Each time I read a thread knocking the LG, I make the same statement and have never been taken up on it. If you do not want the LG sent it to me. I can use at least a dozen more for different classrooms. I have put the LG up against two very good bators and should come out on top. Maybe not because the LG is a better bator, but because I know how to use it. As for the one that shorted out, that could happen to any bator. I am not saying by any means that the LG is the best bator on the market. It is only as good as its operator. That goes for any piece of equipment. I might even be talked into paying for the shipping on the first 12 or so that someone doesn't want.