Independent buying guides
For households in Ireland fitting out a kitchen where every piece costs real money. One buying question per guide, prices and material figures with check dates, and a cost-per-year calculator that shows its workings.
| Guides published | 3 | Each one answers a single buying question. |
|---|---|---|
| Calculators | 3 | Formula, units and assumptions shown on the page. |
| Sources cited | 9 | Each with the date the link was checked. |
| Photographs | 11 | Free-licence images, photographer credited. |
Each guide answers one buying question and shows the figures behind the answer.
How to choose
Material, hob type and cost per year decide which pans survive. The comparison that makes a dear pan the cheap one, and the Irish rights behind it.
Photo: FiveRings at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Running costs
Ownership divided by years, plus the electricity the kitchen uses at the SEAI household price of 38.4 cent per kWh, plus what Revenue charges on an import.
Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Maintenance
Thermal shock and acid do most of the damage in a good kitchen. The manufacturer's own limits, the cost of upkeep per year, and what counts as a fault.
Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Each calculator shows its formula, units and assumptions. Nothing is estimated for you in secret.
Ingredient cost, consumable cost and machine cost in one figure per serving.
cost per serving = ingredient per serving + consumable per serving + (machine price - resale) / (servings per day x 365 x years)
Annual electricity cost from rated power, hours of use and your own tariff.
annual cost = power (W) / 1000 x hours per day x days per year x price per kWh, plus standby power (W) / 1000 x standby hours x days x price per kWh
What a cross-border order really costs once shipping, duty and tax are added.
landed cost = (item price + shipping) + duty + tax, where duty = item price x duty rate, and tax = (item price + shipping + duty) x tax rate
The decisions that actually change what you end up with.
1
Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The method that changes the result.
0
Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Energy, consumables and the cost of a year of use.
1
Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Intervals, parts and what they cost.
1
Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Filters, pods, pads and their real intervals.
0
Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fixing it before you replace it.
0
Photo: Erich Ferdinand from germany · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Every figure in a guide is taken from a named source, with the date it was checked. Where a number is an assumption or an example, it says so in the same sentence.
We do not run paid product tests, we do not publish reader reviews, and we do not claim to have handled every product mentioned. Where a claim needs a lab or a long-term test we do not have, the guide says that plainly.
Photographs are free-licence images from Wikimedia Commons or Openverse, credited to the photographer with the licence named. Charts are drawn from the figures printed in the same guide.
This site earns money from advertising and, where disclosed, from affiliate links. That does not change the order of a comparison or the conclusion of a guide.
Advertising is not enabled on this site yet. When it is, ads will be labelled and kept visually separate from the guides.