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The reasoning

The warranty is why it leads. Its listing gives 9 years on the complete product, glass included, and says so twice, in a bullet and in the warranty field. The catch sits in the same field: after the first 2 years, service visits are charged. Apart from the Sujata Standard, no other listing on the shortlist mentions 9 years, and the longer terms elsewhere cover one or two parts: 10 years on the Haute Evoque's glass and brass burner body, on the Prestige Vectra's glass and on the Elica RG FLEXI's burners. Haute's and Prestige's pages give 2 years on the rest of those stoves, and the RG FLEXI's listing gives 5 years on its glass and valves and 2 years comprehensive.

The listing is also clear on points the Elica Slimline's leaves out. It gives 8 mm toughened glass, says ISI certified, and names SABAF gas valves. It lists the burners as 1 jumbo, 2 big and 1 small, all forged brass, though with no kW figure for any of them. Its power source is given as LPG, and PNG conversion is charged, plus travel charges if you live beyond the city limits where its authorised service centre sits. The box adds a baati or tandoor stand, a mini pan support and a burner cleaning pin.

We weighed it against the Elica Slimline. The Slimline's size and burner layout are confirmed on Elica's page, but its listing doesn't mention ISI or PNG, gives no glass thickness, and covers the stove as a whole for 2 years. Against that, the Sujata is wider, 75 cm on its listing against 69 cm, and much heavier at 17 kg 600 g against 10 kg, and we have no brand page to check its listing against. Prestige's Magic Plus and Sunflame's Pride list 2 years of warranty, so neither came close on cover.

The reasoning

It has battery-operated auto ignition. The listing and Elica's own page agree on the burners, two at 2.5 kW (the listing calls them triple-ring) and two at 1.7 kW, and on cast-iron pan supports. Elica's page gives the body as 700 x 520 x 106 mm.

The warranty is what earned it the place. The listing gives 2 years comprehensive, 5 years on the glass and valves, and 10 years on the burners. Among the other auto-ignition stoves on the shortlist, Elica's auto-ignition 694 CT VETRO BLK covers its glass for longer, 7 years, but its burners and valves only within 2 years comprehensive. Glen's page for the CT1045USTNAI says 5 years on glass in its feature list and 5 years on glass, gas valves and burners in its warranty section. The Beyond Dorado's listing gives 5 years on burner and glass in one line and on glass only in another. Blowhot's Emerald lists 2 years on the glass, burners and valves.

Elica files it under built-in hobs, and the listing calls it built-in and freestanding, so it can sit on the slab or go into a cut-out (Elica's page gives the cutting size as 564 x 485 mm). The listing asks you to call Elica customer care after buying to book the installation.

The reasoning

This is the one stove on the shortlist whose listing describes a flame failure device. The listing says it cuts the gas to a burner if the flame goes out from a gust of wind or a spill, on all four burners. Beyond's own FAQ says the device is mechanical and works without the battery; the auto ignition runs on 2 D-type 1.5 V cells, per Beyond's page.

It also has a digital timer. Beyond's manual describes timers for the left and right burners, each settable from 1 to 180 minutes and running independently. Neither the listing nor the manual says the timer turns the gas off when it runs out, so think of it as a reminder.

Beyond's page lists 8 kW across the burners, two at 2.5 kW and two at 1.5 kW, with cast-iron pan supports and 8 mm toughened glass. It can sit on the slab with no core cutting, per Beyond's FAQ, or be set into a granite counter through a 65.5 x 47.5 cm cut-out. If you set it into the counter, Beyond's manual asks for a non-flammable wall behind it and at least 700 mm clearance to any cupboard directly above. On warranty it trails the Elica RG FLEXI: 5 years on burner and glass (or glass only, in another line) and 2 years comprehensive on its listing, against 10 years on the Elica's burners.

The reasoning

This is a plain manual-ignition cooktop with no auto ignition. The listing and Elica's own page give the same burner layout, two jumbo, one medium and one small, and the same size, 690 x 550 x 106 mm on Elica's page and 69 x 55 x 10.6 cm on the listing. Neither gives a burner output in kW, so "jumbo" can't be checked against the 2.5 kW burners the Beyond Dorado and Elica's RG FLEXI 470 list, and other listings label their bigger burners "large" or "big" (Elica CT VETRO 460, MILTON Premium, Glen Apex) with no kW figure either. The listing's details field gives 3000 Watts, with no explanation. We chose it for its size and its split warranty, not for proven burner output.

Its listing splits the warranty three ways: 7 years on the glass, 5 years on the burners and 2 years comprehensive, from the date of purchase. That is less than the Sujata Premium's 9 years on the complete product, but the Premium is 75 cm wide on its listing, and this is 69 cm.

Sujata's Standard is also listed at 69 cm wide, and its listing says what this one leaves out: ISI certified, 8 mm glass, PNG conversion (charged) and 9 years of warranty. We still chose the Elica for a narrow counter because its size is settled. Elica's page and the listing agree on it, while the Standard's size field reads 36 cm deep and 8 cm high, figures we couldn't check against any Sujata page. The Standard's listing also doesn't say what its 9 years cover, or give burner sizes. Elica's own auto-ignition 694 CT VETRO BLK is the same 69 cm wide and says ISI and PNG, but covers its burners only within 2 years comprehensive.