Indesit FI31 Electric Single Oven Reviews

+ Easy to use and to clean

- Took a while to suss out how to use the grill, instructions were a bit vague.

+ Simple to use,easy to install

- Badly burnt and stained around fan oulets and handle after only 1 weeks use.
Indesit engineer inspected oven and advised that we should have bought a stainless steel one!!
Bad communication with Indesit,still have original product purchased.
Would not purchase an Indesit again.

+ Great product. Easy to install and use. Cooks much better than our old oven.

- None.

+ looked good

- to long to get hot

+ it is easy to use

- the temperature controls aren't really fine enough e.g. only low med and high on grill and on the oven they are 60, 100, 140 and 200 degrees. This means estimating on other temps and for children this is harder. The numbers are also quite hard to see as they go down the right hand side and underneath the actual button which is quite wide, which means that older people or children have to bend down to see them.
There isnt a grill pan as such, i have always been supplied with a grill pan but this only has a drip tray and two shelves which are supposed to combine as a grill. This wouldnt work, as the wires on the shelves are very wide and wouldnt hold things like sausages or smaller items.
The shelves and the drip tray wont fit on the very bottom of the oven, this makes it the bottom of the oven quite a useless place and practically unusable. If you want only one shelf or a low shelf, you cannot place the others at the bottom of the oven, you have to take them out.

+ Heats quickly and seems to very efficient.
We only used it for the first time last week so it's difficult to be very specific. Anser on performance is blank for that reason.

- None so far.

+ Simple to use and very easy to install even without any prior experience

- Reviewer left no comment

+ easy to clean and and easy to use. looks greatg

- nothing

+ Easy and clean design

- keeps ticking even a few minutes after the time clock finished

+ faster cooking times, heats up very quickly. easy to keep clean

- grill does not come up to expectations

+ easy to use looks nice.

- controls on hob can get sticky and hard to clean as no physical barrier to divert spills from pans.

+ Very simple to use

- Timer quite irritating as it 'ticks' as it goes along, also black finish shows up dust quickly!

+ the oven looks good and performs well it has been outstanding value for money

- at this moment in time cant think of any bad points

+ Works perfectly. Easy controls. Heats up quicker than the higher power, much more expensive oven it replaced. Very easy to fit.

- Not programmable, but this is as expected for a basic oven.

+ good basic fan oven

- fan stays on cooling for quite a while once the oven is turned off

+ Lovely design, easy to install. Really effective cooking.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Looks good and is very easy to use

- None so far!

+ very very easy to use. no fancy buttons that you never use. simple but very effective. great value for money. why pay more.

- none

+ Lovely design and great performance for the price

- No LCD display (not essential I know, but handy). Also, grill pan is annoying as it's really just a drip pan under the top rack. But grill pans aren't expensive so it's hardly the worst!

+ Easy to use, sleek exterior, reasonable price, easy to install.

- in comparison to the oven this replaced (which had same overall dimensions) oven space is slightly smaller, which is not a great problem. When cooking at an average heat of 180deg, in order to cook well it has to be put up to 200-220deg, which shouldn't really be necessary being a fan assisted oven. Grill element s quite small for its purpose (approx third smaller than a normal full grill) meaning that because the grill element is not big enough (only comfortably grills 4 rashers back bacon at one time - previous grill accommodated 6-8 rashers), food can only be put in the centre of the grill pan so cannot be used to full capacity..........if grill pan is full - all items don't cook at same time. Not really suitable for family cooking

+ Blends wonderfully in my kitchen. MUCH better than my old gas oven.Couldn't wait to get an electric one!

- None.

+ Really easy to use - nothing complicated at all
Good, even cooking

- Sometimes turn oven to Grill setting rather than the max temperature because they're a bit close together.

+ simple and easy to use.

- can't think of any

+ i bought this cooker for my mother who wanted an easy oven to use. she is very pleased and it meets all her needs.easy to clean and no gimmicks to complicate usage.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ As an oven it is easy to use, gets to the temperature quicky and cooks well

- The gill, even at maximum, does not seems to be powerful enough as it spends far more time off rather than on and cooks very slowly

+ Simple operation - very easy to install. Looks good. Timer means you don't have to remember what time you put the food in or check as often.

- Grill does not get hot enough to toast bread before drying it out

+ does the job...eventually

- I had to adjust all my cooking times as everything seems to need longer than stated for fan assisted oven on food packaging. It also needs to be preheated which was'nt an issue with my previous oven.

+ Big glass door, useful to check on what's cooking

- The timer and temperature gauge are difficult to set accurately making it difficult to get the exact temperature

+ Simple & easy to use

- Lack of a grill pan - it's a bit mean & tight to sell an oven AND grill then charge extra for a pan!!!!

+ funtional for the price

- timer does not stop the oven

+ Good Product

- None

+ Easy to use and well worth the money

- none really you get what you pay for this is a basic simple to use oven for a nice affordable price

+ it was good value for money, it looks good and it heats quickly, cools down quickly and the light stays on till it cools down completely, which is good when you have children. The oven is really good as well food is cooked perfect, and quickly.

- no bad points

+ Very easy to use, and really good value

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Simple easy to you, nothing too fancy

- Grill only in centre of oven and not full width of oven.

+ Good looking, easy to install and use

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Easy to use simple oven

- Nothing yet

+ it is nice product in fair price

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Simplistic cooker with all you would expect from a fan over. It heats up quickly and is pretty good value for money. It looks smart and all being said but it is a good example of getting a good looking cooker for a low price.

- The timer is a ticking wind up device with a bell, very old fashioned and you would have through they could add a digital timer. It works well though.

+ Very simple to use a great basic oven and grill. Timer is a good reminder.

- Wish timer knocked oven off. But is still handy for a reminder.

+ simple to install and use

- Reviewer left no comment

+ easy to operate

- none

+ cheap

- performance not as good as model replaced

+ easy to use. very efficeint.

- control knobs not easy to see what position they are in

+ Simple to use and quick - once you are used to it.

- Turning on the grill - the control for the oven and grill are very close together and I sometimes had on the oven instead of hte grill.

+ everything

- no grill tray

+ I was fed up of electrical items breaking in my home so this time I decided to buy a cheaper fan oven with no gadgets. It is briliant! Looks good, the fan is nice and quiet and it does the job perfectly.

- None.

+ Reviewer left no comment

- grill sign on right knob confusing

+ I think this is a great oven, fast to heat up, and feels really powerful especially when compared with my previous oven. Cant comment on the grill as i dont really use this though!

- None

+ Cheap and does the job.

- basic, no frills eg. timer

+ Easy to use and great value for money. Also easy to install, just plugs into 13 amp socket.

- None yet identified, may lack some refinements but for the price very good.

+ The controls are simple to use as there are no complicated features, the moulded shelf supports and slide out baking tray make the oven easy to clean . Shelf level is easy to change .
the oven was very easy to fit and was working within 10 minutes.

- This particular oven gets hotter on the left so have to be careful while baking.
would have found a grill wire to sit in the pan very helpful.

+ good vfm product . More or less does what it says.

- Grilling area quite poor - only can use approx. 50% of the area available due to the size of the element.

+ Very cheap- plugs straight in using a 13 amp plug. 2 shelves and a drip tray provided when many ovens in this price range only have one shelf. Heats up pretty quickly.

- No grill pan. Luckily I kept the one from my old oven.

+ Easy to Use

- The grill pan had no grate...just the pan, so you couldn't grill and have the meat drain of fat(if you know what I mean) So I am trying to source one that will fit the pan, which is difficult.

+ its a very simple design and very easy to use

- dont like using the steel shelves gor grilling would be prefer a separate grill .

+ Nice size oven. Easy to use, Heats up very quickly.

- Because the oven capacity is larger there is no room for the gas piping to the hob above. This has meant the oven had to be installed lower down. Other ovens have a cut out at the back to allow for this. The door hinges rock from side to side leaving a gap either on the right or left side of the door.

+ Simple to use...very efficient

- Doesn't come with wire grill for bacon etc...you have to use one of the shelf wire trays. Once you figure that out its fine

+ Cooks Food

- Electricity not free

+ Easy to install and quick to use. Attractive looking and excellent price.

- Hard to get the temperature exactly right using dial. However, trial and error means you suceed.

+ Asy to clean and stylish

- Didn't work out that you need the grill on maximum to work with the oven until read manual. Didn't relaise the ceramic hob had stanless steel rim - would be better black.

+ Heats up very quickly. Easy to keep clean.

- Reviewer left no comment

+ None

- Grill very small and the oven does not heat all over at the same time - very uneven heat

+ easy to use and warms up very quick

- hob hard to clean

+ the controls are logically lade out and very easy to use .the speed of ceramic hob and control of the heat makes it a joy to use .

- to be careful the glass door of the oven gets very hot. watch if there are children about.

+ very easy to use and clean

- hard to clean under the hob controls

+ Good looking and easy to use.

- No proper grill pan

+ Simple to use

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+ neat, compact, good value for money. heats up efficiently

- @Grill mode' took a bit of getting used to - couldn't work out how to use the oven at first!

+ Easy to use, matches my exisiting kitchen

- None

+ Everything is good with it.

- No Bad Points.

+ it cooks food

- why is the hob black with black dials and steel trim???? when the oven is white with white dials??? hmmmmmm

+ Fan oven lots of room inside, easy clean.

- Timer doesn't go for very long so easy to miss. Temperature doesn't have a 200 which most things seem to cook at.

+ easy to use, includes timer.

- dislike oven and grill combination.

+ Great value for money. Heats up quickly. Easy to use.

- No digital clock

+ looks good

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Easy to Install, Very Reasonable

- I think would have looked better without the black handle, but that is just a personal preference !!

+ Easy to install and easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

+ No good points really to report, just a standard oven with on / off controls.

- Noisy, no features, not particularly nice to look at, certainly not good value for money and not what we were expecting. If we had looked at it before we bought it online we would not have bought it. Can't wait to replace it, hope it doesn't last very long.

+ The grill is very weak the oven is fine but grill is not fast enough x

- The grill is slow

+ easy to install.cooks evenly with fan.easy to use-even my hubby can use it as you have to turn temperature dial to turn oven on.

- outside shows marks as steel finish.not very good grill-more of a shelf with drip tray underneath.

+ warms up quickly
cooks food quickly

- Reviewer left no comment

+ easy to fit and excellent value upto now

- Reviewer left no comment

+ Excellent basic oven. Perfect for simple cooking/ heating up ready meals. Nice design.

- Temperature dial not very precise but it's adequate.

+ Price for a fan oven
Nice stainless steel

- The timer doesn't turn the oven off it just rings!
The matching hob is very unusable - the knobs are upside down compared to the cooker which look silly and the top two gas taps don't control the top two burners - how mad is that.