Baumatic BHIC605 Built In Ceramic Hob - Black

Our old hob was cracked, so bought this replacement from AO. So simple to fit. just three wires as easy as changing a plug. controls are easy to use.

This hob is great, heats up alot faster than the older version I previously had. It also looks alot slicker.

The Baumatic hob is my second one after unfortunately an accident with the first one but had it about 10yrs with no probs. Realised that Baumatic don't manufacture the original hob anymore and this was the closest one to it, same size color and everything apart from the colour of the rings it's practically the same and up to now no probs. For the price it's spot on does everything you need to do . 5 star for me.

Review may be a bit unfair as I’m comparing to our old induction hob. After cracking our old hob I decided not to go for another induction again as I felt limited by the pans you could use (most say for all hobs except induction). Should have done research first as ceramic job is much slower to heat up. Also much harder to clean as burnt on marks take ages to remove whereas the induction would just wipe clean with a damp cloth. Think this is just a problem moth ceramic jobs in general and not just this one.

Bought this for my daughter because my model BHC605 is not available. Advantages of new model is that the child lock doesn't get accidentally switched on because you have to push two buttons together. Also you can switch individual burners off with long press. Disadvantage is having only one set of + and - keys as opposed to one set for each burner. It works but it's not as intuitive. Overall very good value for money.

Does what it should, controls are relatively simple once you realise just HOW long 2 seconds is for the 'long press'. I would say be sure to read the instructions first as it's not immediately intuitive.