Product review (3 stars): Difficult surface to keep clean
Looks very nice at first. I was excited about the touch controls too. But This surface is terribly difficult to keep clean and free of smudges. I have to use the cleaner almost every day and it's not cheap. Just wiping with a dry cotton cloth will leave marks. The flat black surface shows every tiny grain of salt and little fingerprints.  If you get one tiny drop of a sweet liquid on the stove (I make my own humming bird food), it will take some tough cleaning to  get off. Also The alarms going off when I put a pan on the stove w/o  turning it on are annoying. I can't even place a cookie sheet or spoon rest on the  stove if the Lock is not set. So basically you MUST ALWAYS use the LOCK after use to avoid the alarming beeps.