Have you reviewed the induction site? No reviews there, but a lot of good info on the brands available, etc.

Can I ask why you have narrowed your search to those brands?

Here is a link that might be useful: The Induction Site

Beware --- The GE requires 12" of free space below. I originally wanted the GE, but now we are looking at Bosch and Kitchen Aid because of the smaller clearance requirements.

I haven't looked at the new Elux, but I seem to remember that they sit up slightly on the countertop due to its ventilation vents. The GE vents through the bottom.

The smallest clearance requirement I have found is Fagor. The box is 2.5" deep and it only requires 1/4" below if you are installing over cabinets, 2" if installed over an oven. Fagor and Bosch seem to manufacture the guts for most other units available here in the US.

I do remember seeing some comments on Electrolux where water leaked into the gap under the SS strip that separates the controls from the cooktop and caused problems.

When we were looking at induction last spring, there were many complaints regarding the GE series and thus we kept looking. I also took a quick look at their layout and I see one other design item that may make a difference to you. All of the controls for the cooktop are right where I would have the center pot handle and one of the side ones. Thus, I would be constantly bumping into that as I adjusted the temps. Your Cooking style could vary...

Originally I wanted to have the cooktop flush with our countertops. Our GC and my DH talked me out of that because of the precision needed to make that happen. If your countertop fabricator is capable of doing that then great... Ours wasn't so I am glad we didn't.

We have one of the Bosch 500 series in the 36" size. Please also know that the GE and the Bosch 36" size need a larger than 36" base cabinet to sit in because they are actually 36.25" across. This is especially important to make sure you have enough room if you have a heavy or thick countertop like recycled glass or granite.

We have been using our cooktop for one or two dish meals for a few weeks now. Overall, very happy, but then it hasn't been fully tested with a large meal yet either! It is truly amazing at how fast the pasta water comes back to the boil after you dump the pasta in. It was done several minutes faster than our old gas range did it. YEAH!!

I narrowed down my choices based on Consumer reports ratings.
Electrolux ICon had the highest rating and GE profile was rated high and noted for good performance.

@ earth pal: Let me know how the Bosch works out. We are now looking at the Bosch induction.

Thanks.

I doubt this will help as I'm Canadian but we had the AEG 30" induction and liked it so much that we are replacing it as is in the new house we are buildng now after we lost our old house in abush fire last summer. I can't wait to get back to cooking with it again.

E'lux has a new 30" induction cooktop. It does away with the SS bar and moves the controls to the lower right side. But THEY DID AWAY WITH THE 10" ELEMENT! WHY WHY WHY? So it has two 8", a 7" and a 6" The actual dimension of the bottm of my two biggest pans is 9". I'd rather put that on a 10" element than an 8". Most of thier competition has a 10". I don't understand why they would do this.

The Icon has a 10", 8", 7" and 6" and they appear to adjust to the size of the pan. So for an extra $200 I might have to go with this. Btw on the new Icon they did away with the bar.

E'lux makes the Sears induciton cooktop with a 10, 8, 7, 6" elements. It is a little cheaper but more likely to be on sale.

Plumberry, as many others have mentioned, many GWers have a tendency to take CR ratings with a big grain of salt. Personally, I would take a look around the web and this site before making your final decision.

Weiss, as I mentioned briefly in other thread, we are pretty happy with our Bosch 500 series. It is easy to keep clean, cools off quickly after it is turned off, looks great in contemporary kitchen and is so much faster than our gas range was.

We haven't done a lot of cooking with it, but have consistently noticed that pasta times can be adjusted downward by several minutes which is great! It is easy to think that the pan isn't hot because of the lack of heat or visual cues from no gas flames. It is!! The Bosch's center element is an 11" which is great for doing something in a big stock pot size.

One temporary drawback is the burner circles can be a bit hard to see just after I have turned on our overhead FL lights and they aren't warmed up yet. Once our vent and its light is installed, I believe this problem will disappear.

The real drawback is cookware. Most non-sticks are anodized and don't work on induction. I have two Green pan products and was hoping for more since their website shows several induction friendly grill pans and lidded woks. Alas, despite pleas to Green Pan, they are not currently distributed in the US. grumble!! Thus, I am reconsidering cast iron tho I am not thrilled about the weight aspect to it, as well as stainless steel pans. Yesterday, I was zipping thru Bloomies on my way elsewhere and lifted a few of the Demeyre line. Sigh, those are a bit heavier than I was hoping for too, sigh...

I really don't want to buy teflon coated pans that still have PFTE and PFOA in them. I hope with more Americans buying induction equipment that Green Pan and other green non-stick companies will change their retail strategies. Okay, off soap box now!

Just took a quick look at the E'lux induction cooktop. Interesting layout that I know my DH wouldn't go for. The small burner in front is the size of a small frying pan. The ones we would use next (after the main burner) are all in the back row. I also disagree with the no instant heating comment. It does take awhile for the pan to heat up even with the speed of induction. Still I am thrilled that induction is becoming more popular here in the US.