Our Overall Score:
8.8/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Ovens category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £199.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Hotpoint or alternative products in the Ovens category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven
HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven scores 8.1/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Ovens. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Ovens, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Ovens? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven scores 9.8/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Ovens category was £1539, whilst the cheapest we found was £109.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Ovens category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Ovens category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Ovens category. This was £508.04 from the 302 products we found in that category. So HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven actually comes in below average at £199.99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £1539 and the least expensive, which was £109.99. In total we found that of the 302, 268 were more expensive and 27 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven.
Prices of products from Hotpoint
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Hotpoint. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Hotpoint, which was £341.55 of the 276 products we found. So HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Hotpoint was £89 with the most expensive coming in at £1099.99.
Prices of products from Hotpoint and in the Ovens category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Hotpoint that sit specifically within the Ovens category.
For this we found that the average price was £321.89, making HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven at £199.99 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £528.38 with the lowest priced item being £189.99. In total there were 24 items that were more expensive and 2 that was less expensive.
Reviews of HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven
HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven scores 8.6/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven is.
Overall score
HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven scores 8.8/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Hotpoint so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: HOTPOINT SA2540HBL Electric Oven
- Brand: Hotpoint
- Model Number: SA2540HBL
- 59.5 x 59.5 x 55.1 cm (H x W x D)Capacity: 66 litresEnamel coatingOven type: MultifunctionEnergy rating: A
- EAN: 5054645001507
- Description: Top features: – Multiflow technology spreads heat evenly for quicker cooking- Steam power makes cleaning your oven easy – Multifunction cooking delivers consistent results – Tilting grill offers safety and controlMultiflow technologyCook your food faster, and to perfection with the Hotpoint Class 4 SI4 854 P IX Electric Oven. It has Multiflow technology that spreads heat flow into every inch of the oven cavity. There are no cool spots, which means food gets cooked to perfection no mattter where it is in the oven. The result is delicious dishes each time. It’s perfect for baking cakes, bread, and all your favourite recipes.Steam powerDiamond clean utilises the power of steam to make cleaning your oven easy. The special enamelled cavity has easy clean properties, and uses a dedicated low temperature cycle of 90° for only 30 minutes.Multifunction cookingMultifunction cooking uses a fan to circulate hot air around the cavity to thoroughly cook through your food, distributing the heat evenly. It allows you to cook various food types together, as there is no flavour transfer – perfect for cooking a roast dinner for the family.With this Hotpoint Class 2 SA2540HBL Electric Oven, the five pre-set programs take all the guess work out of cooking. Simply choose the setting that suits what you want to cook.Tilting grillThe full-width tilting grill offers safety and control over your cooking. You’ll be able to unhook and tilt the grill to be able to easily clean the top of the oven.Hotpoint and Jamie OliverJamie Oliver and Hotpoint have joined forces to bring you cooking appliances that let you express yourself in the kitchen. Create the kind of dishes you love, for everyday meals or to entertain friends and family. Eat better and get more out of your food with Hotpoint’s user-friendly appliances._________________________________________ ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION: This product can be plugged into a standard 13 Amp socket.
- Product ID: 3753103829
