Product review (2 stars): Nice buffet warmer
Nice design, but poor execution. There is silicon glue all around the burner edges. Rough and sharp edges in the sheet metal here and there. Has lots of potential, but poor quality control. Also minor scratches here and there. As far as heat, its ok. Their single burner is 1800 watts, that one sounds good. but these dual 900watt burner don't cut it. Fine if all you want to do is free an egg with patients. Being infrared I found glass cookware sucks. Takes forever to boil a liter of water in a glass teapot. Corning glass pots too. Aluminum seems to work best. Thick clad or cast iron cookware takes time to heat up. If you need a hotplate, you might want to consider a conventional hotplate. They are way cheaper, heat up faster. The off gassing someone mentioned wasn't to bad for me, its the silicon adhesive around the burner. Also as the picture posted here show the hotplate lights up the infrared element as purple, its actually Red, but some digital cameras pickup the infrared as purple light, when you see it, it will look red to your eyes, so its not as cool looking as in the photograph. The on/off switch is on the back side, so if the unit is hot, you have to reach over it, bad idea! Also this thing heats up on the bottom and sides, so beware, do not place it over anything heat sensitive!!! Never seen a hotplate in my life radiate heat from the bottom. So if you have an acrylic counter tops, don't use it there! Granite should be fine. Does take a while to cool down, conventional hotplates cool down faster. Cleaning it is very simple, a quick wipe is all it takes. Also noticed that the single burners where also sold under the wolfgang puck name, with a high failure rate. Will have to wait and see how these lower wattage, dual burner hotplate holds up.

UPDATE:
its been a whole year since I got this, it still works, no cracks! I have been using it everyday, just for breakfast...