Powerpac Rice Cooker with Stainless Steel Inner Pot

Recently we bought this PowerPac rice cooker with stainless steel inner pot .

As you can see from the pictures above, this PowerPac rice cooker  has a capacity of 1.0 litre.  It can cook up to 5 cups of rice and comes with food steamer.  It also comes with a rice paddle and a measuring cup.

According to their instruction manual, we have to wash the inner pot and pour water up to the level 5 mark and press the selector button downwards to cook. After the water is boiled, switch off the rice cooker.  When the water has cooled, pour it away and the rice cooker is ready to cook rice.  This step helps to get rid of any weird metal smell and also sterilizes the inner pot. 

Cook rice as you normally would for a rice cooker. 

If there's still some rice stuck to the inner pot after scraping off any extra, add some water into the inner pot and let it soak overnight.  It can be easily washed off using detergent and a non-abrasive sponge the next day.  Alternatively, you can follow the manual's instruction to add some warm soapy water for about 20 minutes and then wash with a non-abrasive sponge. 

This is a more affordable option of rice cooker with a stainless steel inner pot.  We only use the rice cooker to cook only rice, so we do not need a lot of other fanciful function.  We just needed a simple rice cooker.  This PowerPac rice cooker with stainless steel inner pot served the purpose.

707 Water Heater - Princeton

Our Europace Multi-point Instant Water Heater EWH138 started to leak water 3 weeks ago after about 4.5 years of usage. We were considering whether to call Europace or just get a new water heater. Upon checking the warranty, we realized that it covered only the heating element for 5 years. So, we reckoned that it would be better to just get it replaced. We were actually quite disappointed that it did not last as long as our previous storage water heater (Ariston, lasted 11 years).

Once again, we began our search for new water heaters. This time round, we wanted to buy a more trusted/old brand. Comments online for their water heaters had been mostly good.

I checked from the Gain City website that they do sell 707 water heaters. It so happened that Gain City was having their best electric sale at the Singapore Expo and so we went there.

Once we got into the expo hall, we went to the section that sold 707 water heaters. Initially we wanted another storage water heater because we were concerned that  there might be an installation problem if we chose the instant water heater. The promoter reassured us that, for our case, we can change to an instant water heater because we have a switch outside each bathroom that can control the individual water heater. However, we would still need to get a plumber to get the pipes changed/re-routed.

We figured that the cost of replacement for an instant water heater is cheaper in the long run. There are more choices for instant water heaters with relatively lower prices compared to storage water heaters. Another factor was that if one water heater fails, we would still have another one in the other bathroom to use.

We bought this 707 Instant Water Heater - Princeton - upon the strong recommendation of the promoter. This water heater came with temperature and water pressure control knobs and a rotatable shower Sliding Kit complemented with the unique Oracle-Slim Rain Shower Head. The promoter told us that he himself had one installed in his own home. Once you used the rain shower head, you will feel the difference. This heater was available in seven colours. We chose purple.

We had this Princeton water heater installed in the bathroom of our master bedroom. The plumber set the temperature and water pressure/flow to the highest. He advised us to use the tap to control the water flow and temperature. It would be easier especially for Sera since she might not be able to reach the control knobs on the water heater. 

True enough, the rain shower felt great. The temperature of the water that flowed out was more consistent, unlike our previous multi-point instant water heater.

When the weather turned hotter recently, we turned the temperature knob to the 2nd marking.

We bought the Champs Instant Water Heater - Lagoon for the bathroom in the kitchen for the occasional use of hot water. I will write a separate review for that.