AEG IKE95771FB

Cooks so nicely. Power modulation is so quick, virtually instant response. Lots of little things combine tomake a lovely cooking experience. Boiling water for pasta from cold using power boost takes about 90 seconds (obviously depends on the amount of water more water = slower. less water = faster). By comparison, our previous conventional electric cooktop took about 7-9 minute ballpark for the same amount of water in the same Tefal saucepan.

Gas cooktops in previous rentals took around 4-5 minutes for a similar amount of water in the same saucepan to come to boil.

From what I gather, ones experience with induction is heavily dependant on whether ot not your saucepans are Induction compatible. Our Tefal handleless saucepans (see my other review for details on them) have been Induction ready for years, possibly even design optimised for induction with big thick bases so maybe that helps a lot with getting the power out of induction.

Back to the cooktop..

Power modulation is quick, not quite instantaneous but close enough. Bump it up a few seconds later its there bubbling away, bump it down, moments later the heat is down.

For example, cooking poached eggs is a breeze - boil the water using power boost, drop it to power level 7. poached eggs ready to serve in less than 7 minutes from cold water start.

The slide to cook function using the left side is cool. The power is set to hot close to the front, middle power in the middle and simmer at the back. You just physically place the saucepan to the power level you need at the time. It's hard to really explain but it works well in practise

Individual timers on each of the 5 coils are nice.

Individual "Burner" controls are nice too - our old electric cooktop you had to go into each "burner" one by one to adjust them which was a nuisance when two or more pots on the cooktop. This is just touch and set as needed.

The pause function is nice as it keeps food warm but not cooking which is good when sequencing food ready for serving.

There is a useful residual heat indicator for each coil to let you know if the cooktop is still hot.

And if you put a pot on the cooktop, a light will illuminate to show you which control it is for.

The much else to really comment on - it just works, and is fast and responsive. Not really sure what else is required out of a cooktop anyway. Too early to know on long term reliability but being from a brand under the Electrolux group, I expect many many years. Time will tell but so far so good.