The panel replaces me a two year old Steba plate. True to its motto, "what there is not, can not go wrong", the device is limited to the essentials: A button on and off, as well as power controller. The device is quite large, and really massive. Performance is available without end as soon as the knob is turned the heat already in the pan comes to. This can be up to 28 cm tall. Many consumer panels, the maximum is about 20 cm, what with larger pans quickly leads that those in the middle arch slightly up and then actually are defective. The fan is a bit louder than the my old Steba, but that goes with the noise of the extractor hood. The pulse control, that the on and off below a certain wattage is present but interferes with correspondingly high-quality pots and pans do not (bottom thickness). Clear Best Buy for purists, the maximum performance and quality workmanship appreciate and thereby dispense with temperature control etc.