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I'd be happy with knobs! The biggest issue I've seen with consumer induction cooktops is that all the affordable ones use stop touch/tap interfaces that make i

I'd be happy with knobs! The biggest issue I've seen with consumer induction cooktops is that all the affordable ones use stop touch/tap interfaces that make it really difficult to adjust heat while cooking. If the primary input was just a potentiometer (or rotary encoder, if they wanted to be fancy) it would be trivially easy to set or adjust any hob at any time.

2Gkashmiri 4y ago
https://www.amazon.in/Lifelong-Inferno-LLIC30-Induction-Cooktop/dp/B088K321BQ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1BH2Q9889SW2W https://www.amazon.in/Lifelong-Inferno-LLIC30-Induction-Cook... this one costs around US$15. me and many millions of consumers in india use devices costing around this $12-$20 priced induction cookers because that's the only thing being available... everyone has a soft button interface which sucks but because of the relatively cheap capital cost, you are able to buy a new one if the old one breaks. with good care i've used a machine not different from above for 4-5 years nonstop
- jeffalyanak 4y ago
  Yeah, aside from the actual interfaces I think induction units are great. They are safer than most (all?) other types of cooker, they're super fast to reach set temperature, and they have the potential to last a really long time. I just really want at least one inexpensive unit like the one you linked to come out with a knob for temperature control. Surely that wouldn't affect the cost that much?
  - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
    we personally only use the temperature control and one "milk" setting. thats it for the 12-15 year we've used one at home
    - jeffalyanak 4y ago
      Yeah, it absolutely comes down to how you need to use it. Unfortunately, there are some types of cuisine that rely more heavily on quick, precise temperature control.
euroderf 4y ago
This is so American - to provide (dangerously) high power (great for marketing materials!) and then put it behind a crap interface that gets your kid burned by boiling sauce or spattering oil or whatever. RISKS of inappropriately complex and unresponsive control interfaces.
- jeffalyanak 4y ago
  I'm in Europe and the induction cooktops are the same here. There are a few models with actual dials/knobs, but they're (almost?) universally very expensive models.
  - brnt 4y ago
    A friend used to have one with a sort of slider; it was still though a digital touch interface but had enough steps to make it feel continuous. Never wrote down what it was, and never saw one since. I myselr used to have one that would go in 200W steps, that was also pretty great. Also never saw that on another model.

2Gkashmiri 4y ago

https://www.amazon.in/Lifelong-Inferno-LLIC30-Induction-Cooktop/dp/B088K321BQ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1BH2Q9889SW2W https://www.amazon.in/Lifelong-Inferno-LLIC30-Induction-Cook... this one costs around US$15. me and many millions of consumers in india use devices costing around this $12-$20 priced induction cookers because that's the only thing being available... everyone has a soft button interface which sucks but because of the relatively cheap capital cost, you are able to buy a new one if the old one breaks. with good care i've used a machine not different from above for 4-5 years nonstop

jeffalyanak 4y ago
Yeah, aside from the actual interfaces I think induction units are great. They are safer than most (all?) other types of cooker, they're super fast to reach set temperature, and they have the potential to last a really long time. I just really want at least one inexpensive unit like the one you linked to come out with a knob for temperature control. Surely that wouldn't affect the cost that much?
- 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
  we personally only use the temperature control and one "milk" setting. thats it for the 12-15 year we've used one at home
  - jeffalyanak 4y ago
    Yeah, it absolutely comes down to how you need to use it. Unfortunately, there are some types of cuisine that rely more heavily on quick, precise temperature control.

euroderf 4y ago

This is so American - to provide (dangerously) high power (great for marketing materials!) and then put it behind a crap interface that gets your kid burned by boiling sauce or spattering oil or whatever. RISKS of inappropriately complex and unresponsive control interfaces.

jeffalyanak 4y ago
I'm in Europe and the induction cooktops are the same here. There are a few models with actual dials/knobs, but they're (almost?) universally very expensive models.
- brnt 4y ago
  A friend used to have one with a sort of slider; it was still though a digital touch interface but had enough steps to make it feel continuous. Never wrote down what it was, and never saw one since. I myselr used to have one that would go in 200W steps, that was also pretty great. Also never saw that on another model.