Midea MCH640F298K

I have been using this specific cooktop now for 2 months and enjoying it because of its even distribution of heat, and its timer. Also it is not metal sensitive like my benchtop induction cooker, but also i 3 times slower to heat up and pot or pan. There is a decent learning curve with these type of touch control cookers, similar to my induction cooker, and it requires very specific touches for instance to turn on the one double ring, get it to max setting and set the timer for it eg 12 minutes. If your lean on the cooktop or drag a pot over the controls, you can wipe off what you have started, easily turn the thing off, which obviously doesn't happen with dial controls, so learn to focus on the right buttons to press, then leave it alone. The dials are all in the front, and not well separated graphically-very cryptic, but do respond well. Sometimes it gets confused, and you have to turn off and back on again. Its is easy to keep clean, I use Barman's Friend. It is scratch resistant, none on mine as yet. My induction cooker had a small 3 inch heating area under any pot, so I was often burning things in the middle, but its great for pasta because of the lightning fast heating. This Midea is slower, but retains heat well. I find it is best set it to max, 9, and turn down once something is happening. I am a competent DIY electrician, but it took quite long time to work out how install into the old space of the Parmco cooktop that blew most of its heat controls. There is a lack of information about how to hook up to a single phase in the handbook and a cryptic diagram on the plastic cover where the wires go into the Midea junction box. On single phase it needs a metal bridge piece made to bridge 3 line-in terminals, it is too small for wire-and-ring loops on both line-in and Neutral. Unbeatable price. I decided it was better money to buy new rather than repair the old unreliable Parmco, and this has timer controls for each element. I am retired and cook simple meals, It might be annoying for anyone who finds digital control baffling, or is in a hurry and hates having things turn off because they accidently touched the wrong button. Dials are better in that instance