Recommend me a pressure cooker

Jazzy_B

I'm looking for one as well. Argos do one for £35. They have a couple on Amazon for about £40. The bigger Prestige one doesn't get good reviews.
The thing that put me off the John Lewis one was replacement gaskets. I don't think they would be as easily available as Prestige, or Tower. Gaskets need replacing every few years.
Good luck in your hunt.

champys

Jazzy_B has a good point - ideally the spares should be available in Spain. Every country seems to have their own local pressure cooker brand (here in France it is SEB), but I notice that Tefal is pretty much available all over Europe. Maybe that is worth thinking about.

carolt

No, to clarify, the pressure cooker is for us to use here in England, so any spares would need to be available here only - but my father-in-law who lives in Spain is buying it. But ideally online, rather than buying it there and then posting it to us, as I can't imagine how much that would cost in postage costs!

Many thanks for above tips! Any more - in particular the Tower ones, which I found somewhere at a good price, but not seen any reviews? Or Tefal ones?

We used to have a Prestige one, I think, but all the new Prestige ones get TERRIBLE reviews on Amazon, so a bit put off.. Anyone had a different experience?

champys

Sorry, got the wrong end of the stick there! I have a Tower one myself, which is doing excellent service, but I have never had another one so I am unable to compare.
I do have my eye on a Fissler now if I would buy another one - they seem fabulous, but quite expensive.

csarina

I have a prestige which is yonks old, so afraid I cannot help, I am looking for a new one myself!!!!!

eamon

I'm on my second Tower cooker. THBOMK spares are only available from the HQ in Manchester. I go there about once every 4 years and collect some spares (gaskets). Prestige gaskets are widely available. Other brands I don't know about.

Eamon

Pink.

Hi Carol,

There's a recent thread with some more recommendations on it so I've added your thread to it to keep all the suggestions together.

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Jazzy_B

The 6litre Prestige one has now gone down to £36 at Amazon

arkonite_babe

My £20 Lidl pressure cooker is on it's last legs. I can't get replacement parts for it anywhere. Where's the best place to get a new one? I'm lost without it as I use it for potatoes, soups stews etc.

Looked at one today and TBH I didn't fancy paying £60 for a replacement model.:eek:

Anyone recommend anywhere to get one? Bear in mind I'm in Northern Ireland so don't have Wilkinsons or Costco etc

Any hints and advice appreciated

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Hi ark,

I think Tower pressure cookers are pretty good and are quite reasonably priced in Argos

There are quite a few recommendations on this earlier thread that might help:

Recommend me a pressure cooker

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