Progress Cordless Hot Plate, 60 x 20 cm Food Warming Tray, 1200 W

This is outstanding value for money! Exactly what I wanted to keep food hot at the table. Brilliant for putting pizza on and taking slices while keeping the rest hot. Made Christmas catering much easier. Very robust, good quality item.

Works well - heats up quickly across a large part of the top surface and retains its heat for an hour or so. I thought the right-angled lead I had bought for an earlier hotplate would fit, allowing the unit to sit right at the back of the worktop and leave a workable space in front of it. However, this hotplate's socket has a bar in it, and the old plug wouldn't fit, and I began a long search for a right-angled plug with a 'notch', eventually discovering one sold by Kenable (kenable.co.uk). It's known as "Power Cord UK Plug to Right Angle C15 Hot IEC 3G" and the bar/notch (C15) identifies the junction as suitable for a hot environment (i.e. close to the hotplate!).This right-angled lead makes so much sense that the hotplate really should come with one!

This is a good looking,well built impressive piece of kit and would easily have got 5 stars(very rarely given by me),but for a simple design fault.We have this permantly sited on our dining room table.We find this the most effective way of using it.However it is designed to be used sited on a kitchen worktop,as the cable is only one metre long,thus requiring an extension lead.This is unsightly and not good practice.Otherwise it heats up extremely quickly and holds the heat for the duration of a meal.The stainless steel surface does get marked by the pans etc,but keep on top of it and it is easy to clean-like most stainless steel.If you are thinking of getting a hot plate,then put this at the top of your list.

Excellent product: heats up in 5 minutes and then you turn it off and then stays hot for ages,an hour I believe.Slimmer than a dinner plate but heats main body of plate really well.Detachable mains lead !Wish we bought it sooner

Brilliant and useful. We love Chinese food and this keeps the dishes warm thoughout the meal.We plug it in on a kitchen unit, then when the meal arrives unplug it and move it to the table.Makes life really easy. Easy to clean as well, wait until it cools and wipe over.Wish Id' bought one years ago Good value and way better than those old fashioned candle things!

Perfect for warming -plates and keeping food hot, just the right size. Exceeded my expectations.

It’s a good size, but the outer edges do not get warm at all, so you’re really only able to use 2/3 of the hot plate. About 10+ cms on either end stay cold. So instead of keeping 3 Christmas dishes warm this Yuletide, I’ll only be able to do 2. Pity.

As the instructions say, it heats up pretty quickly - around 5 minutes and retains its heat for at least the hour promised. I would say that as the edges don't heat up, you are relying on less than 100% of the surface area for heat, but that said, I placed all the dishes I wanted on the hotplate and they stayed warm for first and second helpings. I think it's a good idea to warm any dishes you use if they are not coming out of the oven/microwave first, as this avoids putting a cold dish on the hot plate.The item is attractive to look at, easy to clean (so far) and fits comfortably on the worktop.