Oh, you've gone and done it now.... :-) I did something similar about a year or so ago, just to try it out.

My induction cooktop in the new kitchen will be a 36 inch Miele....

Have fun!!

My little unit arrived today :-). I had to boil water right away to see and wow! was that ever fast. Coffee will be really quick in the morning.

Fortunately I have a decent selection of induction capable cookware but some of it buzzes badly. I was surprised at how noisy the fan is but I guess you need to cool those electronics somehow.

It's a 1600w unit which I understand is *lame* from reading other threads but so far I'm impressed. Tomorrow I'm making crepes and schnitzels and see how that goes. I'll keep playing with it and post as I go along.

Value for money is really good. If it takes a few minutes longer than a $2k unit to heat a pot of soup no big deal.

Yeah, the All-Clad stainless skillet "sings" quite a bit. The porcelain enameled stainless from Ross (Tivoli?) is absolutely silent. Water boils so quickly, yet the burner isn't much beyond warm. Amuses DH to no end.

I bought a Max Burton Induction unit from Amazon to use during my kitchen renovation. It came the day I moved back in. But it's now on the counter next to my new gas range. I like it a lot. My 1963 West Bend cookware all works. I'm happy enough with it that rather than keep drooling over the $3,000 slide in, if I think I have to have more, I will order one or more of the portables. Too bad the center landing space on my range isn't a bit wider. I could set the Max Burton right on the stove! I think mine is 1800 watt. The most watts I could get at the time.