Product review (5 stars): Induction Cooking:  Instant Gratification
Once I decided I wanted an induction cooktop, I looked at all the options on the US market, including those that cost twice as much as the Miele and decided this was the one I wanted.  Reasons why:  Miele was highly rated on several websites.  The cooktop was a brilliant solution to two problems I was concerned about: "rimless" cooktops had the tempered glass surface sitting on top of the countertop, and I was concerned that it could sustain a chip or even a crack if whacked too hard by some countertop sideways accident.  However, when I looked at the induction cooktops with stainless steel rims at my local appliance store, where NO cooking takes place, I saw that the rims, which could be as much as an inch wide, were scratched.  Miele has a tiny vertical stainless steel rim with no horizontal surface to scratch.  I love that feature.  I also like the placement of the burners, with the biggest and most powerful in the front and the smallest (perfect for my tea kettle or for melting butter) in the back center.  And finally.....using an induction cooktop provides instant gratification.  Water boils quickly, and at the lowest setting I can finally leave a thick soup to keep warm without any worry about burning at the bottom of the soup pot.  I went from a strong advocate of gas cooktops for their versatility and fairly instant heat control to finally having a cooktop that really gave me instant control.  Finally, if you get distracted by a phone ringing or the doorbell, just take your cookware off the "burner" and the latter shuts off automatically.  You don't have to fumble around getting a burner turned off.  Just lift the pot and GO!!