Look at my stupid new cooker

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I’ve recently bought a new Belling cooker to replace my broken one. Everything seemed great until I came to use the oven. The little indicator line at the top that points to the temperature turns with the knob so once you turn it past about 45 degrees you can’t see where it’s pointing to unless you get on the floor and peer up at it, and it’s a faint line anyway and not easy to see! So I’ve now got to get some kind of marker or sticker to indicate where the damn thing is pointing to.

How is such an obvious design failing missed in development? Did nobody ever try to set the oven temperature during the whole process? Honestly my mind boggles at the stupidity.

Tell me about your stupidly designed appliances if you like.

We’ve had a few appliances in holiday cottages that have baffled me, one in particular you have to select number of minutes you want oven to start, you had to turn oven on, then turn dial for temperature, I don’t think they wanted people to use it. I’ve got an induction job that is so sensitive, just a couple of drops of liquid, turns the hob off, so annoying as you cannot go far when hob is on.

I read the title as coworker. I was ready to be amazed at someone with the gumption to post pictures of coworkers they didn't like. Disappointed.

It’s like my annoying new Meike oven the clock disappears once you turn the oven on so you can only see the temperature and there’s no way to switch between them so you can see what time you’re putting stuff in. Really annoying as I don’t have a clock in the kitchen (and don’t want to buy one). Don’t get me started on the shape of the oven racks.
the clock display also turns off in the evening.

Is there not a little ridge or indentation on the marker, so that you can feel with your finger where it is without having to actually see it?

Oh god the appliances on holiday lets are always baffling! We stay in cabin type accommodation on parks and always have to call for maintenance to help us with the heating, cooker or hot tub.

Things are all made far too complicated as well now. My washing machine has umpteen settings but I only use two, maybe three if I want to clean the drum with a really hot wash.

Don’t start me on how many remote controls it takes to watch tv now! Ok I will tell you. FOUR. Telly itself (gotta change the damn hdmi every time obviously), Virgin box, Apple TV, amazon firestick. Everything we watch is on something different. How is this progress? Almost makes me nostalgic for the days of 3 channels that you got up and turned over yourself.

Cooker knobs baffle me anyway.

Mine goes up to 200c and then jumps straight to 250c with no numbers inbetween.

Why???

Why not just include 210, 220, 230 and 240? 🤦‍♀️

It must be horrible for those who are visually impaired.

I just checked and it’s barely palpable, with my numb old fingers at least.

My controls for the rings on the front of the cooker go top, bottom for the left hand rings and bottom, top for the right hand ones. I still continually light the wrong ones, why couldn't they be top, bottom and top bottom.

My sister has a holiday home that we frequently use, the microwave is totally unfathomable and it takes us a good 15 minutes each time to get it to work!

I couldn't work out how to change the clock on the oven, and because I get frequent power cuts here, I just bought a battery operated wall clock that adjusts its own time.

My glass top stove is the bane of my life. It has a stupid little touch control panel that is ridiculously sensitive and has no locking function so if I drip a bit of sauce or a splash of water onto the touch controls (right next to the most used ring because of course they are) anything can happen. All the rings can turn on full, or one of them can decide it's going to cycle through all it's temperatures for funsies, or all turn off and be impossible to turn back on until it's been completely dried. It's such a delicate flower. You'd think they'd make a stovetop control panel a bit less dramatic about getting a bit of water on it, but alas.

How annoying! If it were my oven I would either scratch a line or paint a dot on the front face of the knob, in line with the indicator line, so it could be clearly seen from the front.

Yes always a problem when we rent an Airbnb etc. People should put simple appliances in holiday properties.

Yes! I was going to do a line with a silver sharpie that I’ve got for writing Christmas cards but your red dot matches my kitchen nicely. I think I might buy some sticky dots.

New TV, all good, but the remote control !! aaarrggh. For one - in the dark you can't see the volume up/down buttons cos they're black AND if you put it down with anything except the gentlest movement it launches voice control and a lengthy and loud explanation of how it works! All over the top of what you're watching with a penal that comes up on screen and a mouse arrow which doesn't bugger off for ages 😤

Definitely a job for a Sharpie!

New ? If it's new I'd be very concerned that the knobs are looking quite used . The paint has worn off . How new is it ?

My otherwise wonderful huge french style fridge has a water dispenser that has no space to pour jugs of water into it.

Just why? I'd have to fill it inch by inch with a miniature cup to not pour water all over the floor.

Just put your finger on the indent line and then you will know when you stop.

My tumble drier is the same. There is actually a teeny tiny indentation on the front of the knob so I just put a blob of ink in it. Because it's recessed I never get inky fingers. But it's a ridiculous design.

Dot of red nail polish would be my first thought.

That’s seriously rubbish design flaw

It reminds me of an Airbnb we stayed in that had a cooker that had been used so much, the functions and the temperatures around the dial had been completely scrubbed away.

Cooking anything was a complete roulette of not knowing how or at what temperature.

Same.

It’s a week old! 😂 That’s just the finish, sort of matte solid metal. There’s no paint to wear off.

Commenting purely to say that this is one of my favourite thread titles of all time 😂