Currently sorting out the kitchen in my new house & I'm just wondering how good (read instantaneous) ordinary Ceramic hobs are these days? I've been used to using gas hobs all my life but it's gonna be very pricey to get gas into the kitchen as the pipes would have to go through 2 solid concrete floors in order to get to the kitchen, therefore I'm stuck with electric!

Ideally I'd get a Halogen Ceramic but these are 3-4 times the price of ordinary Ceramic's. I remember using my auntie's ordinary ceramic hob like 10 years ago & it was a right royal pain in the arse, when you'd got it up to temperature & wanted it dropping back to a simmer you had to pick the pan off the hob for like 30 seconds after you'd reduced the heat in order for it to cool down enough.......are they alot better these days?

Cheers,
Ian