range cooker peeps - electric agas? vs lacanche macon

Do you mean the Aga range style cooker? ie. gas hobs but electric ovens. We had a look at that too but all we could see that it had going for it was the Aga styling (attractive, I know). The ovens were very small and not very energy efficient- think they were C rated. We saw it at an Aga showroom and the staff weren't very positive about it, but it could have been they were more interested in selling us a conventional Aga! Aga's after-sales service isn't rated very highly and I thought it would be better to get a range style cooker from a company that concentrates on just these rather than Aga which is obviously much better known for its traditional heat source cookers.

Out of the two, I'd go for a Lacanche Macon. It was a very close call for me between the Macon and the Britannia XG Dynasty. I was very swayed by the "look" of the Macon and also the fact it was more customisable. As you know , in the end, I went for the Britannia XG Dynasty- which was the same price as the Lacanche- because JL were very complimentary about Britannia's customer service and the Britannia had more features and better energy efficiency. JL also sell Lacanche but weren't as positive- but that could just be the view of one particular branch . There really wasn't much in it though for me. I ummed and aahhed for a long time and drove my husband mad. Then I read that Simon Hopkinson had an old Britannia and I thought if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me!

There were a couple of independent showrooms near me that sell both Agas and Lacanche cookers. If there's no-where near you try ringing somewhere like this for their thoughts: https://www.robeys.co.uk/pages/cookers/lacanche/lacanche.php