branded one like kitchmate is like RM2k. Crazy. i rather buy china made.

I heard induction cooker cost your electric a lot .

Btw charcoal still cooks the best food.

If u all still insist to buy induction cooker, i would not suggest Philips as its a piece of crap. Try Elba or some premium brands.

not sure if you're related to any gas cooker industry

Read back stimix reply. Its basically did not use any electric (its like too little and can be ignore).

ok bro. Will get more premium brand. But definitely not kitchmate or bosch.

My friend told me that his bills spiked up during the usage ....

Maybe heavy usage. ?

This is the one you're referring to:


Of course lah, this is cheap low quality unit.

It will pay for itself after a few years (saving in amount of money you spend on gas and wasted time cooking on gas (slow heating = longer cooking time, cleaning of gas stove, stress caused by waiting for delivery of gas tank, money spent on aerosol insecticide to get rid of cockroach which loves the gas cooker, etc).

This is how an induction cooker looks like inside. Basically its just a coil with 2 boards inside. The coil is the culprit for burning usually. The coil will be heated up with 240V, similar like an iron, toaster, heater etc. The coil will heat up and heat the glass panel on top and the glass panel will boil the pan. It heats up pretty fast because of the electricity that flows throughout the coil and passes thru the glass panel. Theres a zener diode on top of the coil. The function of the diode is to detect the pan on top of the glass. With induction cooker, u cant use any normal pots, it has to be stainless steel pot only. If u use any other pot, the zener diode wont detect it and the induction cooker wont work either. Thats the knowledge i know about induction cooker

Those Electrolux & Phillips nowadays getting cheaper..Eletrollux ~ RM399 at Harvey norman sumore got 20% discount weeks ago..Phillips ~ RM290...Chinamade already ~ RM180 Better get those repytabl;e wan to avoid changing every year lor..I changed for the 3rd time liao..Not dangerous but just burnt.

Philip tak boleh pakai ??

Almost wanted to buy that model cos got 2 years warranty

Cheap one also around 200+

Negligible-lah as I posted earlier...Been using for years...Don't really feel any increase..

Electrolux, Elba, Zanussi are premium brands, quite safe and long lasting.

Infra red better than induction because you can use more variety of cooking pots.

I don't think induction cooker will heat up the coil. You're mistaken infrared cooker and induction cooker?

This post has been edited by gogo2: May 16 2011, 03:20 PM

infrar slower than induction. Better use induction I think.

As I know you need to clear some space for the bottom to let air flow through right ?

The heat comes from the coil lah bro The coil is which heats up and heats up the glass panel. Ive been repairing the same shitty induction cooker for so long in Philips last time There i knew that its a shit product, i mean the brand. Other brands ive heard less complaints.

Really?

i tot it use electromagnetic wave. No heat generated?

cannot be gua. How can my understanding of induction cooker can be so wrong????

for induction cooker, the glass panel is cool to touch. I cannot brain wat u toking about.