Induction hobs are modern and safe, but kettles designed to work on induction hobs have been unsatisfactory, until now. Why boil water with an electric kettle that’s sat next to a fantastic, high-tech hob that could be doing the same job?
To work on an induction hob, a kettle needs ferrous metal in the base. A magnetic field, generated in the hob, induces eddy currents in the metal, which generate heat. For example, copper or aluminium pans can contain a layer of steel in the base to make them induction-compatible. Most induction-friendly kettles, then, have been old-fashioned, stovetop designs. Which seems at odds with a modern, sleek hob.
If a cottagecore, whistling kettle isn’t your thing, but you do want to use induction, the new Laica Visione is an interesting, innovative option. It was successfully crowdfunded and has won both the German Design Award and Red Dot Design Award 2022.
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