Siemens iQ700 HM676G0S1A (with microwave)
VerifiedMPN: HM676G0S1A3 reviews
- Daily
Good but NO – This is probably the best performing oven I've ever used, that I would NEVER buy. Currently living in a house with a full Siemens suite, 3 Siemens ovens, one with microwave, plate warmer, induction cooktop and dishwasher. The ovens cook really, really, well. I love cooking pizza and these actually get hot enough to get a really nice base, which most ovens struggle to achieve (IMHO). The '4D hot air' mode cooks really evenly, top and bottom shelf. I've never liked induction but this cooktop is really good. Performance is great.
But, they are as annoying as hell. They all beep. A lot. The microwave gives a series of 3 loud beeps to let you know it is done, and repeats that 8 more times. The dishwasher gives a series of long slow beeps, which stop, and then repeat again some minutes later. I don't know how many times this happens, I've never been able to sit through without being annoyed, and going to open it.
Don't put the dishwasher on at night if you are a light sleeper. You'll be getting up to pander to your appliances.
I don't love the user interface either. If you are used to pressing '1 min' -> 'Start' to get your microwave going, you need to know this is more involved. Press 'On', choose temp using jog dial, scroll to time, adjust time with jog dial, press start. Its not a deal breaker like the beeps, but disappointing that it needs to be so convoluted to do something that a $75 Kmart microwave will do in 2 presses. Oh, then as you grab your food and walk away it beeps at you because you need to go back and turn it off.
They have great cleaning functions too, but you will probably need the manual.
The customer service is also rubbish, it took over a month to get a response from Siemens on this, where they said the beeps must stay.
- Product is used: Daily
Siemens oven and service disgusting oven awful keeps breaking down when needing a service call takes – No totally disgusted with oven which keeps giving trouble service pathetic .... biggest mistake purchasing this oven !..... the computer front battle had broken down twice ..... to get some sought of service is absolutely impossible ... I blame Siemens and winnings for this lack of care .... could not make up my mind if I should purchase a Miele or this one A HUGE mistake .....
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Gentleman who eventually came to fix oven polite and very helpful
Love this oven – I bought this oven to match the steam shot oven also from Siemens that was already in our kitchen. I'd had a Panasonic combi microwave that I loved but the laser packed up when the oven was barely 5 years old and exactly the same thing had happened to my father's a few months before and at exactly the same age so I swore off that model forever. I chose the full size model over the 45cm combi as it was 2/3rds the price :crazy:.
While the microwave is lower powered than most these days at only 900W and some foods take a little longer to cook, that's just a matter of getting used to using the oven and planning accordingly.
The combi function works well, great baked potatoes in their jackets in 30 mins (25 on combi and 5 on normal oven), speeds up all sorts of other cooking too. Menus are pretty useless in reality, for example the roast leg of lamb doesn't go up in size nearly enough for our big Aussie lambs so I've given up trying to use them and just cooked by time like in "the olden days".
The pyrolitic feature works perfectly/ I has an upside down caramel cake boil over with caramel burnt on everywhere. Ran full clean function (2 hours) and all it needed was of wipe the ash out with a damp cloth.
It's really good too for the racks, they are the same as the steam shot oven so racks and trays can go backwards and forwards at will (but trays can't be in when using it as a straight microwave).
The biggest gripe I have is that the single wheel to change the timer is very frustrating, it takes lots of effort to set lengthy cooking times. Ok for the oven functions and the temperatures but a pain in the proverbial for the timer. Whomever designed this never used it in real life.
Hi Bomber, Thanks so much for your positive feedback about your Siemens HM676G0S1A Oven we really appreciate it and we're glad to hear that you're enjoying the experience.
If you have any future queries, please feel free to contact us on 1300 167 425 to discuss further.
Regards, Siemens Home Australia.
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Hi Markland O, Thanks for your review, we appreciate your feedback. We understand your concerns, if we can be of any more assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact us on 1300 167 425 with your model number. Regards, Siemens Home Australia.