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via mobile 22/8/2023 at 9:28pm
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We had a new kitchen in 2016 and had an induction hob,it was quicker to boil water,more economical,and quite swish it fitted in with new kitchen.But the wife couldn't get used to it ,couldn't boil milk for one thing.Slowly she began to like it until Monday morning.on Sundays We have the family around and have a meal and a few drinks I tidy every thing up and we chat act.On Monday morning she looked at the hob and there was a crack in the glass,not to worry we'll get it repaired.Oh no that ain't happening the hob is now obsolete and and if I could get a glass top it would be £400 and a bit extra to fit it.We have no idea how it got cracked nothing had fallen out of cupboards saucepan hadn't been put on it.Th annoying thing is that hob will still work albeit dangerously steam and water and electricity.So do we replace with another induction and worry about breaking the glass again or go for a gas hob extra fitting involved we've no gas in kitchen decisions decisions.


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I would replace it with an electric ceramic hob.

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Go to IKEA
Induction hob

You take it camping with you as well


22/8/2023 at 10:24pm
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Personally, I would replace with another induction hob.

The glass top is a pain if and when it cracks, however, 7 years of use is not too bad going IMHO.

DK

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via mobile 22/8/2023 at 10:57pm
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Agree with above, replace with another induction hob.


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22/8/2023 at 10:59pm
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Love my induction hob, always used a calor gas hob and swore I’d never go to electric. I must admit we have ours insured for exactly that reason. Hope you get it sorted.

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22/8/2023 at 11:19pm
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I'd replace the induction hob too, plus teach your wife how to warm milk in the microwave.


23/8/2023 at 8:44am
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We have a “portable” single induction hob – but its not one of those 50 quid cheapo ones, it’s a semi commercial one.   It lives outside as part of our bbq set up and was inside when we were updating the kitchen and had no hob.   It has a very useful feature in that you can set a temperature in degrees and it will maintain that in the pan – combine that with the lack of excess heat you can see why they are becoming more popular in commercial kitchens, but it’s not a feature I’ve often seen on an induction hob. If we are cooking sausages etc and it’s not raining we normally do them on this hob as it keeps the smell etc out of the house.

I’m not keen on the binary nature of induction cooking and, like with a normal ceramic hob, the glass always gets marked so you can’t clean it at some point.

In our old kitchen we had a gas hob, in our new kitchen we have a gas hob.    For us, you can’t beat a gas hob.

If youve no gas in the kitchen stick with your induction - instal of gas will cost, and de-instal/change when you update isnt cheap either.


23/8/2023 at 9:07am
 Location: Devizes Wiltshire
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I have an 2-burner induction hob in my van, cost me an arm and a leg as it is a Thetford one designed specifically for the RV market, with auto power switching so that it does not trip the EHU if it is over 10A etc...

With hindsight, I would have been happy with a much cheaper portable Vango 2-burner induction hob, however, it was not available when I was spec'ing out the kits for my van.

Prior to getting the Thetford hob, I had already purchased and used 2 induction hobs, a single and a double, for my pop up kitchen events before Covid, supposed to be light catering/industrial use from Nisbets, and I love them.

I knew I would go all electric (+ diesel) for my van back in 2019 when I started to host pop up kitchen event, and finally justified splashing out for some Tefal Ingenio pots and pans to use with induction hobs for catering events as well as for the smaller items to be used in the van.

Love my Tefal Ingenios and induction hobs. If I were to replace my gas hob at home, I would look into replacing it with an induction hob.

I would highly recommend induction hob in the food related FB groups too whenever the subject pops up.

DK

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Just stayed in a lovely cottage in Scotland with a new kitchen and a NEFF induction hob. Wouldn't have one if it was given.

Cooking needs fine control. A pan of pasta was boiing over on level 9, but on 8 it was barely simmering. Cooking stir fry was impossible.

Getting back to my gas hob was bliss.


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23/8/2023 at 4:19pm
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What make is it?
I had the glass break on my 2 year old Zanussi induction hob (no idea how it happened) but the repair booked through their website was very reasonable, around £120 I think for a new top including fitting.


23/8/2023 at 8:34pm
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Generally I would say that ceramic hob glass, be it induction or otherwise, are pretty robust. There are usually two types of induction, one that runs of the cooker circuit and those that plug into a 13 amp socket. We have the latter which is not as flexible because it can't use the full potential of the hob at the same time.

AS to reason why it broke? Perhaps an unsuitable pan was used which created too much heat? I remember when I first saw them demonstrated they put the pan of water on the hob with a ten pound note between pan and hob and it survived, mind you glad it wasn't mine!

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via mobile 23/8/2023 at 8:58pm
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After much deliberation we have gone and ordered a new induction hob but a different make Bosch instead of AEG arrives on Friday.There was another problem that I didn't mention the previous model is now obsolete damn Technology.The hob wasn't plug and play and neither is the new one when we bought it 7 years ago we bought new saucepans to go with it,it'll be one of those unexplained moments we'll never forget.The new one has a 5 year guarantee in 5 years we might be on meals on wheels,thanks for the comments


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Wise. The way things are going, and looking to the effect on your EPC, extending your gas into the kitchen would not have been sensible.

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via mobile 31/8/2023 at 9:50pm
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An update ordered new hob and was delivered and fitted later on tried it and blew a fuse tried again same thing.rang suppliers told them we were pensioners had someone come and check it and It's faulty.Rang again contact manufacturers who sent engineer today confirming fault pcb fault rang again have 're ordered another hob different make but not delivered till next week.I'm not happy


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We had a Neff one installed when we had the kitchen redone last year. My wife wanted one and likes it. There is now no gas in the kitchen.

Our sole gas appliance is central heating boiler, new condensing one fitted upstairs prior to the new kitchen. Our old one was on kitchen wall.
Should last for years as we don't want an expensive heat pump.

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