duxtop1800W Portable Induction Cooktop Countertop Burner, Gold 8100MC/BT-180G3

A quick update. I have been using this induction cook top for 6 months now on a daily basis, it is the only cook top I use. I am still as happy with it as I was when I first started using it. Getting use to the heat settings did not take long and it does hold true to the temperature. I most certainly recommend this product to others. Am very happy with my investment.I just received my Duxtop induction cook top from Amazon a few days ago. I have to say, this is a wonderful cook top and I am glad that I made this purchase. I purchased it because my regular gas cook top was no longer safe to use and I needed a burner desperately. I did my homework on several of these cook tops and I found this to be the best option in its price range. There is a slight learning curve in using it as the heat settings are accurate and of course you have to use the preset heat ranges, they increase or decrease by 20 degrees and are not quite what you would expect them to be -- I would like it better if you could increase or decrease by 10 degree increments, and if low went a little lower, say to 120 degrees. I am not sure that on my regular cook top I ever actually cooked at 350/360 degrees even though I thought I was.I did read in other reviews as to the sound of the fan -- not even as bad as indicated -- and the red "on" light remaining lit -- not a problem and you know you have your appliance plugged in -- I am glad that the light stays lit and you can tell the difference between it being plugged in to power and the unit actually being on -- it is not rocket science -- with the light being on I can remember that I need to unplug it, as anything electrical from a TV etc. can start a fire if left plugged in and you have a faulty plug you might not know you have. I unplug everything when I leave or just when I am not using it -- I have all my electrical items on surge protectors so it is easy to "disconnet" them by just shutting off the surge protector switch. (you might want to consider purchasing a meter to check the working condition of your electrical outlets and then you can replace a faulty outlet before it can cause a problem (fire) -- they are inexpensive, you do not need to be an electrician to check the outlets and the device just plugs into the outlet and lets you know if the outlet is working properly or not -- a great safety device that will save a house fire.)An induction cook top reguires pans that have a magnetic bottom on them, so you do need to use a magnet to see if it adheres to the bottom of your pans. I mostly use Calphalon pans and they are not magnetic, but I also use cast iron pans (which I actually prefer except for the weight, but now I have found they are making light weight cast iron pans) which are. Also, be sure to take a magnet with you when you shop for pans for your induction cook top. I found I did have a couple of stainless steel fry pans that were magnetic, but I have no sauce pans that are and will need to purchase a couple or invest in the special magnetic round (amazon sells this) to put on the cook top between the cook top and non-magnetic pans so that you can use them. At $34.99 it is pricy for what it is - but if you do not want to have to purchase new pans and yours are not magnetic you will need to invest in one.As always, I was very pleased with the order processing and handling and had my unit within three (3) days. I am a Prime Member, if you are not and you order from Amazon on a somewhat regular basis you might want to consider becoming a Prime Member, AND NO I am not an Amazon employee -- their program just has great benefits including the 2 day shipping.Anyway, you can not go wrong purchasing the Duxtop and I am going to not replace my cooktop, but am going to keep on using this one and will purchase an additional one and then go with a stand alone convection oven. I would not hesitate to recommend this unit to my friends, and have done so, that they purchase this unit.I will say, you do not want to purchase an induction cooktop, or any kind for that matter, that is rated below 1500-watts (regardless of what they give you free along with it, you will not be happy with its performance, plus you will have paid excessively high shipping and handling costs both ways and for that cost you could have purchased two of these -- I am sure you have seen the infomercials a well known company has running whereby they will send you two for the price of one -- they obviously know the worth of their unit and that you will be returning it and they will not refund the shipping and handling cost -- so think seriously about how what appears to be a good bargain but is not!I also want to add that I live full time in an RV and the Duxtop works beautifully and does not take up too much space -- I have it on top of my non-working unit, I just put a cutting board over the top of my stove and set it on that. Hope this helps if you are contemplating the purchase of one of these units.

This is the best $49 I've spent in a while. This thing heats two cups of water to a boil in a little over two minutes. If you're used to a glass cooktop electric stove, you'll be blown away by how fast this thing is. I use mine with cast iron pans and they heat up almost instantly. There are two modes; 1) wattage and 2) temperature. They appear to do different things. When a tea kettle is whistling, all you have to do is hit the "off" switch and it'll stop whistling. My point is that the temperature change is immediate and for anyone who loves to cook, that's a great feature. There's also a timer and it's easy to set this thing up to heat for a minute or two and have it turn off. That way, I can turn my back on it and do other things and I won't come back to find my food burning. There's a fan in this thing so it does make a little bit of noise and I wasn't expecting that. No problem though. As fast as this thing is, a little fan noise is a small price to pay. I would say that this is significantly faster than using a gas stove.On the negative side, the control panel is plastic and if you drag a hot pan over it, you'll melt the surface of it. So you have to be careful.Would I buy this thing again? Absolutely. I think the thing that impresses everyone around here the most is the speed at which this thing can make boiling water. Once you get used to how it works, you'll be a lot less likely to burn anything because of the way the heat changes so quickly. When you reduce heat, it's a lot like taking the pan off of a conventional stove.Not all cookware will work with this thing. Get yourself a magnet and put it on the bottom of each of your pans (on the outside). If the magnet sticks, the pot will work with this. If the magnet doesn't stick very strongly, it might not work so great. If the magnet doesn't stick at all, forget it. Cast iron is cheap to buy and it works great. If you know what you're doing, you can get cast iron to be as nonstick as Teflon and sometimes even better. Again, your cast iron will heat almost instantly with this thing. In less than a minute, you can go from cold to hot enough to make oil smoke.You don't need expensive cookware for induction. Just go to Goodwill or Value Village with a magnet and you'll find lots of cheap options that will work great with this. I avoided getting one of these for a couple of years simply because I was under the false impression that they required expensive cookware.If you like to cook, you'll really enjoy having one of these!