The glass plate of the previous, 7-year-old AEG, had completely broken through after a mug fell on the facet edge.
We have been cooking on induction for 20 years, so we wanted a plate that offers more space for the pans.
The biggest annoyance of the AEG was that every time something (knife, moisture, etc.) was on the control panel it started beeping while it was turned off. In addition, the pans had to be exactly within the circles for good heat development.
Induction coils
This ETNA has enlarged induction coils (hexagonal) so that the placement of a pan is much less critical. This appears to work very well with larger (baking) pans!
Service
The control is in the middle and it now appears that with the larger pans you can slide them more easily to the left and right without covering the control panel (as with the AEG).
Zone Link
Linking 2 zones above each other also works well for our large steamer.
Non-slip glass surface
The glass surface is slightly rough, which means that the pans stay in place a little better than with a completely flat glass plate.
Power supply
The power supply appears to be (among other things) 2x zero/phase. After disassembling the AEG, it turned out to have a shared neutral wire, so that the combined power over the four zones can never be more than (1x)16Ax240V=3800W. This ETNA has (among other things) really 2x separated phase/neutral connection so that you now have 2x3700W (according to specification) available. We really notice that we work with four pans, no switching between the induction coils and very good heat development!
Flat edge
The kitchen farmer at the time advised that a facet edge would be practical, well not! Not only is it much more vulnerable (the mug falls), but in practice this leads to wobbly pans if you have to slide back and forth. The ETNA has a flat edge, which has turned out to be much more practical for us.
In short, with 20 years of induction cooking experience, this is our best induction plate yet!
