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Induction hobs
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 9 threads.
People raised many different problems with Induction hobs, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 10 complaints
- Touch controls go haywire from dimmed lights or liquid splatters, causing accidental activation2026-01-06
- Wet buttons trigger an annoying alarm, and turning a burner on requires a long press plus a second press2023-10-15
- Accidental touch presses change settings, and a child lock icon blocked use with no obvious way to undo it2022-05-25
- Touch buttons respond unpredictably to pan movement and spills, with unclear feedback about what changed2021-12-09
- Hard to hold a low simmer; pulsing heat boils over then cools off2021-08-12
- Panel is too sensitive to moisture and spills, beeps, then shuts off and loses timers2021-07-19
- Touch buttons need repeated presses and fail when wet2021-04-10
- Must press the plus button repeatedly, with a beep each time, to adjust heat2021-04-10
- Touch buttons don't work properly when wet, making them hard to use2021-04-05
- Wrong credentials produce no feedback, so it seems nothing happened2012-03-05