2.5 litre Prestige pressure cooker was being used to make vegetable curry. All of sudden it got busted. Thank God, nobody was near by the kitchen. One must think twice before buying a Prestige cooker.

Don't understand what the fuss is in some of the reviews. I bought one of these to replace an old aluminium one to use on an induction hob and it has worked exactly as expected. The quality, fit and finish on mine is good and the quick pressure release system works a treat. I find it a very stylish piece of cooking equipment. If you have a problem with the wire trivet all you need to do is to bend it apart a little and the basket is as stable as it needs to be. Separators are exactly that - the Prestige ones have the advantage that they can be used to separate into either three or four compartments - they do the intended job so what more do you need! I have never had a problem with pressurization - on a normal hob the unit takes a little time to come up to pressure and for the grommet to seal after the water boils inside, and then a further time to come up to the low or high pressure setting that you've set - no fiddling with extra wieghts, all you have to do is to switch the pressurizing weight to either setting I or II. If you need a good quality and modern pressure cooker, buy it and enjoy the benefits of pressure cooking!

Bought this Pressure Cooker as it is one of only a few that is recomended for ceramic hobs. Unpacked it and was surprised at how cheaply made some of the parts are, the trivet is a bent bit of wire that makes the basket unstable, the rivets holding the handles on are already starting to rust inside the cooker, the basket handles do not fit properly, the seperstors in the basket are so flimsy they bent the first time I used them and it is a good job I saved the baskets from my old presure cooker as the new one only comes with one. Sorry to say but the new presure cooker is not a patch on the old one as far as quality of build is concerned, I might as well have bought a cheaper make the quality couldn't have been any worse. I have always thought that Prestige name ment somthing but I was wrong or maybe you just don't know about the problems or do and are trying to do somthing about it. I hope this it true and you are not just making shody goods now.I will not be buying Prestige goods again, they are not worth the money.

I have replaced all the seals. The plastic grey moulding under the pressue cooker weight.

It comes up to pressure when I cook potatoes but will not come up to pressure when cooking tomato based food. Heap of rubbish.

As the Prestige Smartplus main advertising is for cooking currys it's a waste of space in my kitchen.

The Prestige Smartplus Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker 6lt does exactly as it says on the box, very easy to use, good instructions, really good cookery book. Who ever said that these models are rubbish is totally wrong.
When using a pressure cooker you always need to grease the gasket with cooking oil- vegetable oil is best before each use and especially if it is new or when using a new gasket for the first time. This information was given to me from a 1978 pressure cooker cook book owned by my sister in law who is responsible for getting me in to pressure cooking.

We were forced to go the stainless steel route due to old aluminium model not working on new induction hob. No problems with the unit having used for the past year. We replace the main seal on a regular basis and pay around £4 for the spare in local store.

Very poor build quality. Leaks and will not achieve full pressure. Returned for refund.

Very confusing trying to obtain a genuine all-stainless steel type. Even Tesco Direct show a picture of one I could swear was all-SS, but it isn't! Lots of other suppliers don't even know either.
The current fad for using a fusible metal safety valve isn't to my favour, I'll just hope Prestige (Meyer Group) maintain their normally decent spares support. I've only resisted 10/10 because I've yet to see how long it lasts!