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All the plastic ones can be stripped - just stick a stout flat head driver in the top and twist. For the grey/black plastic ones CMB...

Putting aside kitchen equipment boondoggles - heating oats on a hob is certainly superior to microwaving, and it's not that much slower...

That's what I mean - you'd specifically use it for gas, and it shouldn't be required on induction.

I'm really confused by this thing - an induction double boiler. To explain - you'd normally use a double boiler to heat gently and...

I wouldn’t worry about either, but if you must then… Are they thin clear plastic, or the thicker opaque (or nearly opaque) plastic...

Starsan and Chemsan are basically the same thing, using a blend of phosphoric acid and a sulfonic acid to do their sanitising. I batch...

Although having said that if batteries are warrantied to 8/10 years they should be engineered to be useful for at near double that as...

Age is going to be more of a problem for EV batteries than mileage. I’ve seen enough reports of cars doing 200k miles inside 9 years...

There’s plenty of lithium, it’s more the other rare earths used in the battery like cobalt that tend to be the problem. There is a...

I'm very well versed in all of those arguments. A member of my family is anti EV - on top of the items above he mentions that they are...

To be fair, both of your criteria are somewhat arbitrary. Under £10k is a reasonable enough requirement, but 250 mile range isn't. The...

It's not even a great idea for home heating - this video features someone that has spent many years trying to make it work.

I think one of the reasons is that people are mistrustful of buying a used EV. There are some brilliant bargains out there as a result...

I think cost is the biggest thing. How many second hand EVs are there out there that you can buy for under £10k and will do 250 miles on...

I'm saying you just drop it in at the end of the boil having cut the power and turned off the steam condenser. Give it a minute and...