Bonsenkitchen 1800W Portable Induction Cooktop w ETL Approved, Electric Single Countertop Burner with LCD Touch Screen Sensor and Digital Timer

I bought this for use during kitchen renovation. This heats cookware quickly. I've used cast iron, carbon steel and ferromagnetic stainless cookware without any problem. The cooktop itself cools off quickly once the power is off and the pot/pan is removed. So far so good. Works as stated. Looks quite nice as well. Timer cook function is big plus when I need to go out or have a nap. After a dinner or two it will pay for itself versus going to a hotpot restaurant!

I bought this product about a year ago and love it. I thought for the price point, it will breakdown after 6 months but no.. this is a work horse! I use it heavily. I mostly do all my cooking everyday on this and it works great. Super easy to clean and maintain. Amazing product at an event more amazing price point.

This thing is surprisingly powerful, very reliable, and pretty nice looking.One of the first things you want to do is relocate the support number sticker from the glass panel to the bottom of the unit. It detracts from the clean appearance. Best way to clean it seems to be to make a paste of baking soda and rub it down with a rag or paper towel.One thing to keep in mind: it works best with cast iron or actual steel cookware. It loves my Nordicware steel woks. It also loves the inner pot from an Instant Pot."Induction compatible" stainless steel and aluminum are another story. We have some "copper chef" pans that have some sort of "inductive plate" integrated into the base and those are annoyingly noisy and they "levitate", constantly moving themselves off center. If you're cooking something small, the pan can levitate until it's overhanging the rectangular top (haven't had one actually levitate off the top and spill, yet).The annoying flaw that cost this product a star? It starts beeping when you lift a pan, and there's no way to turn this "safety feature" off. Life a wok long enough to flip the food, and you get beeped at. This feature either needs to be upped to maybe 5 seconds before it starts beeping, or needs to be configurable. (I haven't done a full "hold buttons down for 10 seconds, hold buttons down in pairs, etc" looking for a hidden "configuration mode" yet. That sort of thing held more charm when I was younger).I believe the design will let you route it into a countertop if you want a small "auxiliary kitchen" setup. Have not tried this yet, but it is a good research project.

working after 3 years or so. no drama. works well and cleans well. stuff get cooked and hot

This arrived just in time for Christmas where I had a mega hot pot gathering with my friends and family. It was so easy to use- I just needed to plug it in and put my water filled hot pot pot on top. I have a 10 inch hot pot which I think is perfect for 4-5 people. I would recommend a larger hot pot (this stove can definitely fit 13 inches) for more people.

Just wanted to see if induction cooking lived up to any of the hype. It does!Held a race between the electric stove, microwave, LPG burner on grill & this portable cooker, all with 3 cups water.Induction cooker had water boiling first, LPG burner on grill second, microwave (1100 Watt,) then electric stove top cooking surface.Fast. Precise heat control. Hardly any clean up. Cool surface except where pan sets. Quite amazing, glad I purchased one.

Had already been looking for an induction burner to use as a test before deciding to commit to a new induction range (since getting gas to my new house would be too expensive). This came up as a flash deal, making it the lowest cost induction burner I'd seen. Wavered between giving it two, or three stars...went with three because of low cost and because it's fine in most ways, except for one unfortunate design flaw.First, the good. Overall good build quality, works well, features and controls are intuitive and easy to use. Very responsive--heat adjusts at least as fast as a gas burner (using both 8" Faberware stainless steel omelette pan and 7" Lodge cast iron skillet...my 12" cast iron is too large diameter to use per the instructions).At sea-level, one liter water in stainless steel goose-neck kettle (use to make pour-over coffee) boiled in 5 minutes 50 seconds (for comparison, one liter in my electric kettle reaches rolling boil about one minute faster...that's ok because it's only 1800 watts and full induction ranges have at least one burner of 3700-4200 watts).It worked very well to prepare seared Ahi in cast iron skillet (50 seconds per side for rare).Serves purpose to give me some confidence that induction range would be much better for me than straight electric flat-surface or coils. Only thing I didn't like is that it gets upset if you tilt or remove pan to toss ingredients—it beeps a very disapproving tone and turns off within about 10-15 seconds.Now the bad. At this low cost, would have been 4 or 5 stars if not for one unfortunate design decision. It has eight temperature pre-sets (normal for this price-point): 140 / 180 / 260 / 300 / 340 / 380 / 420 / 460 degrees Fahrenheit (don't have any idea whether it reaches those actual temperatures but those are the printed markings).Notice, they're all 40 degree intervals except for one 80 degree interval. Unfortunately, it leaves that one 80 degree gap between 180 and 260 degrees--the primary medium temps at which much of your typical stovetop cooking might take place. 260 setting is a little hotter than you want to saute mushrooms and green onions for an omelette (though doable with close attention). Unfortunately, that's much too hot to cook your omelette, while 180 is a little too low. After a couple tries, found the only way to make a decent omelette was to continually switch between the 180 and 260 settings (especially since it doesn't like you pick up and shake the pan).If they need to stop at eight presets, would have far preferred a 220 setting replacing the 420 (leaving 460 as the highest--seared Ahi worked fine at 340).If you're OK with that, could be a good buy (just not for your brunch omelette station!). Otherwise, pay a little more for one for one with increased fine adjustment settings.