This is a quick and easy little product. We do fresh brown eggs that are a MESS to hard boil. The fresher the egg the more it sticks to the shell. So with these, it doesn't matter how fresh the egg is. Crack it open, Pour it in these and boil them. We LOVE hard-boiled eggs in our salads but haven't recently because of the annoyance of the fresh eggs. I am looking forward to using this more and eating more eggs. Very satisfied with it.