On first use I thought it was taking forever to heat up, then I realise that the thermometer icon tends to go on and off periodically. I saw it go off at about 20 minutes and assumed it had taken that long to heat up. On second use I kept an eye on it and discovered it heats up to 180 on 3-D convection in 10 minutes, or 14 minutes if set to 200°. If you don’t want to wait, there is a fast warmup setting. The alarm is much too brief and also needs to be louder. Initially the noise when in any of the 3-D convection modes was dreadful (and I would have given the oven 2 stars if that had been normal). Aside from being extremely loud the fan droned and rumbled back-and-forth. I couldn’t be in the kitchen when it was on, and it was pretty loud in the rest of the house. I called out the Bosch engineer who immediately replaced the fan/motor assembly and I now have a beautifully quiet oven. If you feel the fan is too loud then it probably is – don’t try to live with it, they will fix it under the warranty. The instructions say that the door should be kept closed when cooling down after use, the Bosch man said this is to avoid damage to the control panel. The cooling fan does run for a long time afterwards but that’s how a lot of ovens are now. Lastly, it is a 2.99 kW device and it does not need to be hard wired by a professional, a 13A plug into your cooker circuit is fine.

Quality product as you would expect from Bosch

Perfectly good oven

Great little oven. Much more efficient than my previous one. Love that it self cleans and is very quiet. So far everything cooked in it has been great and cooks evenly. Highly recommended!

S up per fast pre heat option is really impressive. Cooking is even and seems faster than my old oven. The pans that come with it are useful - we like the two half pans for roasting different veggies. Easy to use - haven’t cleaned it yet though ! Overall good value. Only slight issue to is that you have to bend right down to set the temperature as you can’t see this when fitted under the counter.

Quick heating oven, with a great range of settings!

Great oven with features like rapid heat up and pizza setting. The trays that come with it are ok, I’ve used them a few times and they’ve already marked so hot the best non stick coating. It’s also a little on the noisy side but overall great value for money

Overall I am very pleased with my new oven. The only downside is that the dial knobs are not clear once you switch them on (there is just an indicator line that you can feel). Also I am used to a bleep once it has reached the correct temperature, as per old oven.