Induction Cooktop Thoughts, Anyone?

All done!

Possibly the reason why you don’t see them is because they are more expensive than the norm. Below is what I got from a site I when into about this cooktop.
These are the best of the best in cooktops, in my opinion they are the safest!
When I design kitchens I always take into consideration the safety issues, the kitchen is a busy zone in the house, (not in mine, as you can tell I’m never there!) These cooktops came out quite a few years ago; I suppose people find change hard to deal with.
Go with your cooktop, you will not be disappointed!

[Traditional electric cooktops use some form of electric resistance to create heat, which is transferred to the saucepan and its contents. Induction cooking is based on magnetic fields: each ‘element’ (an induction coil) generates a magnetic field that induces heat in steel cookware placed on top of it. In essence, the pot becomes the element that cooks the food, so the cooktop surface doesn’t get as hot as other cooktops. Induction cooktops have the same instant control as gas and are the fastest of all cooktop types to heat and cook food — for example, they take about half the time of conventional electric cooktops to boil water.]

Forgot to tell you, you need to change your cookware to steel bases (not copper, aluminium or glass). i.e they have to be magnetic.

Well you know what they say…you get what you pay for!

I’d have one only I don’t cook!

Can someone please explain what they mean by this:

The kitchen cabinetry may have to be modified (to allow for cooktop ventilation) if you are going to install the cooktop in an existing kitchen.

Why would you need ventilation if it doesn't heat up?

Also anyone know whether this technology is more or less subject to failure? Apart from getting blocked, gas is pretty reliable, do these induction coils ever burn out like so many transformers? Is there any issue with RF interference? Health issues with having a strong electormagnetic field near you?

I'm not knocking this but I would need a lot of convincing to part with $3000 for an unknown technology use. I like the energy conservation side of it, but don't want my kids zapped by stray radiation anymore than I want them to burn themselves.

Thank you to everyone for their responses, have been a great help. I think I will go with the Miele induction and keep you all posted.