Is to use & clean with great results. Better that my previous Tefal brand.

Takes ages to heat up. Because the back angle doesn’t adjust with the lid closed all the food gets pushed to the front edge. Have used it twice, food was propelled out once. Toasted sandwich took 14mins. Plates loose immediately after pre wash. Regret purchase.

So I looked at the adds and I thought it looked great. But it isn't all it seems. The pros are basically what the adds say. it has temp control, it opens flat, it has height control and the plates are DISHWASHER SAFE!! The cons are also many. No it does not stand up well, the lock doesn't work well and it falls open, which is also a pain for moving it. The plates take forever to get to temperature so cooking takes a lot longer than expected. The plates don't clip in well and are very loose but somehow are hard to remove as the release button doesn't open the latches very far. Because the plates are loose the lean forward the fat and oil runs to the front and pools instead of running to the back into the drip tray. The beeping is really loud which is annoying at times. For the size of the plates the device is rather large and heavy. There are too many cracks and crevices for food and oil to get into where it cannot be cleaned. Don't get me wrong it is a great idea and I do use it, but if they make a version 2.0 I hope they will consider these.