It seems that people either hate the glass-top stoves, or love them -- and I love mine! I've had it for over 10 years and I swear it's the only stove that I've ever been able to keep looking really clean. And I can really trash the cooktop, believe me... but with just a couple of minutes of cleaning it still looks nearly new. (It does have a couple of very small scratches, but after 10+ years that doesn't seem too bad.) And, although "they" told me that I shouldn't use it for canning and the like (of course, that was after I already had it...), I do so every year without a problem, including pressure canning. I fully expect to buy another one when this one finally croaks
