I am not a good cook but found it to be great and I using more than I used to. It is far better than my old cooker with more control.

A nice simple and largely intuitive control panel and a choice of six cooking zones make this a great choice for oldies like us. Separate heat increase and decrease keys for each zone are especially welcome and infinitely superior to the alternative of selecting the zone and using a shared heat control often of the swipe variety which lacks precision. This is a fine replacement for a very simple near 30 year old traditional style of electric hob. The Automatic Heat Up function is very useful.

Great to have space between the 4 rings when using larger pots. Only issue is there isn't a large round element, only the oblong one which doesn't fit my larger pots well.

Loved the new hob straight out of the box. Easy to install in existing cut-out as a replacement for an old unit. Easy to operate and child-proof lock and plate still hot (H) display are very useful features. Control of the heat output from the rings is superb. Only gripe (which resulted in 4, not 5, stars) is highly polished top is easily scratched. It's a recognised issue and mentioned in the operating instructions. My anodised aluminium pans otherwise work very well. This problem seems to exist with all ceramic hobs (not just Bosche) so I'm surprised that the industry has not designed a suitably tough finish to prevent superficial damage.

The rings are a good size, the heat is easily controlled being quite fast and effective, but it is too easy to accidentally switch all of the rings off without immediately realising it, simply by moving a pan.

Nice looking and works well, glass scratches very easy.