(Ship from USA) Avantco IC3500 Countertop Induction Range / Cooker - 208/240V, 3500 Watt /ITEM NO#E8FH4F854120572

Had one for 3 years. Love it.

Like1. Two cooling fans instead of just one. For a high powered burner that's important2. The timer does default to 180, which was a complaint of another user, said you had to hit the minus key 35 times to get it down to 5 minutes. I found if you hit the plus key when the timer defaults to 180, the timer sets to zero in just one press, then you can increase the time if wanted a short time.3. The low temp control is good, though it has to "heat adjust" before it starts working, during which time it will get hot then suddenly drop the heat and adjust to a warming setting. This is probably deliberate, needed to adjust the temperature of the glass top so the sensor can read it right.------don't like:1. The display is much smaller than the original, minor niggle.2. There's no timer setting less than 5 minutes, no single minutes on the timer at all. If making pasta I can't set 7 or 12 minutes, only 5, 10, or 15. That is a very major complaint for me, since it makes the timer useless for most of my interactive stovetop cooking. 5 minute accuracy is about right for a porch light timer, not a cooking timer. And I can't just put the pressure cooker to heat up at full power for 2 or 3 minutes and walk away any more, knowing it will shut off before it blows up. I have to stand there now to catch the moment and set to low. It's a loss of convenience and time not having single minute accuracy of the timer. Seconds would not bother me, I never need that kind of accuracy.3. The older machine had 10 degree settings for the low temperature range, this new one only 20 degree. Maybe not important for the general cooking I do, some people may object, however.4. The manual is very brief about how the machine works. I had to "discover" things myself instead of them teaching me. I didn't know, for instance, that the "temp" setting is where the lower temperatures were. I though they were just numbers equal to the wattage numbers, but they are quite different. This is a good machine, worth some more minor work to make it user-friendly.

I never write reviews because I never had any issues with orders or returns until I got this item, the unit stopped working a little bit after a month I received it, After going back and forth with the seller and manufacturer none of them will honor the manufacturer warranty, the seller asked to contact the manufacturer, and the manufacturer didn't honor the warranty saying, quote "Hello,Our warranty is written that it is for the original purchaser only. Items purchased through resellers on Amazon, eBay, etc. would not qualify for warranty coverage. The warranty is not transferrable to the end customer of any reseller as we do not affiliate ourselves with any resellers.I've been an Amazon customer for over 9 years now and this is my first bad experience with any of their sellers (MM Discounts/ avantco manufacturing)

Very strong and durable.

I owned this for a time and, for what it is, it actually worked relatively well.I got rid of it ONLY because of the following reasons relating to "power/heat level" control:1. Needs about 20 power level settings (starting at 175 Watts and increasing in equal steps of 175 Watts up to max). 500 Watts is a bit high for the lowest setting and trying to cook with the extremely drastic heat level changes between each setting is a bit of a challenge.2. The power level settings behave a bit weird (as with all induction burners I've tried). That is to say, instead of a constant 500 watts at the 500 watt setting, you get an full power on/off cycle that delivers an average of the wattage setting over a specific time. This causes an uneven application of heat to what you are cooking. The problem is, the cycle need to be increased by about a factor or 10. The way it is now, the cycle frequency is so low that on something like power level 3, for any given two minute span, you get 36 seconds of full blast followed by 84 seconds of off. (This is not accurate but is an example of how bad it is). These things should cycle much quicker. They cycle should be closer to no more 10 seconds....or 5 would be better. A power level of three at 5 second cycle would be 1.5 on, 3.5 off, 1.5 on, 3.5 off. This would approximate a steady state heat source much better.

Quit working after 1 month of very light use.

Excellent