A Good Looking Budget Range Cooker
4/5
I am happy with the purchase of a stylish functional product for the price. The hob is wonderful, but the ovens and body have a 'light weight' feel to them. It was only two thirds of the price of the next model so this seems acceptable.
Cosmetically the design is good with light grey enamel inside the oven, and a steam cleaning setting for the inside. I have concerns about keeping it looking good as outside the glass doors and steel do not wipe clean as well other stainless cookers. The door handles are basic, as are the knobs.
It comes with one shelf and one tray for each oven, but has a good range of positions.
The oven fan is quite noisy (which you cannot switch off if the oven is hot), initially this worried me for a kitchen diner, but actually when everyone was talking the oven noise did not intrude.
For delivery it is very well packaged without the legs and the back vent, so is a bit smaller than the installed dimensions. I also considered the Fisher Paykel 90cm range (which I think may be better quality) but was not able to find a supplier that would deliver to my post code.
It needed quite a bit of juggling to do roast lunch for eight as there was a worrying amount of steam from the vegetables which seems worse in this oven then a better quality cooker. I am sure when I am more familiar with the oven settings this can be avoided.
My previous well used oven and hob (Bosh) had been assessed as not economical to repair, so I needed something to be up to date but did not cost the earth; this fits my requirement and was cheaper than just replacing the hob and under counter dual oven, but was a bit more with fitting costs; though if I could justify the cost I would have paid more for a more solid model.