...but maybe that’s because it’s energy efficient.

Attractive oven styling and easy to use but oven is very noisy when 'cooling down'. Oven lamp is bright which enables you to observe your food cooking easily.

The service we received from ao.com was first class,unfortunately the oven delivered on the first occasion was faulty.The first delivery was made ahead of schedule on Wednesday 14 Nov but was found to be faulty and a hotpoint engineer could not attend until Monday 19 Nov.The unit was examined and the fault confirmed.I contacted ao.com customer service and provided Emma with the uplift number given me by the engineer who expressed sympathy and the assurance that a replacement oven would be delivered the following morning on Tuesday 20 Nov which it was and is working satisfactorily.

I bought this oven as it has lots of features such as programmable timer, self oven cleaner, timer. The oven looks smart and stylish but it is simple to use. The only drawback is that when the oven is cooling down it is quite noisy.

Easy to use and doesn't take long to heat up. Far more reliable than our old oven!! It actually looks things in the time it should do!

Oven only comes with one shelf and no tray in the grill pan. Very quiet and quick to reach temperature, but noisy and takes a long time to cool down.

Huge capacity; in previous ovens I had to place a large lasagne tray diagonally but the has plenty of room. Heats up quickly and cooks everything evenly. Quiet during use BUT... The only con is that when the oven is switched off after use a very noisy fan kicks in to blow out hot air and cool the oven down more quickly. If the oven was on a high temperature this fan continues for over 30 minutes! Not suitable for dining-kitchens like ours as it sounds like a hairdryer :-( The only solution I have found is to leave the oven on while we eat but turn the temperature down to 0 so the cooling fan doesn't kick in.

There are many different programmes to use with this oven including an eco fan, bread rising and automatic functions for bread and cakes. A real bonus is the self cleaning feature with the child lock which should make it easy to keep the oven clean. The A+ rated oven is a large capacity and comes with a baking tray, oven rack and dripping tray but unfortunately no grill pan is included however these can be purchased separately. One draw back is that once the oven is switched off, the cooling fan can remain on for around 30 minutes which can be quite noisy. These two points are the only reason I have not given an overall five star rating. I am really pleased with the oven and have had some good results so far.