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It got harder for me to find maintenance parts for my first Instant Pot starting a few years ago. Now I guess that was a PE-driven move to push replacements in
by majormajor 3y ago
It got harder for me to find maintenance parts for my first Instant Pot starting a few years ago.
Now I guess that was a PE-driven move to push replacements instead of maintenance.
The parts they do still sell got de-emphasized on their website and they stopped selling some. See the comments here: https://www.instanthome.com/product/instant-pot/parts/anti-block-shield https://www.instanthome.com/product/instant-pot/parts/anti-b... "Hello Olga. The Duo Evo Plus, steam release valves, are not sold individually at this time. If you have any concerns about yours, please contact our Customer Care team for assistance" In one of them they even provide a link to a supposed "replacement parts" section that doesn't work at all today: https://www.instanthome.com/marketing/9001/instant-replacement-parts?sort_by=created&sort_order=DESC https://www.instanthome.com/marketing/9001/instant-replaceme...
- Scoundreller 3y agodunno how prohibitive they are to reproduce, but usually if a product is popular enough, someone comes along and mass manufactures the replacement parts. Just like car parts. Of course, there are sometimes things you don't want to really mess with of questionable quality. I'm assuming any pressure cooker has a rubber blowoff plug so there's not too much risk of the normal use valve jamming or something. And an electronic pressure cooker might sense over-heat/overpressurization. But if the steam release valve is electronically controlled too... you're now in BMW land