Best Induction Hob brands

[fatboy b]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

We had a new kitchen fitted in the Summer and paid about £900 for an AEG induction hob. It has been very unreliable with various intermittent failures. Pretty sure a lot of it is bad software and a crap touch screen control... After a battle the shop / AEG they have agreed it is junk and are going to collect it next week and give me a refund.

I would rather replace with Gas as I no longer trust the technology (IMHO any piece of modern consumer electronics has a 5 year lifespan before requiring a replacement) but my wife likes them because they are easy to clean so looks we will be choosing another induction hob.

Now thinking about getting this Siemens one in the hope that Siemens are a better make...

http://ao.com/product/eh879sp17e-siemens-iq700-ind...

IMHO:
Advantages of Induction

1. Looks Nice
2. Easy to Clean
3. Great for boiling water

Disadvantages

1. Noisy, Sounds like a low quality sub-woofer
2. Poor control of heat (the AEG has a range of 1-14 with a boost, where 1-10 are basically off).
3. Crap for cooking anything apart from boiled food
4. Flexi-zone (50% of the hob) never gets hot enough to fry an egg

Edited by jesusbuiltmycar on Friday 16th December 08:04

Seems you bought the wrong hob. Our Neff isn't noisy; great control of heat (better than gas I'd say); great for all cooking; flexizone is awesome.

[smithsi]

If money is not a problem then Gaggenau is the Rolls Royce of cooking appliances.

Gaggenau 480X induction hob has a zoneless feature that tracks your pans as they are moved around the surface. Not cheap, but no complaints here.