Sorry, Goodwill
Sep. 14th, 2014 10:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisAbout 2 and a half years ago, I bought an induction burner to try out. I feel in love with it. It sits on top of my glass top stove which I have, honestly, not used since I got the burner. If what I'm wanting to cook takes two burners, I find another way to do it. Chef Anita loves it, too. She uses the stove cause she needs more burners but her first choice is always the induction.
A couple of months ago, the buttons started to go. They are those dimpled kind - you know, just bumps if you run your fingers over them. But the bump part started cracking. So I duck taped them but the duck tape is kind of not working so well. Then, last week, I turned on the burner and it screamed at me. A horrible noise. It cooked, but it screamed so I figured it was time for a replacement.
There are a gazillion different ones on the market. I scoured. I compared. I studied. I finally found one that looked perfect and ordered it. When it came, I was delighted to find it was a bit smaller and lighter weight. I tossed the old one in the hamper I keep for Goodwill. I slapped on my sauce pan and heated up Anita's dinner and all was good.
Until this morning. I got out my small frying pan - induction approved and has worked prefectly on the old burner - and got E0. WTF? I had actualy tossed out the manual so I dug it out of the trash to discover that E0 is error code for pan not induction pan. Oh, yess, it is... I rebooted the burner and tried a couple more things and still E0.
I moved it to the counter and dug the old one out of the hamper. I turned it on - no screaming - and made a wonderful breakfast. Today, I will try some of the new masking tape that I got to recover the brasson the fireplace doors with.
Amazon can have the POS back. So so so glad I hadn't tossed out the boxes yet. It was on my list of stuff to do today.
For the record the old one is a Max Burton and the new one was a Duxtop. If/when I replace, I am going back to Max for sure.
A couple of months ago, the buttons started to go. They are those dimpled kind - you know, just bumps if you run your fingers over them. But the bump part started cracking. So I duck taped them but the duck tape is kind of not working so well. Then, last week, I turned on the burner and it screamed at me. A horrible noise. It cooked, but it screamed so I figured it was time for a replacement.
There are a gazillion different ones on the market. I scoured. I compared. I studied. I finally found one that looked perfect and ordered it. When it came, I was delighted to find it was a bit smaller and lighter weight. I tossed the old one in the hamper I keep for Goodwill. I slapped on my sauce pan and heated up Anita's dinner and all was good.
Until this morning. I got out my small frying pan - induction approved and has worked prefectly on the old burner - and got E0. WTF? I had actualy tossed out the manual so I dug it out of the trash to discover that E0 is error code for pan not induction pan. Oh, yess, it is... I rebooted the burner and tried a couple more things and still E0.
I moved it to the counter and dug the old one out of the hamper. I turned it on - no screaming - and made a wonderful breakfast. Today, I will try some of the new masking tape that I got to recover the brasson the fireplace doors with.
Amazon can have the POS back. So so so glad I hadn't tossed out the boxes yet. It was on my list of stuff to do today.
For the record the old one is a Max Burton and the new one was a Duxtop. If/when I replace, I am going back to Max for sure.
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Date: 2014-09-14 05:31 pm (UTC)Yes, I've wanted one forever and now I has me one. Should use it more, but it goes through propane and the canisters aren't easy to find, unless you order it online, and right now, I have more important things that need my precious meager funds, so no extra propane right now.
From reviews online a while back, the Max Burton tended to get higher review ratings than some of the others that cost less, just an FYI.
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Date: 2014-09-14 05:37 pm (UTC)I like Max but he's still making them with bubble buttons. Buying new and then having the same problem doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Since this one has quit screaming, I think we're cool for now.
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Date: 2014-09-14 06:00 pm (UTC)The biggest issue is it takes forever to boil a pot of water on it if using a large pot, but for everything else, it works mighty well.