I hope you get on with it OK. If it'll boil for you then that's great.
I didn't like the simmerstats on mine, as I could never get reliable mash temperature steps (quite apart from the mash burning on to the element which is why I've gone for a
HERMS).
I replaced the simmerstats with a
PID/SSR/PT100 probe arrangement, at some expence
I am dreaming of larger shiny vessels...