I can only agree with me here: we have purchased the product in Italy and tried it out on holiday on a ceramic hob. It was so reasonably: screw down with much force and then heat gently. At home on the induction field cooker is the pure disaster. We heat with a lower level as well as with our WMF (unfortunately wears out very quickly, valve also useful for cleaning with soda with more - after 1.5 years!) And then off when the water boils, to full power. But even when heated smokes and whistles this thing out everywhere. Then, when the coffee is prepared comes, who also have to dispose of the thread ... we do not go so often to Italy and be part of this ... Although the Bialetti Venus is here the bestseller - but we will not take any more Bialetti.