Review of Bosch Induction Hob PXX675DV1E (FlexInduction)

We review some important limitations of this Bosch "Flex" Induction Hob, which you will not find out from reading any of the published literature.

A Bosch engineer has visited our home and confirmed that the hob is performing as expected, so the unit is not faulty, just badly designed

[Musti]

There is so little information about this misbehavior or design failure on the internet, that i was close to buying one of these flex induction hobs myself. good thing there is this video, that will save a lot of people a ton of money. Thanks!

[MondSemmel]

Thanks a ton for making this video. There's a dearth of serious consumer reports on induction cooktops. Most sites seem to take the vendors entirely and uncritically at their word, and only report on superficial features without paying attention to the "inner values" which are far more important (e.g. coil shape).

[AndreasPetersen]

Great review highlighting a serious flaw. It's almost impossible to find any good reviews of various flex zone inductions hobs. At least we now know how Bosch' perform.

[ericconstantinides]

I've stayed at a 3 or 4 airbnbs over the last 3 years with induction cooktops and every time they were inconsistent and spotty to cook with. Spotty heating elements and vast differences in power (sauces won't simmer at 6 and then boil over at 7). Not to mention the on-and-off cycling. You could throw money at heavier cookware but that only masks the real problems. And who wants to lug around a 5kilo pan to fry an egg! Now I'm remodeling my kitchen and was considering this cooktop because all the positive videos out there. I was doubting my own experience. But this video from an actual real person reiterated what I found for myself. I bet in a few years there will be a hell of a lot more complaints about induction.

[justinvassallo]

Thanks a mill for this review. All the sales people just waste our time on appearance and paper specifications, but what really matters is exactly this kind feedback.

[raphaeldwain]

Thank you. You saved me from making an expensive mistake.

[jurghhh]

Thank you for this video. I was looking at this model for exactly same reasons as you- the impressive claimed heating zones. Saved me a lot of stress and $$$. Sadly gas is not permitted in my building so back to the drawing board for an electric solution with even heating for carbon steel pans.

[BlademanStore]

Спасибо за ваше видео, я чуть было не заказал на завтра такую плиту! Теперь однозначно склоняюсь к покупке стандартной плиты с 4 кругами

[skillsonian]

Thanks very much for this. We were planning to install this unit in our new house, but now I'm afraid we must go "back to the drawing board." We are very careful to select top-quality, induction-rated pans, and we STILL have this experience with induction tops. It's not just Bosch. Worse yet, it's often unpredictable which sub-portion of the cooking zone the "burner" will activate.

[stevenpeeterskoradin]

Very helpful! Thanks for doing a video on this subject 👍

[PetrusBaas]

Thanks for this video! I wish more owners of induction tops would post their experiences. I'm currently looking for one, and boy oh boy its almost impossible to pick a really good one! Money isn't the issue, but it seems to me even Siemens, AEG and Bosch deliver bad products.

[mv]

While I feel your frustration and appreciate your video, I suspect it's not actually a design fault.
Because if you look at any induction cooking elements, fundamentally it's a round coil of wire. I think it's more of Bosch's fault in using straight lines and misled people into thinking it's a rectangle cooking area. A lot of other products just use a cross in the center of the area, or even a circle which would be more accurate.

Another thing is that the coil heating element is never as big as the entire rectangle. Induction does work better if your pan has good heat transfer capability. So while the element heats the center of the pan, the pan itself needs to work on spreading the heat across the entire pan. This is different from gas or ceramic cooktops. In your experiment of the 3 small square pans, while it looks very uneven, the heating area actually looks about right based on how induction works - imagine a circle between the 1st and 3rd lines, centered on the 2nd line.

Again, I blame Bosch for the misleading lines. Under the hood I think it's still 4 heating elements like any other cooktop. You can probably see the coils thru the glass with a torch. And with 4 round coils, there's no way to get even heating across the rectangle areas.

I hope you have found a good cooktop and no longer frustrated. Have a good day.

[IvannSerbia]

is this still a thing with new Bosch inductions with flexi zones?

[sbrazzo]

I was going to buy it! Thanks from Italy !!!! Smack Smack!

[j.clife]

Thank you for the video. Was just about to order the smaller version.❤️🙏

[thisisthisnow]

I had an induction hob a long time ago, and I wondered if I needed much much heavier pans to even out the heat. Sad to see this is still an issue.

[joakimquensel]

Had the same problem with Electrolux "flexizones". Absolutely crap. Got our money back eventually. Are there any brands that make these flexible cookin zones that actually work and heat up the entire pan?

[danielx]

I was looking to buy this model but now I'm looking for something else...

[n__]

Hi do you have heating problems only on the right side or does induction also work on the left? Have you contacted the service, maybe it is a defective product? I think to buy myself the same, but after watching your video I don't know if it's worth it?!?!

[wjj]

what happened with your small claims court appeal?