Induction hobs..... some of the new ones look amazing.

[Dave7]

I have a stand alone single zone one, that's because I dont have space for anything else. I find it great, apart from the limited heat settings.
I have looked at flush ones as they enable you to use the whole worktop for other things.
I read earlier about the new 'invisible' ones. Amazing really. They are built into and flush with the worktop and actually the same top colour (a choice of 20 work tops).
Expensive at quite a few grand and as the article said, expensive if anything goes wrong.
I will stick to what I've got but hats off to the makers, the are brilliant.

 

[Tenkaykev]

We have Bosch with touch controls. I have to stand over and squint as the controls aren't backlit and the darkness of the glass combined with the faintness of the controls mean that you have to be in a very well lit kitchen. I keep a mini torch to hand on the worktop. It came as part of the new kitchen, in hindsight we should have gone for something with more tactile controls or backlighting.

 

[Dave7]

We have Bosch with touch controls. I have to stand over and squint as the controls aren't backlit and the darkness of the glass combined with the faintness of the controls mean that you have to be in a very well lit kitchen. I keep a mini torch to hand on the worktop. It came as part of the new kitchen, in hindsight we should have gone for something with more tactile controls or backlighting.

Mine is quite basic and cost iirc less than £100. I can see everything clearly. As I said, the only problem is that it only has 3 heat settings.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

They are okay but ours take a sodding age to actually get up to speed after turning on.

Would prefer gas tbh but we can't get it in our village.

 

[Dave7]

They are okay but ours take a sodding age to actually get up to speed after turning on.

Would prefer gas tbh but we can't get it in our village.

Surprised at that, mine is very quick.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

They are okay but ours take a sodding age to actually get up to speed after turning on.

Would prefer gas tbh but we can't get it in our village.

Are we talking induction or radiant (aka ceramic) hobs here, because the former are as speedy as a very speedy thing.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Our induction hob is far faster than our gas hob was. With gas the flame heats the bottom of the pan and the heat escapes around the sides. With induction the base of the pan gets very hot very quickly ( depending on the setting ) This was quite noticeable when putting a large pan of water on to boil for Pasta. On our gas hob you would see the bubbles starting to form on the area immediately above the ring and then spread out, with our induction hob the whole of the base of the pan starts bubbling at the same time as it's heated equally.

 

[Punkawallah]

Be aware, the bottom of the pan has to be flat, or the hob does not heat properly.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

We swapped to induction when the kitchen was redone a year or two ago

It is very quick - ours has 9 settings and 9 starts it boiling quicker than the old gas one did
The lowest setting normally keeps things hot - near boiling - OK
but you do have to keep a closer eye on things as it often seems to operate on a basis of
full blast all the time at level 9 then it is teh time at full power hat drops rather than the power
so 3 will boil it for a second then drop right down for a while - then go on again
1 and 2 are just the same but on for less time and a bigger gap between "full blast" intervals

which can easily make things catch if you are not careful

 

[midlife]

They are okay but ours take a sodding age to actually get up to speed after turning on.

Would prefer gas tbh but we can't get it in our village.

Are you using the correct pans ?

 

[stephec]

We swapped to induction when the kitchen was redone a year or two ago

It is very quick - ours has 9 settings and 9 starts it boiling quicker than the old gas one did
The lowest setting normally keeps things hot - near boiling - OK
but you do have to keep a closer eye on things as it often seems to operate on a basis of
full blast all the time at level 9 then it is teh time at full power hat drops rather than the power
so 3 will boil it for a second then drop right down for a while - then go on again
1 and 2 are just the same but on for less time and a bigger gap between "full blast" intervals

which can easily make things catch if you are not careful

Have you got one of the ones that use a 13A plug, or the heavy duty jobbie that needs a separate supply like an electric oven?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

but you do have to keep a closer eye on things as it often seems to operate on a basis of
full blast all the time at level 9 then it is teh time at full power hat drops rather than the power
so 3 will boil it for a second then drop right down for a while - then go on again
1 and 2 are just the same but on for less time and a bigger gap between "full blast" intervals

The are all that. The system is an on/of system with no variance. Variance is simulated by on/off intervals.

The holy grail of an induction hob has yet to be made. This would be a hob controlled with a set of old-fashioned knobs attched to an umbilical so that the knobs can be placed anywhere you like around the hob.

The virtual slider system is rubbish. My fingers don't work well with them.

The closest to what I'm after is Samsung's system that uses a little magnetic dongle to control the hob - like a mouse. In myu view, nothing beats a knob per plate.

 

[Rusty Nails]

When I had my pacemaker fitted a few years back I was told not to stand too close to an induction hob. We have a gas hob so luckily I don't have to check that out.

 

[Sea of vapours]

When I had my pacemaker fitted a few years back I was told not to stand too close to an induction hob. We have a gas hob so luckily I don't have to check that out.

Did they specify what 'too close' meant? That would seem to be pertinent, possibly critical, information !

 

[presta]

Did they specify what 'too close' meant?

The pacemaker will do that all by itself.