6:40 pm PDT (which is actually 2:40pm NZ time) is *way too early* to go to bed.

[rpmik@avgeek.social]

@sundogplanets we replaced our gas stove with an induction stove (240V) - a game changer for boiling water in a minute vs 3-4 before. A happy unexpected benefit

[andrew@ottawa.place]

@sundogplanets One of the best purchases I’ve ever made since returning to Canada is one of these Japanese Zojirushi water boilers. The vacuum-insulated ones keep water at almost boiling using almost no energy, which is a great help for my “multiple cups of tea a day” habit

Water Boilers & Warmers

Zojirushi Product Water Boilers & Warmers

Zojirushi Product (www.zojirushi.com)

[va2lam@mastodon.nz]

@andrew @sundogplanets I have thought about getting a Zojirushi rice cooker also. I do definitely appreciate the fast water boiling in NZ for sure.

I find that the flight to North America is impossible to sleep on for some reason. Going the other way is fine.

[va2lam@mastodon.nz]

@andrew @sundogplanets also Waterloo has very hard water which is not great.

[pooserville@dice.camp]

@sundogplanets When we got our induction stove we paid an electrician to run a 240v circuit to the kitchen (we were replacing a gas stove) and I've kicked myself at least weekly since then for not getting another outlet so I could plug in a higher-voltage kettle for my morning tea.

[jamesb2147@infosec.exchange]

@rpmik @sundogplanets if anything, when I put mine in boost mode, it can get a bit violent if I don't keep an eye on it!

Boiling on induction is the best. I grew up hearing "a watched pot never boils" which is no longer true!

[andrew@ottawa.place]

@va2lam @sundogplanets One of the things that I like about the Zojirushi water boilers is they have a built-in "cleaning" mode that works really well on scale from hard water. They sell cleaning packets that you add, then start the cleaning cycle, wait a while, dump it out and rinse it.

The cleaning packets are just citric acid, so now I just buy the bulk stuff online and use that instead; much cheaper, and also useful elsewhere in the house!

[laumapret@toot.lv]

@sundogplanets
Interesting. Could also depend on the model of the kettle? My sister, born and rised in Europe, lived 6 years in Los Angeles. She complained a lot that it is very hard to buy a good electric kettle, as they are not popular, but when she got what she liked, she never mentioned afterwards that it would be slower... Now I really want to ask her, either she found some special build or considered slowness too obvious to mention.

[rpmik@avgeek.social]

@jamesb2147 @sundogplanets oh yeah, boost is a bit scary if not a full heavy pot of water. When I tried boost boiling a cup of water for tea, my kettle lid tried to fly off in 30 seconds

[colinburgess@mastodon.nz]

@sundogplanets aside from being a generally great channel I love this one where he tests out various aspects of kettle boiling, including running a British kettle off his car charger

https://youtu.be/INZybkX8tLI?si=tvJ-8Jc1I-TLl_MP

[papperlapapp@bonn.social]

@pooserville
What do you usually have for induction stoves?
In Germany it's not the usual 230V but 400V (for all electric stoves, although you can also buy some for 230V).

@sundogplanets

[gnomon@mastodon.social]

@sundogplanets I have a completely unhinged suggestion

Impulse

Introducing the Impulse Cooktop, the most powerful and precise stove ever made.

Impulse (www.impulselabs.com)

[va2lam@mastodon.nz]

@andrew @sundogplanets brilliant!

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@andrew @sundogplanets Ohhhhhh … <saves link for later>

[pooserville@dice.camp]

@papperlapapp @sundogplanets My understanding is that 240v is the standard here in the US, but I'm not sure.