This is a smart, wonderful and good value for money piece of kit. In our brand new kitchen it is a 'bit of bling', especially as we have installed wall lights and angled them to show it off! It works as well as you would expect, but the most important point for a hob, I feel, is how easy is it to clean. This is easy because the cast iron pan supports are much lighter than we expected (they also link together which is a nice touch), easy to remove and give the hob a quick wipe down. I couldn't recommend it highly enough and I take some pleasing - after all it's a hob and it cooks food, but somehow it feels a little more than that!