Honest opinions about how to buy Appliances and Lighting.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Best Of....

I was thinking of doing the Best of The Decade, but what was hot even 3 years ago is not now. Following is the best for now and the near future.


LLF LED Recessed:





The cost savings between LED and incandescent is staggering. Although the payback is about 3 years, this technology is bound to decrease in price. Within the next decade, you will be buying this bulb...


Electrolux Induction:





Induction is the best cooking product...even including pro gas. Every manufacturer dabbles in induction, but Electrolux will be introducing new induction products at lower prices.


French Doors:





Fad, Fashion or a bit of both. French doors combine the lateral functionality of a bottom mount in a chic look.

4 comments:

  1. For those of us who've been cooking with gas for decades, and who live in areas where power outages are a regular thing, the ideal would be a couple of gas burners combined with an induction surface that can handle three or four pots (preferably the 'free-form' kind where the cooktop adapts itself to the size and shape of pots put on it).

    Hope Electrolux et al. are reading along...

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  2. You can buy hobs or separate elements of gas and induction....

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  3. Yes, I'm trying to gather as much info as possible on my options for separate elements (ideally 12" for two burners of gas and 24" with 3/4/free zones of induction). The disadvantages are even higher cost and the introduction of yet another seam to clean -- but worth it if the priority is to save precious counter space.

    As part of that search I went to the 'Modular' section of the Yale cooktops offerings but found it blank. Do you not carry any, or is that just a section of the website that is still being worked on?

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  4. Good question....actually very good question. The modular companies to consider are: Wolf, Miele and Gaggenau. We carry all of them

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