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  sillyhead on 23/05/2015 - 06:54

  The catalogue is written really weird for the oven cooktop and range hood. Its worded like you have to buy the whole set. I find it unlikely. The oven looks actually pretty good for the money. Really the whole pack looks good. But I don't need the oven.

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  mintin9 on 23/05/2015 - 07:35

  +1

  Can anyone recommend the microwave oven range from Aldi? Seems like a great price

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    goingDHfast on 23/05/2015 - 10:08

    +1

    I believe it won the 2014 Choice microwaves review for best value?

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    jackary on 23/05/2015 - 10:14

    +1

    +1 would love to know if anyone has some hands on experience with one. Though the no questions asked return period makes it mighty tempting…

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    ndenham on 23/05/2015 - 10:16

    +2

    I bought one of their Microwaves 3-4 years ago and it's still going strong.

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      Regie69 on 23/05/2015 - 11:02

      Bought one about 4 years ago same model and it just crapped out about a month ago. It did work great and I would of bought another but already replaced it. The microwave function stopped working although the convection still worked.

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    Ruprect on 23/05/2015 - 10:59

    +1

    Hi,
    I also bought a microwave that looks almost identical to this one from them about 2 years ago. Has not missed a beat.
    The only negs I have is I did need to push an extra button to make it work compared to my previous and it beeps continuously once done, will go for hours unless you open the door. I would however happily purchase again as the price is right compared to others.

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      placard on 25/05/2015 - 14:41

      Don't you normally remove food once cooked? Bit pointless to cook food and leave it in there afterwards for hours to then go cold again?

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  iimech on 23/05/2015 - 09:56

  Any comment on the dishwasher?

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    llama on 23/05/2015 - 14:54

    See my comment below re: microwave and washer.

    For a product like that, the availability of spares is fairly critical. Dishwashers and washing machines tend to blow seals, have pumps die. etc and I diubt that there will be any spares available after a year or two.

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  placard on 23/05/2015 - 10:11

  Why are ovens getting so small these days?

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  embee on 23/05/2015 - 10:24

  +2

  I also have the Aldi convection microwave and have had no problems over about 3 years.

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    llama on 23/05/2015 - 14:49

    We have the Aldi Convection microwave that was offered a year or so ago. It's AWFUL compared to the Panasonic "Genius" that it replaced.

    The control interface is dreadful - completely non-intuitive, and I still cannot really use it with confidence (and I am the person that looks after all the tech and computers in our house).

    You get what you pay for, and it was certainly cheap. I suppose all these appliances from Aldi would seem quite good to people who haven't experienced anything better - but I always find them severely disappointing.

    The step down from the Panasonic microwave to the Aldi microwave was considerable, and was the significantly inferior the Sterling front-load washer is compared to our old LG top load direct drive. Unfortunately the main Control PCB in the LG died after 15 or 20 years of perfect service.

    After almost a month not washing while I searched everywhere to get LG parts, in the end it was cheaper to buy the whole new Aldi machine than to source the LG part. What a dumb decision that was - I should have paid $100 more and got a Samsung or another LG.

    What I am saying is that whilst these things seem "not bad" on face value, they are actually not really that cheap. You can often find far better name brand devices at similar prices if you search properly. The most telling thing is spare parts - whilst I admittedly had difficulty getting spares for a 20 year old LG, we'll have zero chance of getting ANY spare parts for the Aldi YumCha after a year or so.

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      Romen on 23/05/2015 - 17:42

      +1

      Good thing with Aldi is you can return it within 60 days (https://www.aldi.com.au/en/about-aldi/customer-information/r…) for a full refund. So if it's crap, take it back! :)

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      rayski57 on 23/05/2015 - 18:02

      +2

      We currently have this microwave with which we replaced the Lumina version (after around 5 years use) which replaced a Panasonic sensor cook. I have been a proponent of Japanese brands, but in recent years the price gap has become too large to justify with better performance/quality.
      Try finding any non dept. store brand convection microwave for this price or even 2X this price……I doubt you'll have any luck - I didn't.

      I too am the household tech head, but my wife who is almost a total technophobe has no problem using this microwave

      are they less user friendly - yes
      are they cheaper quality - yes
      do they do what they claim - yes
      do Aldi stand behind what they sell - yes (we recently had an Aldi electric kettle replaced out of warranty)
      do they have 3 year (not 1 year) warranty - yes
      do they last 3 years or longer - yes (if not you have a warranty that entitles you to repair/replace/refund)

      You have decided if this is good value to you, others need to decide for themselves where their point of value is.

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        llama on 23/05/2015 - 19:30

        +1

        You have decided if this is good value to you, others need to decide for themselves where their point of value is.

        We decided at the time that the quality was "acceptable", but after extended usage we've decided that it's certainly not earth shattering value for money overall.

        You know that saying that goes "you remember the quality long after the price is forgotten"? Well with the Aldi Household Appliances it's often "you are reminded of the compromises long after the saving is forgotten".

        Please note: I didn't make it 100% clear in my earlier post that the Microwave that we have is NOT the same one as being offered this week. It is a far cheaper and smaller Stirling model.
        - My comments are not specific to any product, they are just general observations.

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        llama on 23/05/2015 - 19:36

        Try finding any non dept. store brand convection microwave for this price or even 2X this price……I doubt you'll have any luck - I didn't.

        Well of course not. However this is not a "non dept. store brand"… it's just a cheapo YumCha non-name chinese product rebadged to say "Sterling".

        You can easily get a name brand 30L non-convection microwave with a stainless front trim for less than $169. But that's not really fair due to the Convection element in the Aldi.

        In "equal" products, you could for example choose a slightly smaller Kogan and save $30 or so
        https://www.kogan.com/au/shop/home-appliances/microwave/

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        rayski57 on 24/05/2015 - 22:45

        +1

        @llama:
        Yes and if you want to buy appliances from Kogan, good luck to you as I wouldn't trust them.
        When it goes wrong I don't doubt you'll need to send it back to Kogan to be fixed.
        Oh and if we're meant to be comparing apples with apples, the uplift to 3 year warranty makes it the same price.
        As for branding, Kmart (Performer), Target (can't recall), Kogan etc. are pretty well the same product for a bit more than Aldi, but generally with 12 month warranty only.
        BUT specifically you compared premium brands at many times the price of the Aldi product, so stay on track.
        If you want to dis. the products sold by Aldi when compared to premium brands, then you need to dis. all non-major brand products as they're similar if not the same products.
        The distinction is that unlike most, Aldi's generally come with a long warranty and they have proven to stand by their product.
        Also if you were so unimpressed with the Aldi product you could have returned it within 60 days for a full refund. I can't think of any other brand or retailer would agree to that.

        Personally I have bought a great many Aldi products over the years from appliances to electronics to tools and groceries, it's not all junk and it's not all fantastic. However, unsupportable blanket statements about a group of products based on your experiences with 2 products that didn't meet your expectation hardly justifies your qualification (implicit if not explicit) of their appliances as poor quality or bad value.

        I have bought many big brand major appliances over the years, some of which were meant to be good but were expensive crud.
        Be mindful what you say about appliance spares, we recently replaced our 5 yo LG front loader as the shaft that the main bearing sits on was damaged due to a seal dying, the shaft was no longer available (globally). We have had similar experiences from time to time with other major brands much to our bitter disappointment, but we wouldn't slag all their product ranges due to 1 example of bad reliability/parts availability/durability etc.

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  Holysmoke on 23/05/2015 - 13:34

  Quality of the cast iron cookware?

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    red-hot on 28/05/2015 - 20:30

    The Crofton Cast Iron is very good quality. Here's reviews:
    http://whatchagotcookin.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/giving-lecre…
    http://www.sydneyshopgirl.com/2014/07/crofton-cast-iron-chea…
    You always need to season cast iron.

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  [Deactivated] on 23/05/2015 - 16:35

  Holysmoke. Fine. It's a simple thing. No need to pay big for things like this.