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I don't know. This morning I had to watch a YouTube video to find out how to turn on an induction cook top.

by wackro 5y ago

phatfish 5y ago
Hopefully the process wont change in 6 months when a new UI "update" is released. At least i hope not, I wouldn't be surprised to find a cooker controlled by a phone style touch screen running Android.
tokamak-teapot 5y ago
I used a couple of induction hobs and couldn’t get used to them because the interfaces just didn’t work with my brain. Press a ‘button’ - maybe it will work. Move a pan slightly - now you’ve pressed a ‘button’ with and something has happened but you will have to figure out what. Spill some water? Now another change has happened. Maybe the whole thing has switched off and you’re wondering why everything seems to be ruined. I tried to buy one with physical knobs but was told that the manufacturers who make them are moving to the touch controls. So I’m going back to gas.
- jmnicolas 5y ago
  I have a cheap one. The slightest hint of grease on it or on my hands and it doesn't detect my touch. Sometimes it needs several pass from different dry clothes to activate. I'm mad at the thing just writing this!
- occoder 5y ago
  > Spill some water? Now another change has happened. That's exactly what happened to me while staying in a serviced apartment. It's hilarious, ridiculous, and sad all at the same time. As a software developer I died a little inside that day. Fortunately I haven't had to put up with that crap once I checked out of there.
- goda90 5y ago
  We decided to upgrade from a terrible old coil range to induction. Since our wiring is old, it was just barely the minimum amperage for a lot of the brands, but the one brand we liked with knobs needed more power. So we're paying an electrician to come upgrade our wires, because touch controls are that terrible.
- alpaca128 5y ago
  > Move a pan slightly - now you’ve pressed a ‘button’ With mine moving the pan on the wrong plate will trigger a lock button, in other words it locks the whole interface. So even if you want to switch the whole thing off you first have to press a button that's now as hot as your pan. There's no escaping horrible user interfaces.

I don't know. This morning I had to watch a YouTube video to find out how to turn on an induction cook top.

by wackro 5y ago

I don't know. This morning I had to watch a YouTube video to find out how to turn on an induction cook top.

Hopefully the process wont change in 6 months when a new UI "update" is released. At least i hope not, I wouldn't be surprised to find a cooker controlled by a phone style touch screen running Android.

tokamak-teapot 5y ago

I used a couple of induction hobs and couldn’t get used to them because the interfaces just didn’t work with my brain. Press a ‘button’ - maybe it will work. Move a pan slightly - now you’ve pressed a ‘button’ with and something has happened but you will have to figure out what. Spill some water? Now another change has happened. Maybe the whole thing has switched off and you’re wondering why everything seems to be ruined. I tried to buy one with physical knobs but was told that the manufacturers who make them are moving to the touch controls. So I’m going back to gas.

jmnicolas 5y ago
I have a cheap one. The slightest hint of grease on it or on my hands and it doesn't detect my touch. Sometimes it needs several pass from different dry clothes to activate. I'm mad at the thing just writing this!
occoder 5y ago
> Spill some water? Now another change has happened. That's exactly what happened to me while staying in a serviced apartment. It's hilarious, ridiculous, and sad all at the same time. As a software developer I died a little inside that day. Fortunately I haven't had to put up with that crap once I checked out of there.
goda90 5y ago
We decided to upgrade from a terrible old coil range to induction. Since our wiring is old, it was just barely the minimum amperage for a lot of the brands, but the one brand we liked with knobs needed more power. So we're paying an electrician to come upgrade our wires, because touch controls are that terrible.
alpaca128 5y ago
> Move a pan slightly - now you’ve pressed a ‘button’ With mine moving the pan on the wrong plate will trigger a lock button, in other words it locks the whole interface. So even if you want to switch the whole thing off you first have to press a button that's now as hot as your pan. There's no escaping horrible user interfaces.