Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This portable cooktop will boil water faster than I've ever seen. Otherwise, I do all of my sauteeing, pan-frying, and searing on setting 2- or 3-out-of-10 and still have to be careful not to burn my food! This is in "power" mode, wherein you select an output wattage divided into 10 increments. There is also a "temp" mode, wherein you select a cooking temperature and the stove constantly modifies its output to approximate that temperature in your pan, but I haven't experimented with that way of cooking yet. Design and construction both seem flawless. Have been using for several weeks now and am a very satisfied customer. Has cut down my cooking time enormously compared to the old, dying, cheap, portable electric thermal eye I used to use. Plus the Secura induction cooker is soooo much easier to keep clean, since the surface of the cooker itself doesn't get hot. True that some heat conducts down into it from the hot pan on top, but not enough to burn food onto the surface and create a difficult mess for later scrubbing. WARNING: We all know that one must use iron-based cookware in order for the induction cooker to function at all. So far I have used some old cast iron pans and dutch ovens, a large graniteware pot, and a couple of plated steel and stainless steel skillets. No problems. But when it came to buying new stainless steel pots, I was surprised when MOST of the stainless steel pots at Walmart failed to hold a magnet! Too much nickel and not enough steel in the allow? Or perhaps a thin core of steel and too much cheaper/lighter aluminum? I don't know, and nor can I say that these pots positively would or would not work on the Secura cooktop, since obviously I did not buy them. But be warned: do not assume that every item advertised as "stainless steel" will necessarily be compatible.