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We're in a rental for the month in Florida. We're from the midwest, so where gas is used for almost everything. The backlash against heat pumps and electric sto
by pathartl 4y ago
We're in a rental for the month in Florida. We're from the midwest, so where gas is used for almost everything. The backlash against heat pumps and electric stoves, ovens, water heaters, etc is normally the ol' "gas gets hotter and is faster" mantra. The unit we're renting is exactly why people think that way. The water heater is old, nor well maintained, and small. The stove is your old coil-top running off a 120v@30A circuit and the heat pump is an old unit that uses the hot water for emergency heat.
So yes, based on this experience it really sucks. That's what you get for the cheapest obsolete tech. It'd be great if people realized there's better electric appliances out there.
- BizarroLand 4y agoI have an induction stove. I can point a liter of water in right about a minute. I have not timed it with a stopwatch, but it is seriously fast. Cheap gas is superior in speed to cheap electric, but at the midrange their differences basically disappear. One thing that Gas will always have over electric though is availability. If the power goes out in a blizzard you can usually still light your stove for emergency heat and cook food. Not so with electric.