I purchased the Xiaomi Rice Cooker after a friend recommended it. I was so pleased to learn that this version was all in English. I confirmed via chat with Aligo and I even requested photos of the product to confirm as up until that moment all of the videos I had seen online were with Chinese labels. Communication is excellent and postage swift. I was hesitant to order but their great communication gained my trust and I am glad I did. I LOVE my Xiaomi cooker. I downloaded the app and set the cooker on the WiFi system and it produced exceedingly delicious fluffy rice without the messy rice sludge sitting everywhere. Instead, it omits a whisper of gentle steam. Highly recommend.
Great 5 cup capacity rice cooker: much better than a budget rice cooker resulting in well cooked soft grains that doesn’t result in a hard layer on the base of this heavy 0.9kg bowl. Great congee too if the ‘thick’ water level is used and simple with set and no need to touch/watch/control until it’s ready. High plastic quality mouldings, excellent design style with English buttons/user guide and very easy to clean. Can set and receive timer/cooking status with a phone app. Be aware that on the normal rice setting, it requires 1hr so 3x longer to cook rice than a basic heating element rice cooker and therefore need to plan to cook the rice earlier (Preparing much earlier and using the required time of cooked rice timer helps). It’s supplied with an Euro and not a UK 3 pin plug unfortunately. Also, the Aligo.uk video and description on rice barcode scanning is for a different, more expensive Induction and Pressure rice cooker (inner lid is a dark/black colour). The actual Aligo supplied model is only induction (inner lid is natural aluminium colour), but still cooks rice wonderfully.