In the present work several different types of cylindrical inductors are investigated. Comparison of the following parameters are made - temperature distribution in different loads, electrical losses in each turn of the inductors and current density distribution in the inductors. We look into the advantages and disadvantages in different applications. We also consider in this paper the most common available on the market copper pipes for production of inductors. The inductor equivalent parameters have been calculated. To verify the results obtained from the model, a 2D model has been built in Comsol Multiphysics.