Our Overall Score:
9.1/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Hobs category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £279
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob. 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, Smeg or alternative products in the Hobs category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob
SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob scores 9.3/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Hobs. 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 SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob, 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 SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob 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 Hobs, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Hobs? 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
SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob scores 8.2/10 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 Hobs category was £1569.99, whilst the cheapest we found was £89.99 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 SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob 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 Hobs category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Hobs category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Hobs category. This was £382.25 from the 299 products we found in that category. So SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob actually comes in below average at £279.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £1569.99 and the least expensive, which was £89.99. In total we found that of the 299, 165 were more expensive and 129 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob.
Prices of products from Smeg
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Smeg. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Smeg, which was £712.19 of the 199 products we found. So SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Smeg was £115 with the most expensive coming in at £4249.
Prices of products from Smeg and in the Hobs category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Smeg that sit specifically within the Hobs category.
For this we found that the average price was £440.59, making SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob at £279 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £1169 with the lowest priced item being £191. In total there were 21 items that were more expensive and 4 that was less expensive.
Reviews of SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob
SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob scores 9.7/10 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 SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob is.
Overall score
SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob scores 9.1/10 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 Smeg so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: SMEG P260XGH Gas Hob
- Brand: Smeg
- Model Number: P260XGH
- 4.2 x 60 x 51 cm (H x W x D)4 burnersCast-iron pan supportsAutomatic ignition
- EAN: 8017709179663
- Description: Top features: – Four burners offers more choice – Heavy duty cast iron pan supports for additional stability – LPG conversion available – Safety shut off to guarantee safe cooking Four burners The Smeg P260XGH Gas Hob has four burners to offer the space to accommodate multiple pan sizes – perfect for large families. Plus, the powerful rapid burner provides fast and instant heat to make your cooking more effective. Heavy duty cast iron pan supports The robust cast iron pan supports are utilised to provide stability and ensure that pans are sat on the hob surface correctly. Great for anyone looking for longevity from their hob and cooking utensils. LPG conversion LPG conversion jets come as standard, allowing you to change them over if you don’t have access to a standard gas line. Safety shut off With a flame safety device fitted to the hob, you can enjoy increased safety by immediately cutting off the gas supply if the flame accidentally goes out._____________________________________________GAS INSTALLATION: This product requires installation by a qualified gas safe engineer, such as one of our Team Knowhow experts. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION: This product requires professional installation to a 13 Amp fused spur by a qualified installer, such as one of our Team Knowhow experts.
- Product ID: 13686732805
