. I've used it twice and since I was there to watch it was fine, but that defeats the purpose - I would never leave this unattended. I'm sad. Crock Pot was one of the brands I was able to depend on. Glad I kept the box .

I ended up returning this because of its instability. There were only 3 feet on the bottom, so it tipped over easily. Also, the crock didn't fit the base well, and it hung in an awkward way so that it wiggled when barely touched. It was almost like the base was slightly bent, and the crock was just hanging there not fully supported. I used it once, trying to give it a shot, but the base got so hot you could easily burn yourself. Overall, even at a super low price, this just isn't worth it to me.