Beko DVC6531: Not the best cooker

Advantages: Looks, Size, Rapid plate
Disadvantages: Cost, safety

...Beko DVC6531 Double over electric cooker with ceramic hob We bought this cooker back in august 2004 when we moved in to our new flat in Edinburgh. There was no specific reason we bought this one, we just went in to our local Currys store and picked this product along with a new fridge, freezer, washing machine and dryer. The look in the show room The cooker is mostly white in colour with a dark ceramic hotplate on top. The oven door has a frosted glass on it as does the grill. The controls are nice too; they match the colour of the cooker. Over all this cooker looks nice when sitting in the show room. Got it home When first delivered to my home, the cooker is well wrapped in polythene and has enough cardboard within it to last a lifetime. When I unwrapped the cooker I was then greeted with cardboard within the oven...

marcellep 18.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Beko DVC6531

Beko DG582 Gas Cooker

Advantages: Cheap, small, good gas burners.
Disadvantages: Doesn't get hot enough, cant roast potatoes and chiken at the same time.

...I bought this cooker two months ago when we moved into our new house, the cooker in the house was ancient and had been condemned and we needed another one immediately to use for a while until we have a new kitchen installed. It ticked a lot of boxes, so I thought, it was very cheap, fitted into the small space the old one had been in and has a separate grill. In reality, it is awful. I can't fault the burners which work fine, however the knobs turn in the opposite direction of any other knob on any other appliance I've ever used, thus it is very easy to turn the knobs anti-clockwise thinking you were turning them off but they are actually just down at the lowest setting but still on, very dangerous. The grill is terrible, it takes a very long time to cook anything, and it is tiny. The worst feature of this cooker though has to...

korbycat 14.01.2008 (13.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Beko DG582W

Eco Beko

Advantages: Economical with a good selection of programmes
Disadvantages: Only 5kg maximum load

...I have just replaced my old washing machine with a Beko and wow what a difference. Not only is the machine more compact it is also A+ energy efficient. My old machine was noisy, time consuming and temperamental towards the end which is why I am so pleased with the efficiency and quality of this product. I ordered the Beko WM5140W from Pixmania for only £179 and after it was efficiently and professional unpacked and installed by the delivery team I was eager to start clearing the washing that had piled up over the last few days. Having read the instructions which I found to be very easily laid out and structured to be user friendly I duly followed the instructions for ?First Use?. This was to use the machine at ?cottons 90 °C? programme without any laundry items. I found the dials easy to read and operate as they are all clearly...

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Beko double electric cooker Model DCV6531S

Advantages: good quality, easy to use and inexpensive
Disadvantages: ceramic hob stays warm for quite a while after switch off.

...I bought this cooker 4 years ago now and have had no problems with it, it has been extremely reliable. ~Ceramic Hob~ The ceramic hob has four hot plates, these heat up very quickly so use less energy than traditional solid plates. The front left hotplate is an 1800w rapid plate, and the other three are rear left and front right at 1200 w and rear right is 1700w. ~Main Oven~ It has a large main oven that is fan assisted, which means more even cooking of food. It has a 53ltr capacity and has two removable shelves. You get good even food cooking and it has a B rating for energy efficiency, this is not the best but not the worst as best is an A. ~Second Oven/ Grill~ The second oven has also got a B rating for energy efficiency. This also doubles as the grill. It is not fan assisted but is great for small items, thus...

tigerthecat 28.06.2007 (28.09.2007) · Read review
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Review of Beko DVC6631

Good, dependable, no thrills cooker

Advantages: no thrills, does the job, easy to use, clean, good instruction book
Disadvantages: handle on grill tray

...Ok ok, so perhaps Beko is a name that doesn't trip off the tongue when talking about replacement cookers. However, I've had my cute little electric 212 for over a year now and have to say that I'm completely satisfied with it. Its of a very basic hob design with twin cavities (grill & Oven) with the usual four hot plates offering power outputs of between 1kw & 2kw, while the reasonably sized oven has a maximum power of 2100 watts. Its relatively light at 57kg, so its easy to slide between kitchen units for cleaning etc. It can come in a number of colours from typical white, to green or blue. I chose to be conservative and went for white. The control panel isn't particular sophisticated with knobs set for the hotplates, oven, grill along with a couple of indicator/thermostat lights and nothing more. There's a couple...

dreamstar70 05.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Beko DC212 Electric Cooker

Morphy Richards Rice cooker - Too clever for me!

Advantages: An easy way to cook rice dishes
Disadvantages: Not suitable for small families due to the minimum cooking quantity

...A few months ago I read a review about a rice cooker and thought that, yes I could do with one of them. I settled on the Morphy Richards 48744 as to be honest that was the only one offered on the fact finders website and I thought I would use up some of my points. . The Rice and Pasta cooker is a mirrored silver colour with black handles with a toughened glass lid with a black handle and a steam hole. The cooker is 21 cm high without lid or 24cm with the lid and 28cm in diameter plus handles makes it 36cm. The cable is 90cm long. It fits nicely into one of my top wall mounted kitchen cabinets if the lid is turned upside down. The cooker is supplied with a pasta cooking pad, which is like a round piece of clear/white rubber with holes in it, a plastic measuring beaker and a small plastic white spatula. Inside the machine is a large...

paulpry118 20.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Morphy Richards 48744 RICE Cooker

to beko or not to beko

Advantages: Good value, stylish
Disadvantages: Very poor after service

...Our Beko cooker was a moving in present off my parents bought last June. Up until 2 weeks ago I had been very pleased with it, it looked the part in my silvery kitchen, it cleans very easily & it most importantly it was only £320. A lot cheaper compared with others similar. Perhaps then you get what you pay for. I was cooking something in the fan oven which generally cooks a bit quicker than a normal oven, but not on that fateful night. '20 mins on 220' the packet said, 45 mins later it was still only luke warm. I had to face facts, the oven had died. So we had to make do with the microwave. The week before our washing machine had also broken, but had been fixed hassle free within a matter of days. So we thought, one phone call & it will be sorted. We rang the customer helpline as provided, as thats what it said to do, this...

jessica23 04.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Beko DC212 Electric Cooker

A great little cooker!

Advantages: Good price, excellent facilities
Disadvantages: I haven't found any yet!

...of the sales staff so we searched on line for the cooker we wanted. Dave, my husband, was doing the searching for us and found the cooker we wanted at a good price on the Electrical Discount UK site. This was where we had ordered his mother's cooker from so we knew they were reliable. We ordered the cooker but were informed that it wasn't in stock. We enquired about a couple more but only to be told that they were out of stock too, so in the end we gave the staff at Electrical Discount UK our specifications and asked what they had in stock. So in effect they chose our cooker for us! The one that they offered us was the Beko DVC665 at a price of £324.98 with free standard delivery. We both took a look at the web site and checked that the specifications were what we wanted and it looked great so we said yes. Luckily the colour of the cooker...

SusanLesley 17.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Beko DVC665W

A Great Electric Cooker

Advantages: Cheap, Efficient and Reliable
Disadvantages: I wasn't impressed by the hob

...I recently purchased the Beko D533W from 365electrical.com and I have to say after using it for a month so far, I am very happy with my purchase. The Beko D533W is a Electric Cooker, It has a single oven with a seperate grill and a standard solid 4 plate hob on top. It comes in the colour white, Which I guess is what the W stands for at the end of D533. The Oven is a 53 Litre Fan Oven and I was impressed by how quickly the oven heats up to your required temperature, It is literally a few minutes and compared to my old oven which took about 15-20 minutes to heat up, You can imagine how delighted I am with the increase in speed. The Grill is also very good and has variable heat settings also, Which is great for cooking your sausages to perfection. Now the Hob , I was a little disappointed by how it looks, it looks a bit cheap...

Foxy1982 09.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Beko D533W

I prefer Beko to fairy for washing my dishes

Advantages: Cheap, 12 Place Settings, Cleans Really Well
Disadvantages: Loud, Lack of Visuality of Visual Aid, Length of Programmes, Width of Pipe

...kitchen which we wanted to fully utilise, and also one which would easily accommodate the every day cutlery and crockery needs of a family of four. Cost was also clearly a factor, but for those of you who have read my previous reviews, make was not a particularly important concept for me. ~~~ So which machine ticked all the boxes ~~~~~ Having done a price comparison on various internet sites, the machine which kept jumping out was the Beko DWD4310W, which was a standalone dishwasher in white, which was the same colour as our fridge, was marketed as a 12 Place Dishwasher, which more than fitted the bill for our family of four, and was available from the Co-op Electrical shop for £174.99. Whilst this price didn't include installation, I figured that it couldn't be much more difficult that it was to install a washing machine which even...

supercityfan 04.02.2008 · Read review
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