All Works well so far, familiarization with controls needed
Induction hub works well so far! elegant design for the cost, and rapid heating of the foods, probably even faster than heating via microwave. However, some improvements are needed:
- Cooling fan is so loud! Not so discrete for office environments
- Software and user-interface: cooking function always start at 2000W. WHY?! That's been causing my food to burn almost instantly, and might cause a power surge in some homes!
After some trials, I learned how to circumvent the over-cooking problem, and start the heating from lower wattages/temperatures, by the following steps:
0- DO NOT yet place your pot on the hob
1- Connect the hob to the wall socket and turn it ON
2- Select Function. This will start the cooking at 2000W. However, with no pot placed on the hob, the induction won't activate, and it will give an "E0" error
3- while it's on error, press (-) 15 times or more. This will drop the set wattage to the minimum at 100W, despite that this won't be visible on the LED due to the error message
4- Optional: set the timer by pressing Timer and the (+) button to increase the cooking minutes. Again, this won't be visible on the LED due to the error message.
5- place the pot on the hob, and it will start cooking at 100W, and at the set time if selected from step-4
6- Raise the wattage, and change the cooking time, as desired
7- after cooking is finished, turn the hob OFF (or it will turn off after the set time has ended), remove the pot
8- DO NOT unplug the hob from the wall until the cooling fan have stopped.
That said, software and UI improvement are crucial to make it more user-friendly and prevent overcooking, mainly by allowing the user to set the temperature and time BEFORE hitting GO. Otherwise, this could be a great inconvenience to many users.
I hope this can be taken into account. Thanks!
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