I've just purchased this on a whim as I've really wanted something to speed up the breakfast preparation. First, the unit I received was exactly what was described - kudos to the seller for accurate product information. (Increasingly rare in Amazon today). I've had it 3 days now and have used it for 3 meal preps. It came out of the box and made dinner - teriyaki chicken - my favorite - how'd it know? (kidding)

I use this with an Epicurious Aluminum pot set (Bed Bath & Beyond has them). They are induction ready, save the square griddler pan - it's not. These pans all have compatibility symbols laser-etched in the bottom. These pans heat up very fast with this induction cooktop! Wow. The main stove is a radiant heat cook top from LG. I do love it, but it's not nearly as fast. As of now, I cut all my fresh ingredients for my morning omelet directly into my favorite skillet. (Previously I'd cut them separately in a bowl and wait 10 minutes for my skillet to heat up on the radiant cook top). Add a little butter, place the skillet on the iSiler and turn it on. The amount of time for required for my ingredients to reach grilling temperature now is 3 minutes or less. (I've been using the temp setting on 280 or 320 for this, and 420 for the teriyaki chicken). I then lower the heat setting and pour in the egg mixture. I really do like how the induction surface doesn't hold the heat! The temperature drops rapidly and I don't scorch the eggs! Perfect! The radiant top will boil water for quite some time after being turned off. Water ceases to boil within moments of being turned off.

Regarding the cooktop itself:
At first use there's the noise you get to deal with. There's a fan in the unit the keeps itself cool - which is VERY important to its longevity. It's not bad at all, but not something I'm not used to hearing. Then, there's a bit of a Frankentstein-electric-whirring going on. It's not loud, but noticeable and a bit scary at first. I didn't want to touch the pan at all! I don't know if this sound is coming from the cooktop or the pans. If you remove the pan the cooktop senses no pan present and immediately halts and sounds a tone indicating something's amiss. That said, the electric whirring/static'y noise stops too. Again, not sure if it's the pans or the coil in the cooktop making the noise. (it makes the same noises with the other pans I've tried). On the larger pans, the heat does seem to be localized in the middle. And not a full 8 inch middle. It's closer to 4-6 inches. I'm guessing the coil is sized for 8 inch pans. I have a 8 and 10 inch skillet. Both work great, but the larger skillet is very hot in just the center. Keep this in mind when using larger pans - you'll need to give the whole pan a bit longer to heat up. This is really only an issue when sauteing a 10 inch skillet of veggies. Those in the middle get scorched perfectly, those around the outside do not. As time progressed the pan did have a bit more even heat. This may be the pan, but I'm guessing it's a small induction coil. The surface of this cooktop seems to be made of something very similar to my radiant heat cooktop on the stove. Not sure, but very similar.

Recommendation to iSiler: Please make a larger cooktop with auto-sensing dual coils for larger pans/skillets and send me one. I have 4 hungry teens and cook large amounts of food quickly.

After cooking and turning the unit off, the fan stays on while the surface is hot. It does turn itself off (based on temperature I'm guessing) while the surface is actually still TOO HOT TO TOUCH! The system still reads an H on the display. Don't be dopey and burn yourself.

Recommendation to iSiler: Adjust the temperature sensor to not turn the fan off until the unit is 100 F or less - or to coincide with the H reading on the temp display. This way the sound of the fan turning off will be a great signal that the cook top can also be handled, cleaned, and stored. I've had to wait 10 minutes or more after the fan has turned off before the surface is cool enough to handle/wipe clean. (after the chicken teriyak in the 10 inch skillet). This will also prolong the life of the entire unit.

Overall, I'm very pleased and would consider this a great gift idea for those that LOVE to cook. (and a great idea for newly weds learning to cook). I'd buy it again, no doubts. I'll update my review in a few months.

Notes on cooking with this: It's not the oven top/stove. It sits on the counter/island. Buy a spatter shield for your pots/pans and save yourself some cleanup time. You'll be glad you did and gladder you bought this cooktop from iSiler.

A conditional good review based on my first impressions and a short time of use. I bought this after using the Nu-Wave induction product of somewhat different design.First,the isiler has a robust heavy cord, plenty of length. I was really looking for the "touch screen" style control which this unit has. Everything is under the glass top.The new wave had push buttons underneath a non replaceable plastic protective flex cover that ,on both units, cracked where the buttons were pushed on both units after a relatively short period of time(1 year or less), obviously making the control susceptible to any boilover or spilled liquid. A very serious design flaw which seriously shortened the usefull life of each unit. So I was sold on the underglass touch controls of this unit. I had a little trouble at first until I realized that you have to linger for a split second each time you want to activate a button, a wise safety precation to prevent changing your setting by just brushing against or dragging a pot accross the top. It's probably in the directions , but once I figured that out it it works great, just what I was hoping for. Power output is fantastic, it will boil water suprisingly fast, and the output is as good or better than the nu-wave, which is more expensive. As others have stated, the 40 degree temp jumps just doesn't cut it as my old one would do 10's and that does matter. It's not a deal breaker for me and if it's durable I'd take this over the nu-wave anytime.Fan noise is completly acceptable to me but I'm pretty deaf.It has a very neat ,simple,functional look which I really like and it looks great on my counter.The whole top is a flat rectangular piece of glass, so it is super easy to clean.If you have never had an induction countertop cooktop like this they are a fantastic addition to any room you might want to use as a "kitchenette" occasionally. I use mine to cook smokey foods like bacon even outside sometimes although they are not meant to be used outside I guess.This unit is a little more money than some of the other units sold here at Amazon, but I like the look of this one, the reviews are very good and I think genuine, and you will notice that any issues are addressed or at least acknowledged by the seller which counts for a lot when I purchase.I really used my old ones a lot and I would be satisfied with 2 or 3 years use the way I use them so I'll be finding out.
12/12/2019
Ater using this for a few weeks I wouldn't knock it down any but certainly would have to say it needs more power settings, say, every 20 degrees instead of 40 within it's total range. Also I find there is really no "keep warm" setting as the lowest temp setting is too hot for my smaller pots The wattage readings are very close to actual draw as I tested them. A "pause " function would be great. That being said, I very happy with the flat glass top with all the controls underneath, which looks great and is really easy to keep clean. Overall it works very well.It has it's own learning curve, which I'm sure is a little different for each brand.It's a little noisy, but no more so than the microwaves that I use.Touch contol responsiveness is just right. I thought it might trip when wiping down the top but it does'nt. Looks great on the counter.It' a good deal for the price and maybe future versions will incorporate more settings range.
10/17/20
Had this about a year and it's held up very well. I use this unit a lot-I mean I do most of my cooking on it in a small kitchenette in the upstairs of my house so it's really had a lot of use.If I got a couple years out of it I'd be happy for the amount I use it. Wouldn't change any of the observations I made.Still love the flat glass top,so easy to keep clean, and definitely needsmore power setting increments.It was a good purchase .

Great product, terrible beep, easy fix.

0. You'll want to wipe down the surface of your cooktop, and unplug it. At this point I should note that you are responsible for your own safety, the voiding of your warranty, you forgetting that you were just using your hot plate as a space heater for four hours and burning something, and so on. Follow these (simple) instructions at your own risk.
1. Flip the cooktop over. There should be six readily apparent Phillips screws on the back. You don't need to remove any of the rubber footing or any seals. Remove the six screws and separate the heating element from the cooktop surface.
2. Now, there should be a board next to the heating element. Not the one obscured by the heating element, the one with the springs that was contacting the control panel, the one you touch when you adjust heat and use the power button. On this board, you want to locate a small black cylinder labelled ZLFY. Honestly, it's the only thing that really looks like a speaker, and if you Google the code etched on it (which you always should) it confirms that it's the super annoying buzzer that makes this product a 3/5 instead of a 5/5, because I use a hot plate to cook at 3 am when everyone's asleep.
3. To remove this buzzer, you could pull the board up, go get your soldering kit, and desolder it from the other side. But what I tried, so that you wouldn't have to, is just snapping it off with needlenose pliers, which worked perfectly. BE CAREFUL: These boards are easier than you might think to break. There are two pieces to the buzzer, and the first one you can pull off more or less perpendicular to the board with your pliers. But the piece that's actually soldered on won't come off like this. You will feel the board straining if you try it. Firmly grip it with the pliers at an angle and steadily twist it off the board. It should come right off. If it doesn't, it's possible yours just has more solder, but I suspect most people will be able to do this with ease.
4. The thermal paste on the heating element will be unsealed, but given that this entire device is designed to cook chicken, not play Minecraft, and they barely used thermal paste on mine to begin with, I think it'll be fine. If not, I'll report back with a guide about how it takes five seconds to replace thermal paste.
5. Reassemble heating element and cooktop surface with six Phillips screws. The beep should be gone.

If you try this, please post the outcome.

Edit: It has been five days and cooking is going fine without replacing the thermal paste.

First, for induction cooking, this works great. It's fast to boil water, the kettle and pot handles stay cool, all the things you want in an induction cook top hot plate are there. Why do I downgrade it? The controls. It has a red light that flashes annoyingly just letting you know it's plugged in. I tried unplugging it when I don't use it, but that became another little hassle. And I figured out that I have to punch the touch controls more than a dozen times to get to the setting to boil water quickly. You first have to hit the red flashing light to make it solid. Then you have to hit the button next to it for some sort of "function" option. Then it displays 600. 600 what? I don't know, and I don't care. I'd prefer "LOW" or "MED" or some such. You have to hit the "up" button to get the temperature up to 1800 units, which requires a touch for 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, and then 1800. Most of the time a few of your touches of the screen won't be recognized so you have to tap it repeatedly. Tap tap tap tap are we there yet? Tap tap tap. What makes 1800 the hottest temperature? And if you're like me and you put butter or oil in your pan and, once heated, you like to swirl it to coat the bottom of the pan, you will see and hear all sorts of error codes and beeps the instant you lift an edge of the pan off the hot plate, even when an edge of the pan is still in contact with the hot plate surface. Is that so very necessary? Can't they wait the few seconds it takes to swirl your butter or oil in the pan before telling you your pan isn't completely in contact with the hot plate? There's a feature that will turn the unit off if there's no compatible pan on top. It certainly lets you know that in no time flat. Obviously, someone who cooks didn't invent the controls on this thing. Or perhaps some really Type A personality put it together and it really works for them. For me, I'd like a round knob that clicks when you turn it on and you turn the knob to the setting you want, and it won't go berserk if you swirl the butter in the pan for a few seconds. Danger Will Robinson!! Put the pan down now!! Extra point: they say you can test if your pots and pans will work with induction by seeing if a magnet will stick to the bottom of the pan. I'm here to tell you I have a pot with no magnet sticking power that works just fine. Try your pan first before giving up on it. This unit will tell you in an instant if it won't work. NOTE: I originally rated this 3 stars, but the company reached out to me with my concerns and has tried to fix my situation. Since the machine actually works fine, I decided to upgrade my response due to them trying so hard to make me happy. Good customer service is worth noting. They said they'd keep my suggestions in mind for the future. I hope so.

The temperature can be controlled incrementally by 100 W or by 20F, so it's 200W, 300W, all the way to 1800W, or 140F, 160F, all the way to 460F. Pan heats up fast compared to coil burner. I use a 12 inch, large pan and works fine, though the edges don't cook as hot, but that's true on my regular coil burner anyway. I bought mine a year ago for use in the back porch (covered, but not enclosed). I use it frequently, it went through winter cold and still works great! So I just ordered a second one to use in the kitchen. I am putting it on top of the coil burner. What I don't like: the timer cannot be adjusted "on the fly." You have to turn the timer off and reset each time you want to change the cook time. Other than that, I love it! I tried to look at other brands, some much more expensive, to see if I can find one with a better timer, but never found it except for this one brand, but it only has 1300W. So I'm going back to my old proven and trusted.