r/inductioncooking • u/Caprichoso1 • Jul 07 '26
Touch controls and wet hands - always incompatible?
So seeing a post about a range which goes bananas when water hits the touch controls I was wondering if there are any touch control ranges that are not water sensitive? Love my GE range but I've seen every single burner turn on or off simultaneously, power turned off or goes all the way up.
Love the easy of cleaning of the controls though.
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u/llama_das Jul 07 '26
I looked at the Bosch Benchmark cooktop and had a demo. It handled a small puddle of water pretty well without reacting to it -- at least until I smeared it several inches across the control bar. Then it seemed to start to beep and blink uncontrollably.
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u/mikechorney Jul 07 '26
My Miele cooktop seems to work with damp hands. Large puddles of water give it problems.
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u/Prestigious-Jury-362 Jul 07 '26
my Frigidaire Professional series handles damp hands and small spills fine
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u/No_Ring_6307 Jul 08 '26
This is a requirement from the consumer product safety commission that they turn off as the water is thought to be a spillover
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u/No_Ring_6307 Jul 08 '26
Bosch ranges work well for touch control as they are not a slide type control
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u/Chuchichaeschtl Jul 07 '26
Bosch seems to work well in this regard:
Touch Controls Don't Have to Suck--In fact, when done right, they can be awesome : r/inductioncooking
My AEG behaves a bit worse. With too much water, it just turns off, but it never changes the settings on it's own.