Bosch Home Appliances

Purchase the Bosch series 8; 9 kg washing machine front loader sale price for $1200 Harvey Norman NSW This is now my second washing machine… Read more

purchase. The first one was a Fisher & Paykel front loader that was purchased in 2014 which we used twice daily, and only recently the bearings started go & wasn’t spinning fast enough to remove excess water out. This was the only reason why we had made this purchase.

We followed the Sales Rep advice at Harvey Norman and went for the German made Bosch. We were told you can’t got wrong with German made. The quality & craftsmanship is always top tier, and anything German made is made to last! I also told him my previous machine purchased from there also served us well for 12yrs!

On closer inspection once it was home I soon came to realise that it wasn’t up to the same quality as the Fisher and Paykel sadly !

I felt that Bosch could have had a really good quality machine for the price it was charging with the same features the competitors were offering !!

The program dial functions are extremely hard to read as they do not light up with the silver backing plate and the thin black writing makes it very hard to read. I have to get my phone out & use the torch & squat to make sure it’s the correct wash cycle I’ve chosen . In the showroom with all the lighting there you don’t notice it until you get home in your laundry with your single light bulb :(

The detergent drawer doesn’t close fully the bottom right hand side lifts up a bit. I have taken my drawer back into the store to see whether it’s a fault with my mine only. It looks like it’s a fault with that series because the display model at Harvey Norman also doesn’t close flush & pops out a bit too! The plastic does feel very cheap & light. Not sturdy

For a machine that’s over $1200 & German made you shouldn’t expect this at all ! I asked the sales rep to let the Bosch Rep know of this fault. I’m yet to be contacted by anyone, but could be early days yet.

The rubber lining inside the drum seal feels thinner than my previous machine. Water does not fully expel from the inner seal, which when it’s spinning the clothes should remove all traces of water too. I have to dry off the water with a rag so odour doesn’t occur- never had to do that with my previous Fisher & Paykel!

It does have a nice feature ; that it does light up when starting the wash cycle.

So far the wash cycles have been good with no issues. The clothes have been clean. I love this has a 15, 30 & 45 min cycle, like my old F&P - so that’s a bonus ! I haven’t yet used the delayed start, which I used to with my previous machine a lot.

But I feel for the price and for the namesake that it is a German made Bosch machine it feels cheap.

I did walk back around on the shopfront and check out the new Fisher & Pakyel and my regret was instant. I wish I had purchased that instead! It felt a lot more sturdy and it felt like everything was made with the a highest of quality.

I’m sorry Bosch, but I think you’ve dropped the ball with this machine.

We really love our new kitchen and Laundry! Jeremiah and Stuart did an amazing Job, they always checking us if theres any other issues and solve it straight away. We would highly recommend them.

GREAT MACHINE TO REPLACE MY 17 YEAR old Bosch Logixx 8 Made in Germany after a rat took residence and caused rust in bottom to constantly activate… Read more

AquaStop . MAde in Spain but still super high quality and very impressed by washing, time cycles using SpeedPerfect, sound and vibration! BOSCH IS ALWAYS BETTER

I have to give Bosch credit After moving house furniture myself for flooring works, reconnecting my own dishwasher and accidentally connecting the… Read more

drain hose into a non functional plumbing outlet under the sink (who knew one hole was fake ), my Bosch Series 6 detected the drainage issue immediately, stopped itself, held all the water safely inside the machine and basically said “something is wrong here” instead of flooding the kitchen.

Once connected correctly, it drained perfectly, completed the cycle and ran without issue.

German engineering at its finest - very impressive.

Terrible choice of accessory selection, the touch screen has been so painful every meal, so insensitive and took hours to reaction to one command. Why pick touch screen when you cannot deliver the function

Bosch dishwasher with German manufactured parts dead after 3.5 years. Paid over $1000. Fine for 3 years, then constantly started stopping mid-cycle… Read more

with no error codes. Was able to be reset a couple of times, then the LED crystal display died. No power, nothing.

Local repairer reckons it's the PC Board after discussing over phone, which is a $400 part, then labour on top, maybe a $700 repair....Lol.

After advising Bosch, all we get is argumentative email exchanges with an overseas service centre outside of local hours.

So dissapointing for a mid-level appliance trumpeting German components. We should have just bought something Chinese for alot less, or a proper premium brand and spent some more money.

No more Bosch products. Don't waste your money!

It is quite a basic dishwasher, but performs very well. I noticed at first the racks are different to all other dishwashers I’ve ever owned, but… Read more

once I figured out which dishes could fit where, I was pleasantly surprised at how versatile they are! My favourite part has become the little removable plastic divider in the upper rack, because food containers fit in there very well. When the wine glass stem holders are folded out, they keep containers and plastic cups secured underneath. None of the lower racks are foldable, but have wide enough gaps to fit saucepans and frying pans.

There’s only 4 cycles on this thing, which are selected by turning a knob. There is a time remaining display with delay start and “Speed Perfect” buttons, which shorten the times a little on Pots & Pans, Auto and Eco in much the same way my last dishwasher did on “half load” setting. Express can’t be used with Speed Perfect, but that cycle only goes for 30 minutes, while cutting out the drying part completely. I can’t even remember the last time I had to run something through again, it does a really good job cleaning dishes on all cycles! Filter is easy to remove and clean. Can't be paused mid-cycle, but does pick up where it left off if you turn off via power button, open the door then turn it back on again, or if the power goes out momentarily.

Rinse aid dispenser can’t be manually adjusted, and it does drink quite a bit, so I always make sure to have some on hand. I can only assume it automatically adjusts dose, because I live in a hard water area but don’t get streaks on the dishes like I used to. Sliding tablet dispenser door isn't very durable though, about 18 months in, the spring and seal popped out, but was pretty easy to put back together myself.

How can I activate the water hardness setting - I’ve held down the setup for 3 seconds and moved through all the options but the H:00-07 is not… Read more

there. Australia does have hard water in areas and I want to turn this on to reduce lime scale buildup on my dishes - why has Bosch disabled this and can it be reactivated?

We bought this dryer because Bosch generally has a good reputation. However, the dryer doesn't dry anything, or if it does it takes more than half a… Read more

day on average. Everything has a damp-fabric odour as a result. We're only drying basic household stuff - clothes, bedding, towels, etc. generally dried with like items. I've gone through all the troubleshooting and instructions in the manual, making sure the filters are always clean and water tray is empty, etc. Nothing seems to work. Very disappointing considering the cost of the product.

Purchased a Bosch Series 8 heat pump tumble dryer, after doing a lot of research. One of the main reasons we picked this brand and model was due to… Read more

it's reverse cycle ability during drying bed sheets etc, which means it is supposed tumble for a while in one direction, then reverse and tumble in the opposite direction. This stops the sheets etc from ending up in a small ball if continuous in one direction only. Well... what a stupid waste of computer programming. On that cycle, it rotates about 20 times in one direction, then about half a drum turn in the opposite direction only. This means every time we try to dry bed sheets, they ALWAYS end up in a ball, not dried. Contacted Bosch (within the first few weeks of buying the machine). They didn't know what we were talking about. They said they would get someone from Bosch to ring. That was more than a month ago. Have given up trying to get a response or service call. Don't waste your time and money on this machine. After sales service is crap

I have had just about every brand of dishwasher on the market over my time with a couple of exceptions. I registered the product and found my old… Read more

Bosch account and the last purchase I had was a 6 series back in 2016 replaced in 2024 with a .well let's say, a dishwasher that is no longer with us thankfully.

Now, originally I ordered a free standing unit , which was out of stock , and then swapped it for another which was out of stock and then this one , which according to Bosch is also out of stock.

I went with the six series for a good reason , this one is made in Germany,the 2 and 4 series have plastic composite tubs with stainless steel sides , plus they are made in Turkiye , and owing to my last dishwasher , I am shy of Turkiye .

I should mention, that there is more than one model in the 6 series ,so be careful when making your choice as a 6 series in one retailer is not always the same as a six series with another retailer . Another point I should mention is that, if you are replacing a dishwasher check out that the retailer will take your old machine away, some charge for this and some just don't offer that service unless you pay for their install service, along with charging for delivery it soon adds up to anything from $45.00 to $139.00 .

Now, the under bench has that nice flat and very cool touch panel where as the free standing has a different facia treatment more akin to my old 6 series.

This model has the extra zone cleaning on the top rack but does not come with the cutlery draw, which to me doesn't matter I also remove it any way .

Best to check your model side by side with the rest of the 6 series to make sure you get what you want and what you can do without.

The first thing I did was connect the wifi to my app, I might mention the wife does not want that on her phone , so it's up to me to track everything , which showed me ,while I was still in bed , that the machine was on and running through a cycle , so the wife did not take long to commandeer this beast.

The next thing that happened when I hooked up the wifi ,was , a software download , and a pre rinse cycle appeared which is not on the machine as an option. After much fumbling with out the how to manual I managed to send it to the favourites setting on the machine and then told the wife about it just in case. Strangely I had to switch off the machine at the app before the on button on the machine would work .

Now that brings me back to operating the machine from the app and how this stuffs up operating programs from the machine..

This morning it happened again , the app for some reason had started a program which I had added to my favourites.

I noticed this when I went into the kitchen and saw the machine was going through a cycle, so I switched it off from the app, I mean I cancelled the progam.

Half an hour later the wife calls out whats wrong with the machine it won't work. Once again I dove into the app, switched the machine off, opened the dish washer door, checked the app again, pressed the on button for three seconds and got all lights flashing and then it defaulted to a pump out of one minute . Still nothing, I felt I was operating faster than the machine could respond . Switch it off again , looked at it for 5 minutes , came back opened the door , shut the door , pressed on and yeh, it worked and I selected the program on the machine and away it went.

Man, I am thinking this app stinks and Bosch need to fix this behaviour but I can't see this happening as they have had at least 2 years to do something, so be warned, switching from the app to the machine might cause you more pain then you can bare.

Also 2 more programs appeared on my app a Short 60 C at 1 hour and 29 minutes and a Super 60C at 2hours and 20 minutes . I will just keep these to myself on the app , I tried the Short 60C plus extra dry and I liked the results so this might be my go to for heavy soiled dishes and pots and pans.

After a few cycles and mucking about I think we will stick with the one hour quick cycle plus the xtra dry for a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes which is just fine for most tasks. Those other programs are way too long on the machine , and I can only see myself using them if I have some really badly baked on pots and pans in the dishwasher.

Can't complain at this point , everything works as it should and lets hope I can get more than 8 years out of this.

A couple of things regarding fitting .

I found the dishwasher gave me more wriggle room that the free standing I was replacing , so I was able to set it more deeper into the cavity .

I was puzzled at first trying to work out how to stop this thing from tipping forward as I could not find any brackets to secure the washer , then realised I had to use two screws plus the plastic ferrals supplied, ( don't lose these ferrels as they will cost you over $26.00 as a part)

Ended up though having to use my own countersunk screws as the ones supplied were a bit on the short side to secure the dishwasher to the sides of my cavity .

Then , I had to recut some holes for the Aquastop valve as it will not work unless in the veritcal position, and also turn the fitting under my sink to that position,small things but worth noting , plus I had to replace the electrical plug with a flat one , because my power point is directly behind the dishwasher and the conventional plug sacrifices about 2 inches of depth.

Oh, and what appears to be dings in the photo is just the way the light is hitting the stainless steel surface. Anyway, highly recommended but as usual I shall return to this review if things start to go wrong.

If I could give it no stars I would. It is the worst machine I have ever had. You put clothes in the dryer for 2 1/2 hours and they come out damp. A… Read more

cycle finishes and the door won’t open. I’ve gotta open a flap and use a screwdriver to unlock it. Definitely not recommended.

If you have a Bosch WAN24124AU that is failing to spin clothes to speed on the final spin, or that suddenly goes from 7 mins to 1 min during that… Read more

final spin leaving the clothes wet with no error code at all IT MAY NOT BE YOUR FAULT. Searching online would suggest a loading issue, too heavy; too light the mix is not right, out of balance, filter, pump, drain hose etc and that may be the case. However our fault was exactly this and was intermittent for months leaving me more than frustrated. After reading Deb's post here online I finally contacted Bosch (online) and with only a simple 70 character limit available for the fault description they sent out a tech with a new motor control board, there was no initial visit to investigate the fault. In this instance the warranty response by Bosch was excellent however I could argue that it would also suggest that they already know that this motor control board has a failure rate. Ours was close to the 2 year warranty expiry and the fault appears fixed but we’ll see how it goes. Unfortunately we purchased the same unit for my elderly mother and that one is out of warranty.

On Auto and Turbo modes it cleans hard floor, corners, skirting and textured heavy rug easily and well. On carpet in the Eco mode it's excellent, but… Read more

in Auto and Turbo modes it seems to require strong pushing(?). Only used it a few times and very pleased with the ergonomics and LIGHTER weight of this little stick vacuum. [ In comparison- the DYSON Gen5 Detect is noticably heavier and I became quite tired using the Dyson just on hard floor. But Dyson power-head was easier to use on carpet.]

In agreement with other reviewers, I found the Bosch light feature to be surprisingly useful! I actually enjoy using this vac (yikes)! Features I like: Lightweight!; Cordfree convenience (as opposed to my marvellous Miele barrel vac, which requires plugging and unplugging in various rooms); Reasonable power; Good on hard floors; Self stand-up rod; Ability to swap batteries while one is charging(actually only had to do so once); the easy detach-by-foot powerhead; the furniture hook; Bagless (no shopping and buying bag$!). The dustbin is simple to clean and the clever filter shouldn't need replacing for many years. I have little Bosch Unltd 7 (2 battery version) in the laundry, hanging on its furniture hook, plugged into a nearby PowerPoint- very easy :) Its tools are kept in a basket inside the laundry cupboard. I'm more impressed than I anticipated with this, my first stick vac, and certainly recommend it. I would definitely buy it again.

Please don't make appliances without protecting the circuit boards. 4 boards that are warm insect attractors that live in a humid environment waiting… Read more

for ants, small and large roaches, lizards or geckos to ruin it in a constant sub-tropical climate. No epoxy on these four boards, no protections at all even holes to the outside right under the main board. After I saw the initial signs my family bought over $300 of the most lethal insect products that are now where we make food. $1600 of product gone $200 of service money (that said they would fix it) Now they want me to fumigate it ($300) but I've wasted enough money. My knob dial (non circuit board) Asko lasted for 19 years. Naked circuit boards that radiate heat in a dark humid environment are NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE FOR TROPICAL Qld. $1800 spent and we didn't make it to 2.5 years. MAKE SOMETHING at least with protective epoxy coatings. People should be able to get faulty boards for $50 not $400 plus. Dishwashers in general are poorly designed with way too many features. Make it simple and sound. Don't put good reviews for a product on here unless you have had five good years at least. Let the buyer beware. Never again Bosch - might be great in Germany but not tropical QLD. So many people with circuit board problems. Never again. Don't think your house can be infected? Watch every cardboard box you bring home even products from a store that are nearly out of date. You could have a time bomb in your pantry right now. two tiny insects can cost you thousands. Demand more robust appliances! The world is awash with poor cars, furniture and appliances. Microwaves now seem to be insect proof -why not dishwashers?

My one week short of 3 month old Bosch Series 8 heat pump dryer stopped working after it blew a fuse. When restarted it blew the safety switch. I… Read more

rang requesting a service call and one was booked for next Thursday but later that day the service call was cancelled as they said there weren't any spare parts. I rang to ask how they knew which part as no-one had looked at the dryer but was told they know exactly which part it is, there aren't any in the country and they have to be ordered from Germany, and no-one can give me an expected date. I'm disappointed with Bosch because if they know what the problem is they must be aware of the problem and have used all of their spare parts, in which case why didn't they issue a recall? In my previous dealings with Bosch I have found them very accommodating but this time no-one seems to care that I have a dryer 3 months old that I can't use, and I don't know when I'll be a able to use it again. I'm not at all happy and I did expect more from Bosch.

Got 5 years out of it and packed it in , considering the price I paid for a so called quality product, don't waste your time buy else where.

Pretty good, except the shortest cycle seems to be 1h. When I press the "speed perfect" it displays codes like r001,d00,A00,101, 602 (with an ongoing beeeeeeep sound), rE in succession when I keep pressing it. ..but nothing seems to happen.

I wish there was an option for negative star ratings — this has honestly been the worst dishwasher experience ever. We’ve already paid over $1100… Read more

for repairs and have been waiting 3–4 weeks for parts to arrive. Extremely frustrating.

I used to be a huge fan of Bosch dishwashers, but sadly the quality seems to have dropped significantly. I own two Bosch dishwashers and both broke down just over a year later.

Really disappointing experience overall. Save yourself the hassle and think twice before buying.

Poor battery. Useless after 1 month – I purchased this vacuum cleaner in Dec 23. I used it a couple of times a week in my small 1 bedroom apartment with wooden floors. The battery barely… Read more

lasted the length of time 10-15mins, max. Even when fully charged. Then after 1 month it stopped working altogether. Very disappointed in this product as I felt I was buying quality but it has proven otherwise. I wouldn't recommend buying.

Very affordable, good quality and quiet. There is only one rack but there’s also the second roasting tray which you can use for vegetables or as a… Read more

second rack if you need to not really sure why people make such a big fuss about this it’s pretty standard overall a good value oven from a good brand. The only thing that probably would’ve been nice although I understand that this price point that is not featured, is a digital temperature gauge rather than a manual one so that when you turn the knob you can see what temperature you are dialling up, but first world problems.

We purchased a Bosch Serie|6 9kg Heat Pump dryer (Model WQG24200AU) from Harvey Norman in Wairau Park, Auckland in mid-2023. We weren’t happy with… Read more

the dryer from the beginning. It took a very long time to dry any kind of load and trying to get sheets dry was a real mission. The sheets would roll up into a tight roll like a rolled up sleeping bag and be still damp in the middle of the roll when the cycle ended. To get them dry it was necessary to unroll them once or twice during the cycle. We discovered that this occurred because the dryer didn’t have a “drum reverse” and the drum always rotated in the same direction.

We contacted Bosch about the problems and they suggested several things to try. We tried them all with no success.

We complained to Bosch and they referred us to Harvey Norman, the retailer where we had purchased the dryer. Harvey Norman refused to do anything about it.

Then we saw the dryer mentioned in the Consumer NZ “Yeah Nah Awards”, the “Avoid At All Costs Award” and the “8 of the worst products on our website”. We checked online and found many reviews of that model of Bosch dryer complaining about the problem of trying to get sheets dry.

We approached Harvey Norman again with no success. So we filed a claim with the Disputes Tribunal (referencing the Consumer NZ articles).

With the Consumer NZ articles as evidence, the Disputes Tribunal found that the dryer “is not of acceptable quality” (as required by the Consumer Guarantees Act) and awarded us a full refund of the cost of the dryer, the delivery charge, the stacking kit and the installation charge and ordered Harvey Norman to uplift the dryer at no cost to us.

Thanks to Consumer NZ for doing the testing and providing us with enough ammunition to get our money back.

Great suction power, but often have a short battery life – My first Bosch Athlet cordless vacuum cleaner was amazing. Very strong suction, picking up everything and leaving my carpet looking great.… Read more

Unfortunately it stopped working after 10 months. The battery had died. Luckily it was still under warranty so I got a replacement from Bosch- free of charge. When the battery goes - it’s useless as the battery is built-in. My friend found herself in the same situation. I have had my current one for 3 years and it hasn’t missed a beat. It’s such a great vacuum cleaner, so I hope it’s battery holds out a few more years.

Worse washing machine I bought. Waste of money. Can't see the time for the programme.I don't even know if it's a start or a pause. No specific button… Read more

for pause. Don't know how much time is left to finish the cycle. The display is useless. After moving to a new home, I started to use it.

We acquired five esteemed Bosch kitchen appliances for my newly established kitchen, including a Steam Combi Oven, a Pyrolytic Oven, a Built-In… Read more

Coffee Machine, and two Warming Drawers. Of these items, the only one that functions correctly is the warming drawers; though we seldom use one, we hold it in high regard. The oven, mainly its steam function, has seen minimal usage. The coffee machine we utilise daily was the first to exhibit a touchscreen malfunction and was subsequently replaced under warranty. I was dissatisfied with paying an additional $800 to account for the price difference, as the original unit was no longer available, resulting in a disjointed colour scheme. Nevertheless, I am grateful to have my cherished coffee machine operational again. The second item that experienced a failure was the touchscreen of the Combi Oven. It was repaired under warranty just before the expiration of that warranty; despite my questions about what seemed to be a common issue with the touchscreens, I was assured it would work perfectly. Regrettably, shortly thereafter, it malfunctioned again, restricting our usage to only a few options as one side of the touchscreen became unresponsive. The Concierge Gold Service denied my claim, stating that the warranty had lapsed. Furthermore, our pyrolytic oven's touchscreen has failed, making it inoperable and now out of warranty. All five items were purchased on November 6, 2018, and I find it profoundly disappointing and distressing that they have not operated correctly for a minimum of ten years. The reason we chose Bosch was for the said quality and engineering. It is alarming that three of the highly rated, German-engineered Bosch units we acquired have all malfunctioned similarly; why has a known product recall not been initiated? Would someone be able to help us?

Purchased some years ago on the strength of positive reviews by Choice. It's been a reliable machine for us. The bags are expensive, but you can get… Read more

cheaper replacements that seem to work fine. We've had no reliability issues and it's working well. It has decent suction on it, so it can be quite hard to vacuum carpet given there's no powerhead attached. But hard floors are pretty straightforward and you can turn down the suction levels for carpet to make it a bit easier to push back and forth.

Required four repairs in five years – Great induction stove and oven, when it works. Has all the various oven modes that you would expect and the 'boost' feature is really useful for… Read more

boiling water for pasta etc.

Ours is the previous model and it has broken down four times in the past 5 years. Once during the two-year warranty period, and the repairs were fully covered by Bosch. Two of the other three times, Bosch agreed to pay for the replacements parts out of goodwill. The last time, Bosch refused to pay for parts or labour for the repairs. There's a photo of the broken heating element that we had to replace below - this was just regular oven use.

The first two repairs were related to the fan, the third was the control board and the fourth repair was one of the heating elements.

Firstly, I’ll state that it appears this cooktop is no longer available…thankfully! This Review is to warn others to take a very close look before… Read more

purchasing, so you’re aware of exactly what you’re getting. We purchased the above Bosch Gas Cooktop in 2021 ... and are very sorry we bought it! Having renovated 5 homes/kitchens, most of our cooktops have been tempered glass, which we’ve found very easy to clean/maintain. Unfortunately we didn’t look closely enough at this one, because although it looks as though it would be relatively easy to clean, once we removed the pan supports/pot stands, we realised there is a step up (another level) for each hob, which is enameled metal! We thought we'd be able to clean right up to the jet, however this makes the cleaning process both fiddly very challenging and time consuming. Not only is it far harder to clean, we’ve found the enameled metal chips fairly easily. We’ve since learned a friend also purchased this cooktop and goes to huge lengths to keep it clean to prevent the challenging cleaning job (she covers what she’s not using in foil) !!!! The cooktop works ok, just looks streaky and dirty most of the time! Take a good look when purchasing, by removing the removable parts, to see how easy or challenging it will be to clean.

Very versatile drill press for lightweight use – I bought this from Amazon Nov 2022 and have been using for several months. I make small items of wooden furniture. Pros: 1) variable speed - very… Read more

easy to change the speed for various size drill bits, particularly for Forstner bits or hole-saws 2) The table height is the same regardless of the size of piece you're working on. This drill is very easy to change the height of the pillar compared to changing the height of the table in a conventional drill press. 3) Electronic depth gauge. Most depth gauges on conventional drill presses are inaccurate and hard to read. This solves both those problems. It also has the added benefit that it can be zeroed. So need to subtract one depth from the initial height. Just press the 'zero' function when the drill is at the right height, and measure from there. 4) Depth stop gauge - for repeated holes drilled to depth (eg dowel holes), this allows you to concentrate on the drilling process, rather than eyeing the depth gauge. 5) No steel -> no rust. I understand that steel is a machine surface and is dimensionally stable, but it means you've constantly got to maintain the work surface. This drill has an aluminium base, which is also much lighter. 6) Large drill stroke (90mm) for a drill this size. 7) Lightweight, easy to move around

Cons 1) The wheel handle is not very intuitive to use. 2) This drill is for lightweight use. I've used it hole-saws and the pillar tends to wobble back and forth. So for heavy duty work, this is probably not ideal. 3) Is a bit louder. It contains a universal motor, which allows the variation in speed, which is a bit louder than typical induction motors on machinery.

I haven't had any problems with accuracy such as those mentioned in other reviews. I've only had it a few months though, so time will tell.

Overall, very happy with it and glad to see the end of my old 5-speed drill press.

Other than learning how to cook again its a great cooktop. Every new cooktop takes getting used too- this is no different, but its more like a gas… Read more

unit rather than the glowing red/ electric, and nothing like solid hotplates. I can control temperatures better than gas and it will slow cook very well. I reheat frozen/ leftovers on this rather than microwave. AND cleaning is so easy- just wipe the flat glass sheet (no knobs). Nothing burns into the surface as it doesnt get hot enough (heat is in pan).

May not be suitable for a large family, as it really only has 3 cooking zones but the wattage of the unit meant I didnt have to rewire an older stove power circuit.

Heats cookware rapidly and is easy to control- simple to use (some can be nightmares to operate).

Very pleased so far, and will be interested to see how long the markings for the controls and plate locations last (or if they rub off).