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eBay Panasonic Rice Cookers SR-ZX105KSTM $214.40 C&C at Bing Lee

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eBay Panasonic Rice Cookers SR-ZX105KSTM $214.40 C&C at Bing Lee
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Had an older SR-DE183WST model and absolutely loved it. Sadly one day I destroyed it by throwing rice and water in the cooker without the inner pot. Been in the market for a new one since. This is a newer model. Not many reviews around.

Link to Panasonic AU
https://www.panasonic.com/au/consumer/household/kitchen-appl…

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http://stores.ebay.com.au/The-Good-Guys-Australia/Rice-Cooke…

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  • sillyhead on 09/03/2016 - 08:53
    +1

    I have a $14 big w one that works good. Does this make smaller volumes???

    • fantombloo on 09/03/2016 - 10:53
      +2

      It's Ozbargain I know, but $14 for a rice cooker should be a crime.

      ~$200 like this one - probably around what the price of a mass-produced rice cooker should be if it did not depend on huge wage disparities and sweatshop labour, and factored some cost for consideration of environmental degradation in its production. (Not to suggest that this particular rice cooker attends to those issues - I'd imagine it's just a premium for the shop and Panasonics's shareholders)

  • superforever on 09/03/2016 - 08:58

    $200 for a rice cooker? My Panasonic only like $60-70.

    • AlexF on 09/03/2016 - 09:01
      +11

      Does yours have digital readout, iPad dock, digital radio, WiFi repeater and Siri built-in?

      • lgacb08 on 09/03/2016 - 09:15
        +3

        And the ability to recognise rice past it used by date and refuse to cook it?

        • superforever on 09/03/2016 - 09:20
          +3

          May be it is smart phone connected it will let me start before I arrive home and alert me when finished. Also may be multi room cooker.

    • whats up skip on 09/03/2016 - 09:23
      +2

      We bought one of the models down from this. No timer. No Wifi. Can't even tell it not to keep warm.

      Still a little worried about consuming nano diamonds when the coating gets old.

      In Japan you can easily spend $500 on a good domestic rice cooker. Doesn't even come with a cute girl to do your cooking.

      • ndoan on 09/03/2016 - 09:34

        Yes, that is IH rice cooker with pressure. I got one and rice cooked by this cooker is a lot better.

        • Kampfer on 09/03/2016 - 09:47

          My dad has one of those IH rice cooker. Rice do taste better but since I find that I can cook rice just as good using my $59 pressure cooker from Target.

      • tif1607 on 09/03/2016 - 10:10

        I paid 700 for a top of the line panasonic rie cooker, they acquired sanyo with its rice cooker technology a while ago and all of their IH with steam are rank number 1 in kakaku, worth every penny if you are a rice person. ps. mine does have NFC for complicated protocols though.

    • simulacrum on 09/03/2016 - 09:41
      +2

      That's nothing you should see how much some japanese and koreans spend on a rice cooker.

      Really depends on how anal you are about your rice and how many different types of rice you cook (long grain, short grain, sushi, brown, sticky, mixed-grain, porridge etc..).

      • tif1607 on 09/03/2016 - 10:13
        +1

        Japanese are crazy with rice, mine new rice cooker has 30+ different breed of Japanese rice, apparently there are only around 5 here in Sydney imported from Japan though…..

        • simulacrum on 09/03/2016 - 10:54
          +2

          I went to a sort of gastro-pub place in tokyo where the guy was known particularly for his rice. He ran a set menu and all the old people in the restaurant were fawning over his plain white rice course, and he was like "don't worry you can have seconds, and if not, I'll turn any leftovers into onigiri you can have for lunch tomorrow". I was eating it thinking its nice rice.. but its just rice. Literally my least favourite course in the meal. I guess its the same way I go crazy over good bread but some of my Asian friends are like "its just bread dude"

    • jv on 09/03/2016 - 11:18
      +1

      $200 for a rice cooker?

      It does automatic cloud backups of your dinner…

    • Gershom on 09/03/2016 - 12:55

      Must be for organic rice.

  • snappy1234 on 09/03/2016 - 09:04
    +1

    Yeah this model sprinkles gold dust when cooked.

  • teehee on 09/03/2016 - 09:05

    Are the more expensive models just better at making sure the rice isn't sticky or wet? I don't get it :/

    • bobbified on 09/03/2016 - 10:43
      +2

      It's the consistency… I've got an induction heating one and the rice is always soft and fluffy and never gets burnt - especially on the sides.
      The "keep warm" function can be left on for a long long time (longest I've left it for was about 15 hours) and the rice still tastes like it has just been cooked.

      The only downside is, it takes just over an hour to cook.
      But it's ready to eat straightaway (normally with other rice cookers, you're supposed to turn/stir once the thermostat flicks off the power and then let the rice stand for about 15-20 minutes after that before eating).

  • blippy on 09/03/2016 - 09:06
    +2

    I have to vouch for good rice cookers - I invested in one last year and they're amazing. Perfect rice every time and the timer function allows me to cook my oats in them overnight and have them fresh and warm ready in the morning. I bought the Panasonic SR-ZE105 from Stan Cash using Amex credits and it's my fave appliance. I could never go back to the $20 rice cookers now.

    • c64 on 09/03/2016 - 09:17
      +1

      rolled oats take about 3 minutes in a cup in the microwave

      • blippy on 09/03/2016 - 09:30

        I don't eat rolled oats, I eat steel cut oats, which take a lot longer to cook.

        • AlexF on 09/03/2016 - 20:05

          steel cut oats

          What are cheap oats cut with?

        • c64 on 09/03/2016 - 20:38
          +2

          @AlexF:

          they are heated and rolled

          any oats are good, except for refined rubbish like liquid breakfasts (up & go, etc).

          they differ in texture. i prefer oat bran simply because it has a better nutritional profile

      • OzBragain on 09/03/2016 - 21:21

        rolled oats take about 3 minutes in a cup in the microwave

        …and come out like glue

    • CacheHunter on 09/03/2016 - 09:19

      My $7 ones from Aldi do perfect oats and rice. At that price I have one to do my breakfast and one for rice at dinner and only have to wash up once a day.

      • blippy on 09/03/2016 - 09:33

        I'm glad! But I've had nothing but bad experiences with Aldi appliances. Also the timer function is very useful for me, which the Aldi one doesn't have.

      • simulacrum on 09/03/2016 - 09:42
        +1

        Every person has a different definition of perfect.

  • ash2000 on 09/03/2016 - 09:06
    +2

    I've got the model below, great machine.

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Panasonic-1L-Rice-Cooker-SRZE105W…

    The only thing this machine has for the $70 premium is an auto start timer and stainless steel finish.

  • lac0449 on 09/03/2016 - 09:11
    +1

    "Diamond coating"
    Rice comes out with a carbon type sparkle ;)

  • fchis on 09/03/2016 - 09:18
    +7

    IF you are asians and eat a lot of rice daily, $214.40 is NOT expensive for a GOOD rice cooker!

    There are many rice cookers that are more expensive than this.

    A good rice cooker will last a long time (i mean 10+ years) and the quality of cooked rice is always consistent ( fluffy and moist).

    My parents have a Tiger rice cooker and it is great!

      • kermuffle on 09/03/2016 - 10:13
        +1

        uh…. which "most asians" and "wealthier ones" would those be…?

        • Davros on 09/03/2016 - 11:02
          -5

          There's whole countries of Asians, Burma, Indonesia, Vietnam, China etc. Most of the people living in these places dont have the money to buy rice cookers, many dont even have reliable electricity if at all.

          Cities will be different but go to any market place, where the locals eat, not restaurants, and it will be very rare to see one, Streetvendors certainly dont as they wont have a power supply.

          Places like Singapore and Japan will be different for sure but there is more to Asia than a couple of places

        • kermuffle on 09/03/2016 - 21:04
          +1

          @Davros: not trying to offend, but are you asian? i'm asian, my family has a rice cooker, and has had one since the 70s as well as reliable electricity. all my extended family own rice cookers. most of them are not particularly wealthy. rice cookers simply offer convenience, and they cook rice pretty well.

          also if you go to many hawker stalls in malaysia and singapore, the hawkers also use rice cookers because of that convenience, unless you are making a special rice dish which may require a different sort of cooking eg nasi briyani, nasi kunyit etc.

        • Davros on 09/03/2016 - 21:28

          @kermuffle: Asian heritage and spend a good part of my year there.

      • simulacrum on 09/03/2016 - 10:44
        +1

        All the Asian people I've known have owned rice cookers.. And I haven't known many brand-obsessed, new-rich mainlanders.

        I own a rice cooker too because it's convenient. I can turn it on and forget about the rice and read a book.. or focus on my curry or whatever else I'm cooking. If I neglect it, it will stop cooking the rice and keep it warm for me. It'll handle brown rice or congee or multigrain. It probably cost me $80 and is super convenient when you come home late from work. It's got a decent quality inner pot, a lid that heats up to stop condensation building and dripping onto already cooked rice (same way you can wrap a tea towel over the lid of a saucepan when you let rice steam off the heat). And it runs some sort of fuzzy/PID algorithm to make sure it doesn't over/under heat.

        I've never met people more picky about their rice than the Japanese, and almost all of them seem to have rice cookers - and usually pretty high-end ones… again all the ones I've met were pretty fussy eaters and none thought maccas was fine dining.

        • Davros on 09/03/2016 - 11:17

          Japan is but one slice of Asia

          In other parts of Asia Mcd's do weddings, I imagine some there think its good quality and the place to bee seen http://www.mcdonalds.com.hk/en/parties/wedding-party.html

          When the first Mc'ds opened in Saigon there were people getting narried there as well. Take a girl out on a date and McD's was a popular choice and looking at the amount of eating there and pizza hut makes me think that they consider it a fine dinning establishment.

        • simulacrum on 09/03/2016 - 11:33

          @Davros: yeah I've heard that Pizza Hut brands itself as high-end in mainland China, with some success apparently.

        • Monkey D Luffy on 09/03/2016 - 18:00
          +2

          china == asia || china > asia || china ~= asia || china < asia ?

        • llama on 09/03/2016 - 19:49

          @Monkey D Luffy:

          Only Asians will be smart enough to understand that.

      • bobbified on 09/03/2016 - 10:46
        +2

        I think you'd have a hard time trying to find an asian household that DOESN'T have a rice cooker at home.

        …dont actually have an electric rice cooker

        I'm asian and I've never seen any other kind of rice cooker before.

        • Davros on 09/03/2016 - 11:19
          -5

          There is this amazing contraption called a pot
          People have been cooking rice successfully in them for thousands of years

          https://www.google.com.au/search?q=how+to+cook+rice&rlz=1C1C…

        • simulacrum on 09/03/2016 - 11:42
          +1

          @Davros: True, but most Singaporeans, Chinese (HK and mainland), Malaysians, Viets, Indonesians, Japanese and Koreans I have known in Melbourne all have rice cookers in their home.. and none of the people I'm thinking about were brand-obsessed or had weddings in maccas. It's just a convenient way to prepare rice without having to remember to check on it. As bobbified said.. I can't think of an asian family home that I've been to that hasn't had a rice cooker. Even the uni students I knew (who weren't rolling in money at the time) had cheap little rice cookers.

    • abc on 09/03/2016 - 09:42

      Lasts a long time until the non stick coating starts peeling off. Thats the only problem about these.

      • naira on 09/03/2016 - 10:02
        +1

        Not sure about this Panasonic but my 5 year old Tiger rice cooker non stick coating is still very good unlike those $20 rice cookers, within a few months it peels off.

  • ca6leguy on 09/03/2016 - 09:19
    +2

    Tiger the way to go.

  • superforever on 09/03/2016 - 09:25
    +1

    HKD10,000 rice cooker.
    http://www.panasonic.hk/mobile/english/products/kitchen/rice…

  • geek001 on 09/03/2016 - 09:54

    I have used rice cookers costing between $80 to $100. The problem is always the coating of the pot inside the cooker starts to peel. That's when I throw them out because a replacement pot would cost about 3/4 of a new cooker. I just use the $14 rice cooker from Target these days. I replace the cooker annually.

  • ironworthy on 09/03/2016 - 09:59

    Was in japan and I've seen them go for a grand AU.

  • ericc on 09/03/2016 - 10:09

    If you are a true asian, with a cheap cooker, u still can cook perfect rice. You can even cook rice without a rice cooker. (:

  • giantbike on 09/03/2016 - 10:19

    Nothing beats the rice cooked with ceramic pot and charcoal fire. Shame we can't cook it this ancient way these days. And no restaurant does it this way here in OZ.

  • heyimsu on 09/03/2016 - 10:53

    "Sadly one day I destroyed it by throwing rice and water in the cooker without the inner pot. Been in the market for a new one since"

    How is that even possible??… only reason i could think of is that you don't wash your rice before cooking

    • bought on 09/03/2016 - 15:47

      I wash the rice with a sistema cylinder shaped container so I can close the lid and shake it. Also helps me to measure rice to water ratio.

  • t25 on 09/03/2016 - 10:56

    Although I have one of those fancy Tiger rice cookers, I have found that it takes less rice to cook the same amount using a traditional steaming method. I simply put one pot of water to boil, rice in a bowl on a stand and steam away. Only downside is, I have to be there and cant be too far away from the stove.

  • clandestino on 09/03/2016 - 11:02
    +1

    Next expensive fad for ozbargainers?

  • watts on 09/03/2016 - 11:22

    I need a new rice cooker and wouldn't mind an upgrade from the current $20 one, but $200 is way too much. Any $50-$100 recommendations?

    • jpl on 09/03/2016 - 12:31

      Philips multi cooker was in one if the previous ozbargain deal.

      • watts on 09/03/2016 - 13:29

        this $145 one? https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/237910

        • jpl on 09/03/2016 - 14:12

          Yes. Sorry it is $45 over your budget. But the $45 extra offers so much more features, the only con I can see is the Philips is big and might not do well say, 1-2 cups of rice.

          Another option is the Breville BRC600
          http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Breville-BRC600-the-Multi-Che…

          after applying the eBay discount code, should be within your budget.

          The other one that you can also consider is Panasonic SR-ZE105WST
          http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Panasonic-SR-ZE105WST-5-Cups-1-0L…

          or the SR-DE103WST

          They should be all within your budget after discount.

          Please take note, the Panasonics is PITA to clean, as the cover (lid) cannot be removed. After sometime, you will have lots of bits and pieces that get stuck in the cover (lid). Also the timer function will not work on all preset cooking mode.

          The Philips and Breville BC600 mentioned here are easier to clean as the cover can be removed.

  • Big1 on 09/03/2016 - 11:55

    Can anyone confirm, Ebay page said 5 cup, Panasonic page says 10 cup capacity.
    https://www.panasonic.com/au/consumer/household/kitchen-appl…
    Thanks

    • KOBH on 09/03/2016 - 12:00
      +1

      It's 5 cup only. I bought one of this on the last Bing Lee sale. It's the best rice cooker on the market.
      You'll never taste cooked rice this good from any restaurant. Use the Claypot function is the best.

      • Big1 on 09/03/2016 - 12:13

        Thanks.

        Panasonic need to update their page then.

        How would it compare to the white SRZE105WST. Seems to have the same features except less pre programs and thinner pot

        I'll be getting one to replace my 20 year Tiger from Japan.

    • bought on 09/03/2016 - 15:43

      5 cups uncooked, 10 cups cooked. 1 L

  • KOBH on 09/03/2016 - 12:05

    Full specs are here:

    https://www.panasonic.com/au/consumer/household/kitchen-appl…

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