It has almost met my expectations 100%.  Heats up water fast.  Heats up cookware fast and even.  And allows for an even temperature while cooking.  There is a bit of a high pitched noice when setting at 7 and above. Sometimes it will go away, other times I have two reduce the setting.  This noise is a bit irritating.  Also, when trying to use the two different zones, I can not set both zones at a high setting.  This was stated in the literature so I kind of expected that.  All in all I am satisfied but not blown away  (the high pitch noise really bothers mea0. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]