HotSmart Gourmet Plates - InstaHot 30 minute PLUS Review

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(More customer reviews)While the first impression of this plate was good but after I washed it, they have hidden flaws. It seems there is an open seam all the way around the bottom of the plate where the heating element is. Well, guess what? Its not sealed so when you wash it, water gets trapped inside. If you don't shake it all out first, and this takes a while, it boils in the microwave and leaks out as some wierd smelling stuff. Its a design flaw, cause that seam should be watertight sealed. Both my plates did the same thing, so I am pretty sure this is not a defect, but a design flaw. They are ok I guess if you shake them out after removing them from the dishwasher, but setting them in a rack does not work. You must shake them out, and this takes a lot of time. I give this product only two stars because this is really a pain! Also it took me two minutes to get them hot instead of one minute, and they only heat the center inner circle of the plate and not the whole plate, so on the whole at best, about half the plate is heated. They are not like those mexican ceramic plates you eat out of at mexican cafes where the whole plate is hot and they to bring it to you with a glove. While being able to hold the plate by the edges is nice, in reality only about half the plate is heated, a smaller center section in the center. That's the dope on these plates guys. I guess you can live with it, but it might of made me look elsewhere for better hot plates.
Update:
After talking to the producers of these plates, I learned that they are working on new plates to be releashed soon I guess. The new plates should fix the problems of water getting inside the plates. From what I was told, the plates have two problems currently sometimes. One is if the seal breaks from overheating, water gets inside when you go to wash it. The second problem is a defect possibly when some plates are made which some of the components inside the plate are too large causing the plate to swell and break the seal. I was assured they are working on these problems and hope to come out with a much better plate soon. Right now, I can still use the plates if I seal the bottom with Gorilla glue, or shake it out well and let it dry. Possibly you could use an air compressor to blow the excess water out, since any excess water trapped inside the bottom of the plate will cause it to not heat probably. I was told I could return the plates, but I have decided to just work around the problems for now. However, I'm not sure the ceramic style mexican plates they heat up and bring to your table at the cafes would not be just as good or better since the whole plate is hot, and a big bigger, oblong. Also they stay hot for a long time. So for now, these plates are not perfect, wait and see when the new one come out.


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