To ask your advice regarding induction ranges?

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My Rangemaster dual fuel is 15 and never had any issues. You might have been just unlucky

My Rangemaster all electric is 11yo and so far no issues. It also still looks like new.

Mercury, Falcon and Range Master are all made in the same factory in Leamington Spa. We have had a Mercury induction range for 3 years and are delighted with it. Excellent build quality

We have a falcon 110 induction and I really like it. Having actual knobs to control the hobs is a must for me. I hate those crappy touch controls.

Has been no trouble until this year when one of the five hobs has gone and repair man couldn't fix it. It's 9 years old and makes at least two cooked meals a day plus baking, so not perfect reliability but still good.

@NormalAuntFanny completely agree about knobs rather than confusing, irritating touch controls. This is perhaps down to my advancing years

@radiatordrama i think the Mercury are a bit better build quality and finish than Falcon. However, they’re all quite similar. We ended up with the Mercury on aesthetics and delivery time

We have an approx 2 year old range master induction range cooker and it’s had to be fixed 3 times as one of the hobs kept stopping working. Manufacturer come out and fix it no problem but it was annoying. Soooo easy to clean the top rough and it’s great for cooking on.

Edited to add, definitely only get an induction with knobs that control the hob- the touch sensors are basically useless if you get warm cooking! Had 3 different induction hobs, 2 were touch sensors and the knobs on the current one are like a dream!

My mum has a Falcon induction range. She’s had it 10 years and it’s still going strong. DH and moved in with DM during covid and I still miss the easy of cooking on it and the 10 second wipe down after cooking. We now have inherited a gas range cooker and I bloody hate how hard it is to clean after cooking on it.

We have a Belling range cooker because it was the only one that would fit into the gap from our previous cooker and we were limited by certain electrical/power wattages (or something like that that I don’t understand 😆).
It’s fine but the electronic controls on the hob are a bit fiddly and annoying.

I have a Rangemaster Elise Luxe with brass trim and I really like it - this one https://dissironworks.co.uk/products/rangemaster-elise-luxe-110-induction?variant=51530382868802

i haven’t had rangemaster before and my friend had a bad experience with her (much older) one that she acquired in a house purchase so I was a bit nervous but it’s been great. The induction is easy to use. Ovens cook well. It’s not complicated and it looks great. We’re about 10-11 months in now and no issues other than me scratching the induction hob because I didn’t realise you can’t slide pans about 🤦🏻‍♀️.

I have a 110 estel deluxe induction with gold handles.

I mostly love it. I had a range master in an old house and was set on getting another because I loved that one so much. I love the induction hob.

Niggles:
Oven temp control requires a bit of guesswork as the knobs don’t have a proper pointer and the markings for the temperatures aren’t great. I am waiting for an oven thermometer to arrive as I’m a baker so need accurate temperatures.

The gold handles look a bit cheap imo, I wish I’d seen them in real life first as I wouldn’t have chosen them. Under my kitchen lighting they look a bit green.

You can’t really hang your tea towel on the aga bar at the front because it’s too close to the cooker knobs, which is a bit irritating. Why have it if you can’t use it?

The oven door handles go right across the doors, so I keep pulling on the middle of the handle, which doesn’t open the door.

Other than that I love it.

I’ve got this and it’s good but I don’t use it as much as I thought I would as mostly use an airfryer now! I’m not sure I’d spend so much on a cooker again though obviously my kitchen is now designed round a 110cm gap so I might have to!

This is true for me too.

If I was replacing today I'd want a big induction hob, a single good oven probably at waist height and an airfryer. And more cupboards.

I have this Aga induction range, it’s amazing 🤩 a quality bit of kit. It has the meat probe inside the oven ideal for roasting your Christmas turkey

https://dissironworks.co.uk/products/aga-masterchef-deluxe-110-induction?variant=50691990651202&tw_source=google&tw_adid=817769959897&tw_campaign=24053532368&tw_kwdid=pla-2494424149091&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24053532368&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhsrUBhDxARIsAN3AQSeMB_OgxmarAz31A8l3efoJOhSR6q-W7jd6Id8RjE-dVu9W6M-Zh9MaAlCgEALw_wcB

Don’t go for one where they claim you can put a pot down anywhere on the hob and the power will follow you around.

The tech really isn’t there yet - it’s the same principle as the AirPower “charge anywhere” project that Apple abandoned. You will end up with cold spots when frying.

Buy yourself a decent butane single burner (eg Japanes make Iwatani) for stir fries and steaks. It’s not worth risking a scratch if you’re a “jiggle jiggle” type of cook.

Zero issues with sensor controls on our Miele induction hob. I prefer them, it’s lovely being able to clean the lot in one fell swoop.

I am very much a jiggle kind of cook and ours is fine, maybe some are harder than others?

Have also boiled over a thousand tsunamis of pans with no damage

I’d say you’ve probably been lucky. Any debris trapped under a pan risks a scratch. I do steak in an ancient unfinished cast iron fry pan and it’s just not worth the risk.

Virtually all manufacturers warn that you can scratch an induction hob, it’s just one of those risks you have to live with.

Having said that I basically boil a pot over every time I cook as I’m a bit too enthusiastic about the turbo boil setting & a slow learner, but I’ve never had any issues with that.

Do you actually like induction?

I'd used one on holiday and loved it and so when we had the kitchen made over last year I replaced the ancient gas hob with one.

Within days I knew I'd made a mistake. It wasn't a cheap one but there were so many things I hated, from the micro vibrations through pan handles, the beeping ( whenever I lifted a pan to swirl the contents) and the invisible sliding controls that didn't work with a wet finger!

I cracked last week and bought an ordinary ceramic electric hob and I am so happy I did. I should have ditched that induction months ago.