Hotpoint BU82

This was a fixture in a brand new house (purchased 8 years ago). I do use it most days but even so I do not think its acceptable that I've had to have it repaired 5 times & yet again it has failed me again tonight!!!!! Surely manufacturers expect these to be used daily. I will purchase a different make/model rather than throw good money down the drain on more repairs....shame it took me so long to do so

The first thing is that this is really a "built-in" cooker sold as a "built-under". The fact that the kitchen fitters had to cut the plinth and the gas fitter had to return to modify the hob pipework proves this. Also you have to bend double to read the calibration on the controls, ok for very short people though. Also the bottom oven door wasn't completely flush with the oven (a bit picky I know). After 3 visits by engineers Hotpoint gave me a replacement, sadly the new oven had the same problem. Lastly, if you are only using the bottom oven and want to warm the plates up just pop them in the top oven, they'll be too hot to touch in no time! Why have I still got this cooker? It cooks well, it looks good and I can't bear any more hassle.

I had a new kitchen installed in 2006 and purchased my built under double oven and hob with my kitchen units from MFI. This particular cooker,the Hotpoint BU82, caught my eye as it looked very stylish yet simple in its design. It also won an award in Which magazine for 'Best Oven of the Year'. I cook alot so having two ovens is a must for me. It is so easy to use. Setting the timer and the preset delay timer are both very easy.I have never used the defrost setting so i cant comment on that.The gas hob is very controllable and has different sized rings which prove to be invaluable.The only problem I have is with trying to clean the glass doors on both ovens.Because they are double glass fronted there is a gap between the panes and it is virtually impossible to clean in between them without unscrewing the front glass.