Ikea induction hobs....any good??

Slimgimli

Brilliant!! Thanks so much! And as for the glass gas hob......I'm looking at the one that can fit flush to worktop and has touch control button things!! Think I will have to go and look at some before deciding! Never thought having a new kitchen would be so complicated, my head is spinning with all the different configurations lol!!

lindos90

Hope you get sorted, remember, any queries I can help with let me know! I know just how you feel about too many choices and baffling info!

FWIW, I would never go back to a gas hob. I was umming and ahhring when we got our last kitchen. It was between gas on glass and induction, as previous posted says, they seem to be designed so the pans are very high, which makes them look precarious, as well as a stiring issue for us shorties!

Induction is quicker, contralable like gas, fairly cheap as no heat lost up sides of pans, and very clean to work with. Definitely touch controls, as then the hob is a completely flat extension to your worktop, and a pleasure to clean as theres no knobs to work round!:T

SallyD

I've got the white glass gas hob with three rings and the cast iron pan stands (wok bit in the middle) - it is raised off the work surface by a smidgen and I just luv it. No problems keeping it clean. I have the matching all singing all dancing oven, but cannot comment on how easy it is to clean because I hardly ever use it these days.

ginvzt

We have glass gas hob and I would have one another one if we were to replace the kitchen. I find it much easier to keep clean and to clean than stainless steel or any other hob.

Since my other half is not keen on induction, I would get a glass hob again. Unless we can get one of those 5-6 ring cookers with double or extra wide ovens...

lil.smartie

Got the same gas on glass as I hate electric hobs!! Not installed yet though!!

Kate

ToasterScheme

Hi there,

I have this same dilemma at the moment, I believe the Ikea salesman is incorrect. A 13A plug will only supply approx. 3kW, and most induction hobs need that much for EACH one of the larger rings. All the 3+4 ring Ikea units I see on the web are 6.0-7.2kW so need a dedicated circuit. [Maybe there are 2 ring units but I didn't check those]

Your electrician will tell you whether your new hob can share the circuit with an oven or not - this depends on many things. A single oven will usually share OK unless you choose the most powerful hob.

There IS a 13A 4 ring induction hob available, the Stoves SEH600i13 (check carefully because there are many similar part numbers that are NOT 13A). It seems to stay below 13A by lowering the power if you switch on more than 2 rings at once. But its nearer 400 notes.

If anyone else has found another 13A induction hob, please let me know - I've been looking for two weeks and now believe this is a unique product.

Radsteral

as a builder ,i havent seen any induction hob running on standard cable

as per ikea induction hobs, almost 2 years ago we find an ikea hob ''scratched/damaged'' on the discount area of ikea costing 99 pounds....not knowing what it was, i just googled then from my blackberry and had mixed reviews but its the best thing we bought from ikea, and at a fraction of price.
we still caznt find the scratches,damage..its got 5 years warranty anyway
cleaning is a breeze, done in a second
as per fast, the bosters would make it boil in a short time and its very economic ..go for it

ToasterScheme

Just found another plug in 13A option:

The Candy CI 640 CBA (aka PVI 640 CBA) - [must specify CBA and not C suffix] seems to be similar. One shop online has it for 300 (+ 20 del) till June.

Pugwash69

I almost went with an induction hob when I changed our kitchen, but it would mean replacing all the stainless (non magnetic) pans, quite an additional cost! I put a fast glass-top electric one in instead and that's certainly on a 30amp circuit.

My oven (a Smeg something or other) is only on a 13amp plug.

Kingsgraphic

We've re-modeled our kitchen 6-7 months ago, and fitted an induction hob after using a ceramic hob for 30-years! We wouldn't go back.
For a start there's the energy efficiency of the unit, then the cleanliness of use. Because the glass doesn't get very hot, anything that gets dropped or spilt in use won't burn onto the top. Heat control is virually instantaneous, like a gas hob. But unlike a gas hob none of the heat goes round the pan and into the room. And, when you remove the pan, if nothing is left on the hob it turns itself off after a minute or so. The hob needs magnetic steel (stainless) pans. These have worked out far better than the old non-stick pans we used before. We got a nice set in M&S for around £45, and they've never stuck anything, just wash and wipe-clean. Brilliant.

We wired ours into it's own breaker (32A) on the consumer unit. The total power, if all rings are going on full power, is way over what could be used with a 13A socket. A 13A socket should not have anything over 3kW plugged into it.