Ovens and hobs and grrrr (a rant)

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Spent most of the day looking at appliances as I am about to replace a New World 100cm built in gas oven and a Hotpoint 64770 gas hob, both about 25 years old and all I can say is what the heck. My first stop was New World who don't seem to make 100cm ovens any more just 90cm ones and smaller (mine may actually be measured in inches I suppose) and none of them have anywhere near the features on my current one. In fact looking at all sorts of brands I have pretty much come to the conclusion that no manufacturer currently selling appliances in the UK is able to meet 1980's build quality and those that come close are either ridiculously expensive or as poorly equipped as a Chinese motherboard...

BAH! :(
 
Yup - pretty much the same story here when I was fitting my new kitchen. Nearly plumped for a Belling until it came to light on a tour of their factory that they aren't "made in the UK", they're just assembled in the UK out of mass produced Chinese parts :-(

In the end, realising that was as good as it was going to get, I plumped for a Stoves Sterling 1000EI unit and I've been happy with it (whereas my inlaws have had no end of trouble with thier Belling).
 
Things are so rubbish these days that I just go for the cheapest as I know it will need replacing sooner or later.
 
We had an 80's cooker that had a chicken rotisserie on it, it was awesome :)


Now I'm lucky if the gas lighter still works beyond week 10
 
When my parents were looking for one a few years ago (doesn't feel that long ago, but was probably 5-10 years now), we ended up getting a Britannia cooker, has all the features you could possibly want (dual oven (one with a rotary cooker), 6 normal gas rings of 3 different sizes, and a grill plate). I'm not sure where they're actually made, but this one seems to have lasted us well so far, although they're not cheap from the looks of it.
 
amigafan2003 said:
Nearly plumped for a Belling until it came to light on a tour of their factory that they aren't "made in the UK", they're just assembled in the UK out of mass produced Chinese parts :-(
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Up until 2007 Belling cookers were made in Stoke on Trent at the Creda/Hotpoint factory, I know because I was the Quality Audit Technician.
All parts for Creda, Hotpoint, Indesit, Ariston, Belling and Cannon were sourced from East European countries made with very cheap parts.
 
R.C.Anderson said:
When my parents were looking for one a few years ago (doesn't feel that long ago, but was probably 5-10 years now), we ended up getting a Britannia cooker, has all the features you could possibly want (dual oven (one with a rotary cooker), 6 normal gas rings of 3 different sizes, and a grill plate). I'm not sure where they're actually made, but this one seems to have lasted us well so far, although they're not cheap from the looks of it.
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IIRC Britannia cookers are made in the North West.
 
Really sucks that I can't get parts to fix mine, all I need is a new igniter for the Hotpoint hob (can still light it with matches) and a new timer clock for the New World oven as turning the knob to increment the timer has no connection to which way it will increment and by how many minutes lol.
 
R.C.Anderson said:
I would be surprised if there were any that weren't to be honest, China is just so much cheaper to manufacture stuff, and if it's made with a machine (which most things will be, rather than hand made) I don't see how that inherently makes it worse.
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Most 'named' cookers are now made in Poland with East European parts, even some Bosch models are made there.
They are built by hand also.
 
LeeUK said:
Things are so rubbish these days that I just go for the cheapest as I know it will need replacing sooner or later.
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Depends what you're wanting to spend. You can still buy quality.

Personally I buy a highly expensive item knowing I'll be able to get 30 years out of it with regular servicing and it'll be a much better item throughout.
 
Surprise surprise, checked out some US sites and they are drowning in what look to be well built units, bet the cost of shipping an oven over the Atlantic would be horrific though lol.
 
pitchfork said:
Depends what you're wanting to spend. You can still buy quality.

Personally I buy a highly expensive item knowing I'll be able to get 30 years out of it with regular servicing and it'll be a much better item throughout.
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You can buy stuff with an eye watering price tag it it is still a bottom dollar, cheap, rubbish.
 
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