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I had to purchase this oven to fit the narrow space when the old oven was removed. It is very unsatisfactory. It uses cheap materials. The splash… Read more

back is tiny and wobbles when wiped. The cooktop is made of thin metal and stains easily. The black metal frames that sit above the burners are flimsy. Most annoying is that the oven goes out often when I am cooking and close the door after checking a dish. If I forget to double check that the gas is alight, then I can often find the dish has been sitting in a warm oven and not cooking, simply because the act of closing the door makes the gas pilot go out! It has just done it again to trays of biscuits. The wok burner was part of the deal and is unusable as it doesnt generate enough heat to allow the wok to cook properly. Compared to the previous oven, which was a basic no frills job that would have been installed when the apartments were built in the 60/70s, the burners do not give off the same intensity of heat so for example its harder to get a decent boil to cook a large pot of pasta whereas before it was rapidly boiling - or its very unsatisfactroy to try using a wok on the two back burners as they dont generate enough heat. Oh and the seal around the oven has come loose. As I said, there was no other oven that could fit the space i have so I am stuck with this lemon.

Plastic rubbish, spent 4 months back and fourth with Chef trying to get a replacement door handle because the plastic parts have cracked and the door… Read more

handle came off. Zero parts and didn't bother to replace my oven.

Ended up buying another brand at only 20 months old but used for only 16.

Does the job- just – This is cheapest oven on the market & it really shows.This oven takes a long time to warm up, inconsistent heat and if you’re trying to use more than… Read more

two hot plates expect to lose heat (enough to ruin your cooking). That said, it’s better than lighting a fire outside or microwaving meals for life.

A fairly mediocre oven with one terrible flaw that takes it from mediocre to “avoid at all costs” - there are no lights to indicate that the stove is… Read more

on!! Given the lack of indicator, and the solid flat hotplates (which don’t glow when they are hot like a coil would) it is incredibly easy to not notice that you forgot to turn the stove off!! VERY DANGEROUS!!!

Lasted the warranty... then you have to stick your head in the oven to light it by hand with a flame lighter – 18 months old, and about to replace it already. They got my $1000 though, so more fool me. At 14 months old, black ignitor pushbutton just shot out… Read more

accross the floor - little spring lost, small part from the button has a broken internal clip - you have to stick your head in the oven to light it with a 1980s era gas lighter stick now. At 17 months, the same happened to the light switch also. Splashback protector is very flimsy. The siver paint on the knobs is flaking off, and looks terrible. Otherwise it works fine...

Plastic Switch of poor quality – Similar to the other review here, I've found the plastic control panel/ slider located of the rangehood of a very poor quality. The plastic became… Read more

brittle and broke. It seems the heat is too much for it. I've had to replace it and paid around $100 (spare part plus shipping).

The worst cook top ever – Very poor quality, the stainless steal is so thin, cleaning produces rust spots and has taken some of the finish back to bare steal, it always looks… Read more

dirty even when it's not.

The paint came off around the dials in the first couple of weeks.

Surely this is a dodgy product, yes it was cheap but it shouldn't rust with cleaning as it is a product we use everyday.

Absolute garbage. Its amazing this cooker could pass Australian standards. Tenants nightmare!, slumlords dream!(from just $530). *No indicator light… Read more

to show stove tops are on. *No light inside oven, you will need a torch. *Can't use grill & oven at same time. *No timer. *No temp variation on grill, don't leave your grilled cheese unattended, you'll burn your house down. *Stove tops take for ever to heat up & for ever to cool down, keep kids clear for at least an hour after turning off. *Dials become scolding hot when using grill. *corrodes within weeks. The oven is barely capable of heating up food, impossible to cook or bake anything. Can't even heat up taco shells without burning ends & leaving the middle raw. Dangerous and useless. Specifically designed for slumlords to comply with tenancy laws of providing a oven.

Only gave a star because you have to. I am a single person who doesn’t often cook, so this oven was not used often. This is the worst oven ever. The… Read more

timer stopped working only a few months after purchase. One of the elements stopped working less than a year later. The oven itself takes hours to cook, literally. The griller doesn’t work unless the knob is in the exact right spot for it to turn on. Do not waste your money!

Great customer service, Decent value for money compared to other induction cooktops – 2 years, 4 months old and it turned off while I was cooking - small issue which was quickly rectified even though it was just out of warranty -… Read more

working perfectly again. The printed circle does not indicate the actual heating zone eg, the largest is only 210mm... most makes and models seem to follow this convention though. Touch buttons are frustrating - the smallest amount of water or a lightweight object on the button area makes it beep and turns the whole cooktop off - again maybe they are all like this for safety reasons. Fans can be noisy if you run multiple hotplates or put it on max power. Its my first induction cooktop... coming from gas... these things are fast and give you great control. If you use a large diameter pan it needs to have a very heavy flat base to heat evenly. Be very careful with non stick - high heat kills them, gas was a bit more even/gentle - I've changed to heavy stainless and carbon steel pans.

Update to love cooking, don't buy review – Four years after purchase: one of the four stove top burners is working properly. eg one of the suspect other three kinda works, but even when set to max burns at min; I don't use it as I worry about gas pressure building up.