I love my Zojirushi (which I actually gave to my parents to use since they use it way more than I did), but I will also vouch for Panasonic in terms of build quality.
Now, I don't know about this PARTICULAR one, but our National branded one (National and Panasonic are both part of Matsushita) has lasted over 20 years and the only problem that occured was that the little glass viewing thing in the hood came unglued around 17 years in. So, we flipped it upside down and it still sits in there fine.
Of course if we really cared I'm sure we could glue it properly or even go buy a new cover, but whatever. My point is that Panasonic knows a thing or two about reliability...
I don't think I've ever been disappointed by anything I bought with the panasonic brand actually...my CD player refused to die no matter how badly I treated it, lol. The battery cover did fall off on the subway one day and I lost it but if I really cared Panasonic sells it for really cheap (like $1.47 plus shipping...damn shipping), but I had used a piece of tape for like 2 years. I don't use it anymore, but it's not because it doesn't work, I've just moved on to MP3s, but I had even used it a little in college before I got my ipod...freakin' trooper.
Yes I know I'm sounding like a raving Panasonic lunatic, but actually those are probably the only two panasonic/national pieces I've actually owned so there ends my rave. Still, 2 out of 2 ain't bad for a track record. And trust me when I say that I beat the crap out of that CD player. An ipod in it's place would have broken at least 3-4 times by now (and I say this having treated my ipod more carefully and seen how it reacted quite poorly), to be fair an ipod is obviously more complex by default, but I know other CD players would not have handled my treatment nearly as well.
Matsushita RULES, lol.
I hear those new digital amps from Panasonic are pretty kick-butt too.