Westinghouse WHI633BC
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Good Appliance but My stars didn't align with the dreadful Westinghouse customer service person! – Purchased this product from Harvey Norman, was told the cut-out was EXACTLY the same as the gas cooker it was to replace (Fisher and Paykel CG603 Series) and on paper they both are the exactly the same 560w x 490 d. I'd checked the gas was disconnected safely, called an electrician, made a day/time to fit this off. When the sparkie said 'I can't fit this as these two black screws stick out an extra 5mm, so I'll have to angle grind your bench to make it fit and it may break '. I knew I was in trouble. Shown the two black screws tried to call to find out what to do but didn't get through quickly enough so gave up (paying a tradie an hourly rate), allowed sparkie to do his thing he seemed certain. When I returned to Harvey Norman the sales lady I'd dealt with was most surprised to learn of the issue. She showed me how easily the display model sat into the same size cut-out, there was nothing that obstructed the insertion. The instruction booklet was little help, as the screws are not shown on there at all (why give a diagram that doesn't represent what you are actually installing in full I asked the man from Westinghouse customer service what those screws were in the position for and why didn't they show up anywhere on the booklet? He told me this is a booklet not just for that model but 6 models so they can't all be shown, he said the screws hold it together and the extra amount they stick out would have been calculated into the size of the cut-out...not helpful and not so at all (nor was his attitude) I have to say, he did not care to hear any of my issues. I asked to speak to a supervisor and was told one would ring me back in the afternoon second day, I still haven't had that call back Lol. The appliance itself (having paid the extra money, suffered the inconvenience and cleaned the mess up) is performing well enough to make me happy for now. It's been working around 9 days now an I'm happier than I thought I would be as I had loved the gas but this is very fast to heat, looks good and now that I've got the hang of it there's little difference, luckily even my existing pots work with the induction but after this I'll never buy Westinghouse again (thought it was a mistake, I'd heard bad things about them before but now know for myself :).
Purchased in at Harvey Norman Retail Stores - Appliances for $1,588.
Do Not Purchase - Extremely slow in heating up – Had a Eurochef induction which worked perfectly and was extremely fast. Just installed Westinghouse and am very disappointed with the heat output. I mainly got the hotplate because of Large Pan with 3600w output but getting this output is impossible. To boil 1 cup of water had to use Boost and it took for every to get to the boiling point. What a mistake this is. Not sure what to do about it yet. Hate using it!!
Purchased in at Betta Home Living for $945.
Useless.. Large zone not able to achieve quoted high output – Beware this Chinese induction cook top is useless when using the large zone. Its never able to achieve the rated output on the large zone no matter what brand of induction pans are used. Service men are not skilled, ill informed and abrupt. No one at Westinghouse has been able to explain the "undocumented red indicator" which comes on when attempting to use the large zone. It’s probably a over current indicator limiting output power but Westinghouse cannot, or will not, look at the circuit diagrams. Perhaps they don't have any. Maybe just taking an off the shelf Chinese product and labelling it Westinghouse. The other two zones work perfectly.
Westinghouse “Back End” works nicely with prompt responses to service requests and a replacement unit.
Not recommended if your main reason for purchase was the large zone used for stir-fry’s or similar.
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Good morning Julie from Electrolux here. We are sorry to hear you are experiencing problems with your cooktop
We would love the opportunity to discuss the concerns you have raised with the service
If you wish to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me at customercare@electrolux.com.au attention Julie Ticket Number 8513793.