Bit of an odd one this...
I bought an AEG induction cooker about 7 years ago. Fabulous cooker, all touch controls for the 4 hob spots and ovens, which means no knobs sticking out the front to collect muck or entice toddlers to fiddle with them.
But it has a flaw, the main oven door hinge design is rubbish, there's a bottom hinge in the form of a spigot that locates in a brocket on the bottom of the door. The top hinge is bonded to the glass door, with a rivet connecting that piece to the bit that bolts to the oven carcass. This failed when the top popped off the rivet just out of the 5 year warranty, and the door fell off. I bodged it for a while, then bought a new door from AEG last year. This week that has failed in exactly the same way, I've bodged it temporarily so we can use it, but it needs a proper fix.
I can pay AEG £140 for "fix it or credit towards a new cooker" deal, which is attractive on one level because the door cost me £160, but they will only warrant it for 3 months and I am certain the failure will occur again at some point. And one of the three screws that secures the top hinge to the carcase no longer "bites" so they may not be able to repair anyway.
All of their current induction cookers use the exact same hinge design, so I don't want one of those. And they all use knobs for control which I don't want either.
Looking around, it doesn't seem like fully touch controlled cookers are an option, whereas there were quite a few models from various manufacturers like this back when I bought it. Is that perhaps because "luxury" kitchens tend to have built in hobs and ovens these days and therefore they don't perceive much demand for higher end features like that, or is it just a fashion thing?
Does anyone know of any fully touch controlled cookers, or am I resigned to knobs or a full kitchen refurb?
I bought an AEG induction cooker about 7 years ago. Fabulous cooker, all touch controls for the 4 hob spots and ovens, which means no knobs sticking out the front to collect muck or entice toddlers to fiddle with them.
But it has a flaw, the main oven door hinge design is rubbish, there's a bottom hinge in the form of a spigot that locates in a brocket on the bottom of the door. The top hinge is bonded to the glass door, with a rivet connecting that piece to the bit that bolts to the oven carcass. This failed when the top popped off the rivet just out of the 5 year warranty, and the door fell off. I bodged it for a while, then bought a new door from AEG last year. This week that has failed in exactly the same way, I've bodged it temporarily so we can use it, but it needs a proper fix.
I can pay AEG £140 for "fix it or credit towards a new cooker" deal, which is attractive on one level because the door cost me £160, but they will only warrant it for 3 months and I am certain the failure will occur again at some point. And one of the three screws that secures the top hinge to the carcase no longer "bites" so they may not be able to repair anyway.
All of their current induction cookers use the exact same hinge design, so I don't want one of those. And they all use knobs for control which I don't want either.
Looking around, it doesn't seem like fully touch controlled cookers are an option, whereas there were quite a few models from various manufacturers like this back when I bought it. Is that perhaps because "luxury" kitchens tend to have built in hobs and ovens these days and therefore they don't perceive much demand for higher end features like that, or is it just a fashion thing?
Does anyone know of any fully touch controlled cookers, or am I resigned to knobs or a full kitchen refurb?
