Heatpump clothes dryer

[gthomas785]

Are there induction cooktops for sale at a reasonable price that have knobs? Every one I've seen in the wild has those stupid touch buttons.

 

[EbS-P]

Are there induction cooktops for sale at a reasonable price that have knobs? Every one I've seen in the wild has those stupid touch buttons.

How clicky of you😉

 

[semipro]

Next question: Will the rollout of induction stovetops reduce the 50% of house fires currently caused by cooking?

I wouldn't be surprised if it does.
We installed one a few months back and love it.
We've had gas and resistance electric before, and the induction unit beats them all.

 

[woodgeek]

Yeah, I guess I got an induction top 4 years ago, and my two sibs got ones the same year.

We all got the same model that was <$1k. With beepy buttons. I love it.

I also see a lot of interest on some other fora I read (not about sustainability), so I figured they were capturing the 'high end' of the market.

Google says sales numbers are up, and Forbes has an anecdote of 18% of sales:

Induction Cooking Trend Soars At Major Design And Construction Expo

There are also numerous performance benefits, like speed, precision, easier cleanup and increased safety that customers are discovering.

www.forbes.com

I guess that we are post 'early adopter' phase, and prices are falling. Every store I went to had some on display years ago.

 

[DBoon]

I suspect that one major motivation for the move to ventless dryers is that many home fires originate in lint-filled dryer vents.

I live in a rural area and buy my appliances from the local appliance store in the "city" (population 6000 people) about 20 miles away. Needless to say, this is not a progressive area, and most people buy the tried and true grade of appliances. But this little store is really pretty tuned in to the newest trends.

When I bought my stackable washer/dryer combo (you know, the kind with the medium-sized front-loading drum) with a ventless condensing dryer (he had a floor model of it), he commented that he sells a lot of them. I was pretty surprised. He explained that he sells a lot of them to older couples who are putting laundry systems in a bedroom closet upstairs because they don't want to haul their laundry downstairs to wash and then back upstairs anymore.

So, nothing to do with safety, environmental consciousness or anything like that - just people getting old and this is an easier retrofit because you don't have to vent the dryer.

 

[DBoon]

Are there induction cooktops for sale at a reasonable price that have knobs?

There was one about 5 years ago - Frigidaire FPIC3677RF 36" Induction Cooktop. It was ~$2300 (which I wouldn't consider "reasonably" priced for the typical homeowner). It's a nice unit (it is in my new kitchen). The more expensive induction cooktops use an inverter drive to control the power which provides constant/even heating (unlike the cheaper models that just turn the induction on/off with a certain duty cycle which is more uneven heating when using on low or medium settings).

Looks like a similar model is still available in 30" and 36" sizes https://www.frigidaire.com/en/p/kitchen/cooktops/induction-cooktops/PCCI3680AF

If I were to buy it again I would get a touch setup (no knobs). The knobs attract spills, grease, splatter, etc.) and are a pain to clean, and cleaning the area around the knob mounts is a pain also.