[Katatonic]

Since I am a major proponent of high fat diets, I only use steamers to cook vegetables, but I can easily use a pot, with a strainer and lid instead of a steamer so I rarely go through the hassle of pulling it out of the cupboard and washing it. I also have a bamboo steamer that I used for Asian dumplings, but I haven't used it in a couple of years.

Going to garage sales and thrift stores, I find steamers, juicers, convection ovens, and other types of specialty culinary equipment all the time for pennies on the dollar.