"I too waited to get this...we've used them in our travels with our kids and all star baseball events. Got this for hubby for C'mas and got it out yesterday and made waffles. They were thrilled and ate and ate them. I even made some extras to freeze for quick school day breakfast. Tried to make more this morning and got 3 made and it quit heating like another reviewer stated happened to them. Turned it off to cool, tried it again, NOTHING! Sorry to say, this one is going back. It died after just 1 and part of the second use. Unfortunately, since we were excited about this item."