This is the second one of these I have bought. First one from a different seller leaked water from the base during cooking. Unfortunately this one does slightly also. I am trying to eliminate the problem by putting boiling water from the kettle in and emptying it immediately that it is finished cooking as the first time I used it the leaking was worse when I left the water in to cool down. Not ideal but I like the size and design of the steamer so I'm going to try to use it a couple more times 🤞