My minimum requirement is a spacious oven and Hotpoint deliver for this price range. Just as stylish as the fancy brands. I cook a lot so I don't need gadgets I need responsive even heat, an easy to use use timer and easy to clean. Hotpoint does all this. Everything people are saying about the control knobs is true so I am coping by using the marker on the front of the knob as an "o'clock" position for each oven and grill setting. E.g fan oven = 3 o' clock and 180° 25 to ...the hour.hope this helps overcome this little quirk.

Great oven like that it has 2grills one top oven and another in the bottom oven. Only problem I had was that it did not fit flush in the housing unit the way the previous oven did. Might call the kitchen fitters back to see if it can be improved but that might be costly!

Difficult to read temperature settings on edge of dial and oven controls on edge of dial. time clock dosn' t show time when on timer cooking not as good as old 5 button clock, Nice oven otherwise

Well built oven great heating time looks very stylish,control knobs are a little difficult to get to grips with but overall an excellent product

This cooker is more suited for an undercooked as th knobs are not easy to read especially for short people. I would have prevented the markings to be on the panel rather than the knob. This is a major issue which surprised me it has such high review. It must me the price but I would have paid more. The knobs feel a bit cheap.

Brilliant oven well designed and good quality build. Plenty of space inside the oven. I did read other reviews before we brought this oven and indeed the dials are difficult to read if the oven is higher up. Because the temperature and symbols are on the inside of the dials as they push out.

This oven has a design flaw....it leaks!! It comes with a drip tray which really should have raised alarm bells when we unboxed it. The drip tray overflows and spills into the drawers in the housing unit below. Hotpoint engineer has been out and blamed the seals, which he replaced but this hasn't helped. The top oven door doesn't even close against the seal, you can see straight into the cavity. When I pointed this out to the engineer he said that I was looking into the glass cavity not the oven cavity, and poked the seal in to the gap with his finger! We unscrewed it from the housing unit and pulled it forwards to stop it damaging our new kitchen units and it will filled the bottom of a baking tray on the floor whilst cooking roasted veg. Very frustrated with Hotpoint!!

I've had this oven for a few weeks and I'm very happy with my choice given the price paid. I was a bit wary to change to electric after years of having a gas oven but so far the oven has performed excellently. Cooking is even across all shelves and much faster than before. I tend to only use two of the cooking functions in the main cavity (fan and fan and grill) as these suit my requirements. I will probably experiment with the other settings over time. The solar grill on the top oven is particularly good, as fast as my gas grill if not better with even browning. Only slight drawback is the dials feel a tad plastic and I'm not convinced of their longevity. I don't have the dial reading issue like others do as mine is built lower, but I can see how this could be frustrating in a standard eye level placement. Overall a great oven with lots of features and loads of room. Happy to recommend.