Homebase Hob Guard (Hob Guards in General)

Member Name: Hope

Product:	Hob Guards in General
Date:	02/08/00 (423 review reads)
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Advantages: Safety and peace of mind

Disadvantages: Not attractive, but does that matter?

Burns and scalds are a major cause of injury and death to small children and yet, as a Nanny, I have always been shocked to see that very few people have a safety guard fitted to their cooker or hob. However, my grandchild has just reached toddlerhood and when I went to search for a hob guard I discovered that finding one is a difficult task.

Mothercare stock a very flimsy version, which appears to fit to the hob with sticky pads. I did not feel that it could be trusted to stay in place so I set off to try elsewhere. Argos and Index stock plenty of safety items but not this one. A couple of department stores had the flimsy version, as did some online shops. I tried a small specialist baby shop who told me that hob guards had never sold well and they no longer stocked them. They were however able to direct me to, of all places, Homebase.

At Homebase I found what I was looking for among a quite good selection of safety items which I had never noticed there before. For £19.99 I bought a sturdy metal-framed hob guard which can be fixed with screws either to the back of the cooker or to the wall behind. It is adjustable for different sized cookers, strong and safe.

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