NTS travel cooker ITC-AV500 AC100~240V 1.3L

Well packed for shipping. Arrived much earlier. Quality product and works as described. Cook time is reasonably short as indicated. Water boils in minutes. Handle seems solid and heating element seems reasonably insulated as far as heat is concerned. But Heating element is still quite hot when the water boils.

It works but price is bit high ! Quality is average!

Nice design, very compact. Works well. Just used it to make ramen noodles. It heats up fairly well.

Burning fume after about a minute on cooking mode.

This little travel cooker is available under a couple of different brand names and they are absolutely fantastic for traveling, when electricity is available. The stove nests inside the pot, making it a compact package to even fit in carry on baggage. It is switcheable between 110 and 220 Volts to allow universal use. The pot is made out of Stainless Steel which I prefer over aluminum. It heats up rather quickly considering the power output and after all it is not your high powered home stove. It also cools down faster then the cast iron heat elements found on some German or Italien model travel stoves and cooling can be further accelerated by placing the pot filled with cold water on it after cooking. It doesn't have a temperature adjustment, only on and off, but I have not found that to be a problem. I have boiled, scrambled and cooked a number of meals already. I use it together with a 2 tier Stainless Steel Tiffin (aka Bento Lunch Box or Food Carrier) for a full culinary compliment. As you will see in the attached pictures, I drilled holes through out the bottom of one of the Tiffin tiers, which allow me to use it as a steamer. A 14 cm diameter Tiffin fits perfectly on top of the pot that comes with the travel cooker. I have a couple of sets of these steamer Tiffins and succesfully used 2 double stacked steamers on the pot to prepare steamed vegetables for the two of us. While traveling I fill the Tiffins with gear or clothes to not waste precious luggage space.