I hate capacitive buttons so much

Some induction stoves do have real knobs. Smeg makes one that I have not used so I can't say anything about the quality, but I'm just happy that they exist.

In my life I don’t think I’ve seen a power outage longer than a couple hours, and that was maybe once? I don’t even remember the last time I’ve seen one. Maybe experienced 10-15 in my whole life, with most lasting minutes.

Am I just really lucky in my area? Or is this the experience most people have?

Texans need not answer, I already know.

Where in the hell do you live to see a power outage? I live in the EU and the longest power outage was for three hours when I was a child. That was the only one in my life.

As a backup for the induction cooktop I have a propane camping stove and a full gas cylinder. Last power outage when I actually needed it was in 2021.

Benefits of induction greatly outweigh the minute possibility of the power going out.

On this topic, there are adapter plates you can get for moka pots (basically just a piece of steel on a handle) so you can use them on induction.

oh, my shitty hot plate is one of those coils. it's really shitty.

its problem is that it only has two settings, on and off, and it reaches the desired temperature by cycling between those. and full blast hot boils the water too fast.

Electrical is fine. Planned obsalescence is shit.

If there was a problem with the wiring, wouldn't conventional electric also have issues?

I know it's not everything, because recently a relative bought a pan without checking and only realized when it was on the stove and refused to work :P

It's not a big deal, but not something I'd ignore, since it's a real downside specific to induction.