Bellini BIA64EGP

Not fit for purpose – Purchased the Bellini Induction Cooktop BIA64EGP-F from Bunnings and paid an electrician to install. However, the child lock automatically switches itself on during operation, which means the child lock has to be switched off (hold finger to the button for 3 seconds), in order to change the element temperature or turn off the element. … Read more

Inconvenient. However the real problem is the large element on the bottom right is next to the child lock button. The element is 18 cm wide (yes, this is the large one). If you have a saucepan or a frying pan on that element that is wider than 18 cm, the heat spreads to the child lock button and holding it down for 3 seconds in order to operate the cooktop burns your fingers. The only way around this is to remove the pan from the element altogether (which automatically stops the element producing heat but flashes an error at you), wait a bit for the glass to cool, hold the button for 3 seconds, then put the pan back on the element and proceed to change the temperature. I made a warranty claim and Bellini advised the child lock was not meant to turn on while cooking. The warranty fix it guy came (with parts), then advised the cooktop is meant to do that and not to use a saucepan or frying pan wider than 18 cms. The booklet that came with the cooktop certainly didn't mention this. My smallest frying pan is 20 cm, and the one I use most frequently is 26 cm (an average sized frying pan). I'm working around it, but I wouldn't recommend this product.