After a kitchen refurb my 10-year old hob was looking a little out of place. This AEG model with its frameless edges and slick control panel looks so much smarter. Induction cooking has come a long way since and although you always had perfect control of how the heat was applied the features on the IAE64421FB take this to another level. Sensing your pan size automatically and being able to put large pans or griddles across more than one cooking area opens up more options such as an indoor ‘bbq’ or poaching whole salmon. Have yet to see a pan boil over with the Boil Sensor option so that reduces the number of times you have to fiddle with the cooking levels when cooking vegetables or pasta. The controls are simple and quick to use and get to the right level straight away. Output is good too so rarely have to use the PowerBoost function.

I thought I'd give this hob at least a year of use before reviewing, and in that time, it's definitely disappointed. I'm no stranger to cooking on induction, but this AEG model misses the mark in a few places. There are 15 power levels (including the 'P' boost setting); but only a handful of them are actually of any use. Anything below 11 is useless for all but keeping an already-hot dish warm (not a simmer; just keeping it palatably warm). Power level 14 (and 'P') are, expectedly, so powerful as to only be useful for boiling water or stir frying (no complaints there). However, for cooking on a moderate heat, this leaves you constantly fumbling somewhere between 11-13, in an effort to moderate heat output. To make matters worse, for some reason these useful cooking powers have been left in an unlabelled strip on the (linear, despite the power output feeling anything but linear) power selector scale. Labels are 0, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, P and - per above - you'll find yourself mostly stroking your thumb (and clean, dry thumbs only, please) somewhere between 10-14, blindly hoping to reach your desired power. The cook zones are comparatively smaller in diameter than other induction hobs I've used (including considerably cheaper induction hobs). This will affect cheap (or thinner) pans more than, say, a dutch oven. It does also render the ability to pair cook zones a little moot, as there's a large blank cool spot in the middle. There is considerable delay between the hob acknowledging that cookware has been placed on the hob, and actually activating the induction zone. For example, the flashing 'F' indicator will stop and turn to the relevant cook setting number, but you can hear the induction circuit doesn't activate for up to 10 seconds - even on high power outputs. To compensate, I find myself turning the hob off and back on to get it to activate quicker (the impatience is my fault here..). Not the end of the world, but feels frustratingly unresponsive at times. You cannot turn off the screeching 'beep' when turning the hob on/off (or using some, but not all settings). I haven't (yet?) found a way to make the timer stop beeping when time's up. I'd like to just turn off the hob when using a countdown timer, but you're forced to acknowledge it. Perhaps a safety feature, but a small irk nonetheless. I've not had any success with the 'prevent boilover' technology: I've run a couple of experiments (using the instructions as reference, and following its impractical-in-real-cooking-scenarios prerequisites), only to watch the pan boil over, or have the heat turned off too quickly. The design of the hob is sleek (albeit, aren't most induction hobs by their very nature?). I imagine the integration with AEG extractor fans would be a nice feature, although I'm not able to try it out. At the end of the day, it does what I need it to do: but in a clunky manner, and at considerably more expense than what I could have achieved with a much cheaper induction hob. Do not recommend.

The AEG induction hob is a real game-changer in the kitchen. It heats up super quick and is really responsive, which is great when you're in a hurry. Plus, it won't start heating up unless there's a pan on it, and you can lock the controls - super handy if you've got little ones running around! The best part? It's got this cool feature that heats up water super fast and knows when it's boiling, then drops it down to a simmer. No more boil-overs! It's fast, safe, and smart - a brilliant bit of kit for any home cook.

No issues great hub

Very sleek and stylish looking product. Great features includes a bridge area that you can use a griddle, child lock and temperature controls that you can either press or slide with your finger.

This is a lovely hob from AEG. My old one was about 15 years old, so I am very happy with this new model, the sleek design and supreme efficiency. The first thing I noticed is that it heats up much quicker than my previous hob, impressively so. Because of this, I am very pleased with the Sensiboil functionality that actually works really well. The 14 different heat settings are perhaps a bit excessive, but it will surely cater to everyone's needs. The Booster function is handy and effective. I haven't tried cooking with two zones joined together, but I can imagine it being helpful with larger or oval pots. The touch buttons have just the right level of sensitivity for comfortable control of the functions. It's easy to wipe clean as well. Perhaps my only sight complaint is that without the burners marked out with ring designs on the surface of the hob, it can be a bit difficult to gauge the central spot to position your pan, but I think that's something one can easily master with regular use. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase and I would certainly recommend this hob to anyone, in fact I already have.

We are just installed induction from very old induction. And it changed our kitchen as modern style. It's very stylish and seamlessly designed. Also, It is very easy to clean and safe due to the fact that it only heats, when appropriate pan is on the hob. Also child lock is key options for our baby! Furthermore, It was only took 2mins until the water gets boiling for my noodles.

The AEG hob is very stylish and well designed, it blends perfectly into my kitchen. I've just made a switch from gas due to installing the PV panels and batteries at home, so I'm still learning, but functions like sensi boil and merging zones have already proven to be very useful and make my life easier, it's definitely safer than gas as well so I would recommend it to everyone, especially with children...