This is a good cooktop, plenty of power on the five burners and has an easy to clean design. The one problem is that the cheap plastic control knobs sit higher than the top of the grate. As mentioned by other  users, pans will hit the knobs and damage the chrome finish. This is a basic design flaw and should have been fixed prior to production. We have had this for 6 months, have been very careful and three knobs are damaged.