Mini Induction Cooktop, 500W /110V Mini Electric Countertop Burners Portable Small Induction Hot Plate Even Heating for RV Travel & Outdoor Abangdun

Pro: + Small size + energy efficient for low power situations (solar, emergency, RV, boondocking, etc.) + Good setting range 100W, 200W, 300W, 400W, 500W + Much faster and more efficient than resistive heating (stove/hot plate) Con: - No temperature control - lower power takes more time I bought this mostly for emergency and portable situations where I'm running off a small generator (noisy), or a solar-powered BlueTTI EB3A battery (quiet). 500W won't overload the battery pack power output, or small generator. To test this unit, I filled a 1qt cast iron pot with 4 cups of water and turned it on "hi" (500W) to see what would happen. It got warm enough to steam/simmer, but not boil, if you leave the pot uncovered. If you need furiously boiling water, you will have to cover the pot with an appropriate lid to reach boiling. This and time to cook are the only difference 500W makes vs 1000W+. It took ~16 minutes for 1qt of cold tap water to boil over with a -covered- pot at 500W. This is pretty good performance. With normal stove top resistive 500W type heating, the battery pack is drained in 30 minutes before it barely boils. Next thing I tried is a 16oz can of soup. I pulled the lid off the can and set the can on the unit at 500W. It was only a minute or two until I heard soup boiling in the bottom of the can. So I turned the unit down to 400W, then 300W, then 200W and then the can started to boil over. What I found interesting is I did all this on a small lunchbox size EB3A portable power station battery. The can of soup used about 30% of battery power. The 1qt of boiling water used about 70% of the battery. In an emergency situation, the battery can be recharged in about 3-4 hours of sunshine from a portable solar panel. I can store this next to my emergency supplies and use it to make a not so wonderful hot emergency meal, which in an actual emergency where a hot meal will seem like luxury. What's an emergency? Earthquake, high winds, a car meets power pole at road speed event, where power can be out for hours, days, weeks, months. Or I can keep this inductive unit in the cupboard and use it to make a quick breakfast for one or two people. Or use it to keep something warm away from the kitchen. Performance does what I need for heating, saving battery power, convenience, and small size. I'm happy with this purchase.

I originally bought this to find a smaller induction cook top to fit my small counter, but one more importantly, capable of heating a small mokapot. I've used Aluminum moka pots for decades but they don't work with induction, so I bought a cheap $11.41 Mokapot (originally $22 with 50%, now 40% coupon) by Jingle Choo, which stores far more water than a 2 cup espresso machine needs for strong coffee. Anyways, the best part of this and the reason I bought it was that it has a lower 500 watt setting than my 1000/1800 watt induction cooktop, which is great for cooking pasta and so-so with rice- it can leave rings of burnt food if unattended for too long. I rarely use the 1600-1800 watt setting beyond boiling water/liquids, and frequently simmer between 200-400 watt average setting. However on the Ambiano 1000 watt setting, it cycles in fifths of 5-10 seconds for 200,400, 600 and 800 watt settings at 1000 watts, using a Kill-A-Watt meter for all temps 1000 watts and under, meaning that the lowest setting it's actually running at any time is 1000 watts for 1-2 seconds. This is far too vigorous for simmering rice in some cases, thus needs constant attention beyond a few minutes. The new mokapot boiled in less than 3 minutes. I do not recall how many minutes it ran before the video started recording, but I did another boil today and it was around the same time. I was doubtful my mokapot would run on this and the 1800 watt induction (more doubtful on the 1000/1800) because the minimum size is 4" on this 500 watter and ~6" apparently on the larger one. I did test the moka on the 1000 watt Ambiano setting, and surprisingly, It worked too, but the boil was far too vigorous for good, strong coffee and when water splashes, spills or the pot is not perfectly certain center, there is an error, and some you hear a high pitched buzzing when water gets underneath, which is annoying. I used a thin rice pot made of stainless steel with no induction logo and surprised to see it worked. I could locate the ring of bubbles inside the 4.5" pot and they were clearly positioned very closely under the outer edges of the 3.5" induction mokapot, which means that even though the induction cooktop is only 500watts, its high efficiency, coupled with close contact with the edges of the mokapot means the heat transferred very quickly both vertically and along the base of the mokapot to heat and boil the water within a couple minutes. When heating a larger pot, it will take longer, so use a lid whenever possible. Electric kettles are also very efficient, but this allows more options when cooking small meals that need to simmer on lower temperatures and waste less heat (especially for the summer).

Power & Efficiency: Let's get the obvious out of the way: at 500 watts, the Mini Induction Cooktop isn't a speed demon. If you're looking for a fast-cooking experience, you might be disappointed. However, it works admirably if you're willing to give it a little time, making it a reliable option for those who prioritize other features like portability. Portability & Battery Compatibility: Speaking of portability, this cooktop really shines in that department. It's compact, easy to carry, and proved to be a lifesaver in hotel rooms during my last vacation. What's more, it works well with a Jackery portable battery, extending its utility to even more remote settings. Cookware Compatibility: I experimented with both a 1-liter titanium pot and an 8-inch frying pan. While the smaller pot was an excellent fit, the frying pan, despite heating evenly, had a slight hiccup: its larger base kept accidentally triggering the touch controls. This is likely due to the controls being positioned too close to the cooking surface. Controls & User Interface: The touch controls are sleek and modern, but they do come with their own set of challenges. First off, the buttons emit a loud beep when pressed or when the cookware is removed, which can be annoying. More importantly, their proximity to the cooktop means larger pans can inadvertently activate them, disrupting the cooking process. Despite a few quirks, the Mini Induction Cooktop does its job well, especially considering its modest power rating. Its portability and compatibility with portable batteries like the Jackery make it a solid choice for travelers or those with limited kitchen space. If you can overlook the control design and have a bit of patience, it's a very handy appliance to have.

This little induction cook top is perfect for RV or tiny house use. This heats evenly instead of in a small crescent shape under the pan. It also reduces power evenly instead of pulsing full power on and off at different duty cycles to emulate lower power the way cheaper inductive burners do. If you set this one to 200 watts it will make a perfect grilled cheese for example without burning. This makes this the best inductive stove you can currently buy for use with inverters and batteries, or indeed smaller generators. I tested it with different power supplies, of note is that it works perfectly fine on modified sine wave inverters. Not that I would ever recommend those, but if they are what you've got, this works. Certainly benefit for an RV or car camping sized appliance. Given that this company produces hardware for commercial use, and in fact this is considered a commercial duty unit for embedding in restaurant tables, I fully expect it to last a very long time. I will return to update this review when it eventually fails as all things do. Another note, my particular unit has very faint reflective branding and print. It's not obvious like in the stock photos or indeed the other reviews. The print is all mirror reflective and the unit appears mostly as a black glass disk. I prefer it this way so I'm happy. Not sure if they are all this way or not. I got mine as a warehouse deal which is likely where the wear on the chrome ring came from at the back edge. Again doesn't bother me and is unrelated to the product as new. Someone who tried it and returned it likely slid a large heavy cast iron across the edge and wore it off. It is plastic. This burner has what appears to be a 90mm fan inside. Unfortunately it does not vary the speed up and down with the power settings. I would prefer if it would run slower at the lower power settings, but that's a very minor enhancement. I put an LED light behind it so that you can see the coil layout under the glass. It is a full copper coil in a guide as claimed by the company. This is a very good thing for the durability and efficiency of this device. It should work well with lots of ferrous metal cookware and will not be as picky as cheaply made induction burners are. I have not put it on a scale but it feels like it weighs about three pounds. I've now used this for a while and cooked a lot of different things with it. This is the best inductive burner I've ever used. Hands down. Not only does it work perfectly with cast iron as you would expect, it also works very well with stainless steel cookware that a magnet can stick to. Most inductive burners are picky and will E1 on you if the pan is not ferric enough. The reason is that the energy dissipates into the pan. If you put a less magnetic pan on an inductive burner the transfer of energy is not efficient and the stove itself heats up. THIS burner even works with 3 series stainless. That is, the really super high quality kind that barely have any pull when you touch a magnet to them. This absolutely shocked me. Mt thinnest stainless mess kit made of 3 series stainless that a magnet will not even come close to sticking to actually works with this thing and it doesn't complain. That's nuts. Yes, you can only boil water or quickly stir something like canned corn in it since the thin metal will almost instantly heat up and burn the food, but the real point is that this induction burner is so well made and has such good driver circuitry that there's just no way you will have any trouble at all with normal cookware. I can tell that the larger BangDun burners would be most impressive indeed going by this little one. I absolutely love this thing. I've been having fun cooking things on it with my small lodge cast iron skillet (the 6.5" wolf one, it's perfect for this!) and larger stainless pots. Cooking crispy yet not overcooked fish is a breeze, perfectly golden pancakes and grilled cheese with no issue keeping the heat exact. Perfectly cooked eggs with very little effort, and no more first egg is perfect but the pan is too hot for the second one. I couldn't be more pleased other than maybe having a variable speed fan. The capacitive buttons are on the cooking surface and by the nature of the cooking vessels they can and will press the buttons themselves. This however was though about too, if all the buttons are covered at once it will ignore it. You can set a large pot right over them and nothing happens. I like the ability to embed this so I wouldn't have it any other way. I was able to trigger an E5 overheat error once, and not by doing any of the cooking I've been doing which includes deep frying on this. No, it was a true torture test. I put my small lodge skillet on it coated in oil and set it to 600. With nothing in it, the goal was to polymerize a coating of oil into the skillet. Seasoning a pan is usually done in an oven at a very high temperature. Not only did the entire pan get to seasoning temperature, but it only gave the error after the second coat and running this way for over 45 minutes. I was able to remove the pan and place it back and it resumed right away meaning that it's not picky like others I've used where it will just not let you cook anymore until the device is completely cool. This one just keeps on trucking. My cast iron slides around on this. The way to deal with that is to get a thin silicone pad and put it on top. The buttons work right through it and the cookware no longer slides. Get the kind where you can see the fiberglass cloth inside of otherwise transparent silicone. This also prevents as much heat from being transferred back to the stove. Given how efficient this thing is with less magnetic cookware the additional millimeter of height means nothing to it. I'll keep updating this over time. TLDR; You've just stumbled upon the best small inductive cooktop EVER. Just buy it, it's perfect.

More than 1 year cooking and making coffee every day and still works like a charm! This thing is amazing and it doesn't spend that much energy!! What I do not recommend is too purchase if you have cookware of more than 7 inches with it. The touch screen buttons will not allowed it and is not even safe for the panel material. It feels like you could do damages doing something like that. If you just need to cook for yourself. This is absolutely perfect. If you are using bigger cookware this is not for you. I will recommend to look for those who has a bigger sizes. Coffee takes like heaven made in a traditional moka pot of good quality in stainless steel.

I got this because it is less of a draw on my solar power. I had been very happy with my nuwave before that but during the rainy season my power wasn't keeping up. This stove has a loud fan, which actually turned out to be a blessing after it woke me in the middle of the night on 2 occasions in less then 2 wks, after turning on by itself. There was a tea pot on it that was boiling by the time I awoke. I thought perhaps a gecko hit the power button. But the 2nd time it happened my power had cut out for a moment and when the inverter beeped and it came back on, the stove turned on by itself and was heating the sm cast iron frying pan I'd left on it from my dinner. I learned not to keep it plugged in. But sometimes I don't remember to do that. Just glad it happened when I was home instead of away because it could've started a fire or burned down my house. Very scary!

This has worked remarkably well in an outdoor kitchen with a limited wattage, heating a 6-quart pot nearly as quickly as my old electric range. I can’t speak for certain as to whether it modulates heat based on the power setting or alternates on/off at full power, but heating seems even and compared to electric ranges I’ve used it does a better job of simmering beans and grains without boiling over. There is a fan as usual for induction burners that makes some noise when operating, but it’s not overly loud and I notice little sound from the burner otherwise. After several months of regular use I have no complaints.

Bad placement of controls. If a small pan or kettle drifts on the slippery glass surface it will activate the controls causing the unit to change power settings or shut the unit off without the user being aware of what happened. This is a major flaw in design since it also means that the user has to touch the hot surface to turn off or change unit settings. The controls should have been on the side or on an angled portion of the plate. The unit functions OK otherwise with 700 watts being enough for 90% of cooking and heating needs.