I have had a Goldstar for around four years. I have had success with most of the recipes that I have tried...probably the failures that I did have - only around 3 that I can remember - were my fault for some reason or other. I have talked to other friends and at the time, it seemed that I had made the right decision to get a Goldstar...I can't remember the name of the other one that for a bit I regretted getting cause one of my friends was not happy at all with it. The one thing that I do wish that it had was a bigger loaf. I do believe that the new ones do have the bigger loaf. If I was to get another for whatever reason, I would definately go with the Goldstar again.