Mary Fisher wrote:

Hmm. I believe that durability is more important than aesthetics for such a
piece of equipment. I don't like the look of black coloured kitchen
equipment (or anything else, it's dowdy and sucks out the light) but had to
compromise when buying our cooker last year, simply to get the best
all-round one which did the job I wanted it to do despite being black.

Gotta say, I'm a big fan of stainless hobs. As long as you can accept
that it won't retain a perfect brushed finish (not if you use it, at any
rate), they're very easy to keep clean.

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Grunff