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Hi, the main heating element in my Smeg fan oven has blown again (10 yr old model, element replaced 4 yrs ago).
A search online has offered replacements from £10 to £60.
Is it worth buying cheap? Are they safe?
I paid around £50 for the blown replacement 4 yrs ago.
Any advice greatly appreciated
Thanks
 
It's difficult to say. If you want to be certain, buy a genuine replacement element. If you're happy to gamble, buy a cheap one. As with anything, sometimes the non-original parts are fine and are as good as the originals, or they might be poor quality.

If you want to buy the non-original part, try to find one that has positive reviews online (assuming the reviews are genuine!).
 
Sometimes I think the genuine parts are just the same cheap parts, but with a big mark up for adding the brand name!

I just replaced an element in my own oven, same dilema, I found one at £12, it looked just the same as the failed original I removed, which would have cost several times that.
 
Hi, the main heating element in my Smeg fan oven has blown again (10 yr old model, element replaced 4 yrs ago).
A search online has offered replacements from £10 to £60.
Is it worth buying cheap? Are they safe?
I paid around £50 for the blown replacement 4 yrs ago.
Any advice greatly appreciated
Thanks
So you paid £50 for a replacement element 4 years ago, was that a genuine OEM element

I do wonder about the quality of elements my previous oven the element lasted 20 years from new, decided to change it in 2019 for a new oven and the element on that failed after 1 year and 2 weeks, after some discussion with the manufacturer they agreed to replace the element and the noisy fan and also investigate why the clock / timer wasn't actually operating to the set cooking time under warranty although that took 4 visits as they brought the wrong parts

Over the years of fixing appliances I have used expensive elements and cheap elements and inbetween priced and there is little to choose between them all in terms of longevity and reliability
 
Avoid the really cheap stuff, and avoid the marked up to the max. 'genuine stuff.
Same as with car parts. In another life, I work on several BMW cars. There are cheap parts out there, intended for the 'get it through a MOT and sell it on quick' brigade, and very expensive parts from my local BMW dealer. In between, there are parts, like rubber suspension bushes, for instance, that I know are supplied to BMW by Febi. I buy these in a Febi box, at half the price, or less, than they would be in a BMW box. Often, there are burr marks on the rubber, where the BMW logo has been machined off.
 

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