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kermitdafrog21 t1_jdw9y5f wrote

Everyone talks about how great induction is but I absolutely hate the one in my apartment. It feels like a worse version of electric cooktops

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Dioxyn t1_jdwfzab wrote

The stove in your apartment is likely to be a flat-top, infrared stove. This is not the same as a true induction stove.

Infrared stoves are far cheaper and suck Satan gonads.

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adrianmonk t1_jdwjkl7 wrote

Infrared may suck in comparison to induction, but it's still better than traditional electric (with the big fat exposed coils) in my experience.

Neither traditional electric nor infrared is very good at providing a lot of heat. However, infrared adjusts very quickly and heats more evenly, and it's way easier to clean.

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Dioxyn t1_jdwmf9f wrote

Yes, but they're both terrible at heat management. Their elements are either off or surface of the sun hot with no in between.

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sir-alpaca t1_jdwhfle wrote

Does it light up red? Does it get warm without a pot on it? Then it's maybe an infrared one, and those suck, but not as hard as resistance heaters.

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