Chic matt black plastic case with stainless steel (no plastic) fits well into our kitchen. Lid on (pushbutton actuation, cover jumps up), fill with water and switch on. Water cooking is as easy as boiling water ... The stove turns very easily on the 360 ° -socket (sooo easy shaky), the two-sided scale (0.5 1.2 and 1.7 l are marked) is very easy to read, the switch includes a power indicator. Class product! As an aside: Why is he called "snow"? Does he not, perhaps it was produced for snow melting ;-)