Great product, on high it will definitely boil water no problem.

I boiled water a few times and cooked pasta on it

Does not get hot enough to even boil water

Does the job to boil water just wish it was alil faster.

I usually bring the water to boil, on high/medium, with the frozen salmon in it and then just turn it off (or put it down to warm) after a couple of minutes and let it sit in the hot water/hot hotplate to cook for another 5 minutes

I could never boil water with this thing.

Did not get hot enough to boil water.

Brings water to boil and is pretty stable

The new hot plate WILL NOT get hot enough to boil water

So practically, it is useless unless you like to just boil water (for which you have to wait for long time)

We bought this to boil water for our test lab

Never got hot enough to boil water in any size pan in the element quit working after two months

Couldn’t get it to boil water

Works fine to boil water the only thing I don't like is that because of the hot plate mass it takes a long time to cool off.

It worked very well the first two times, the water was boiling in less than 2 mins on the high setting.

I can't get it hot enough to boil water!

It was fine and boiled the water

Easily boils water, and can cook just about anything you want to eat

Doesnt get hot enough to boil water

I'll use it to boil water for tea, but that is about it, until I can find something better

An hour later, water barely warm

pot of cold water to a rolling boil in just under 9 minutes

Problem is, the temp it is keeping constant is so low you cant even boil water!

I was curious, so I tried to boil water, but after 2 hours the hotplate simply couldn't hear up the pot

then suddenly the water stopped boiling and it was Broken out of nowhere.

once you see the metal exposed, a little, use rag with warm water and wipe the oily grit

it heats quite nicely to boil water though I do believe it takes a little longer than on a stove.

I bought this hotplate when my kitchen was being remodeled hoping to use it to boil water to make simple pasta dishes, since I was without a stove.

The first two times I used it, it wouldn't even boil water

Not hot enough to boil water!

Just got it today and immediately boiled some water..

Takes half an hour to boil my water

It boils the water and makes the coffee in less than 15 minuets!

Can't even boil water

This little hotplate will boil water on LOW

takes forever to boil water

It boils water hard in 7 minutes

It worked very well the first two times, the water was boiling in less than 2 mins on the high setting.

Boils water no problem

will not boil water

Had plenty of power and my wife uses it to heat water to boiling and melting wax for her craft projects.

You can speed it up by putting the pot back on it with cold water, change the water when it gets warm

now wipe off again with warm water rag and hand dry

Read reviews of other types of hot-plates complaining how they could barely boil water, etc

It takes a little longer to boil water than on a regular stove, but it's not bad

I boil water for macaroni noodles

I usually bring the water to boil, on high/medium, with the frozen salmon in it and then just turn it off (or put it down to warm) after a couple of minutes and let it sit in the hot water/hot hotplate to cook for another 5 minutes

Boils water easily,less expensive than using stovetop.

but it boils water with ease even without the lid to the pot

but it seems to bring water to boil about a fast as our gas cook top using the same sized pot.

I only use it on a low setting to boil my water for Japanese tea ceremony

nice little hot plate, works well, and it quickly boils water in a metal pot of a similar diameter.

It could not boil water even at top heat level and 30 minutes.

For it to be at a temperature that can boil water when it's supposed to be just "warm"

This did not get hot enough to boil water.

took it upstairs and put it on high again, boiled some water and cooking rice now.

It boils water on med low

The "high" setting wouldn't boil water or light a coal for my hookah (which is why I bought it)

We bought this for hot pot, we normally have to wait at least half hour before it boils water

It takes about 30 plus minutes to boil a medium sized pan to boil water in

It boils water hard in 7 minutes

It boils water, easy to clean, the nob fell off, I only been using a few weeks and the element is starting to rust up, all I really do is boil water in the morning, its better then the last hot plate I had.

Doesn't get hot enough to rigorously boil water

Anything that you start cooking before the water boils and then time after the water starts to boil

The dial offers a range of heat settings; in practical use, these can best be described as "just hot enough to boil water" (High) and "warm enough to burn your hand but not much else" (everything else)

Don't expect to boil water, or make uniform crispy foods.

Will not boil water in a 2 quart pot

It produces a strange smell, only stays on HOT for 2 minutes at a time before cutting itself off, but can't boil water with anything lower than HOT.I'd give this lower stars if I could

water boiled very quickly.

It boils water, easy to clean, the nob fell off, I only been using a few weeks and the element is starting to rust up, all I really do is boil water in the morning, its better then the last hot plate I had.

Don't boil water

Bought this to boil water in the garage so we can do canning without the heat/humidity in the house

Having a hot plate like this is nice if you live somewhere where someone else is using the kitchen and you need to boil some water or something like that.

It boiled water

It boils water quickly and cooks everything I have tried

other than the rust issue it works as it should for the price

Works as it was advertisedBe careful base gets hot too

Doesn't get quite as hot as we'd like but for the price it can't be beat.

I ordered this and it got here looking pretty beat up, not as shiny and new as it should have

Sh*t broke in less than two months