Bread Proofer Warming Mat with Heat Shield, Sourdough Dough Proofer for Fermenting - for Making Bread, Baked, Warm

This comes with an American plug so am having to buy an adapter-looks good and haven’t tried it yet due to plug not being for UK.

I am beginning my sourdough journey and needed a warmer to help the starter and bread doughs rise in my chilly house. I decided to try this one and am pleased with all that it can do. The heating pad is large enough to accommodate multiple items, like a starter jar and a mixing bowl, and the heat shield is pretty large. When just using the heat shield for the starter jar, I collapsed one side and made it triangular for a better fit, but I like that it was tall enough to work with my 6.7-inch jar. When fully opened, it’s large enough cover two items, although it may not reach all the way to the pad. It still heats the items very well.I like that the time and temperature can be easily adjusted on the controller, and I found that with the pad set to 106ºF, my starter maintained a comfortable 79ºF and was happy at that temperature. The longest interval of time was set at 12 hours which also worked perfectly with my feeding schedule for the starter.Finally, while the warming mat and heat shield worked perfectly well (and I am giving it a 5-star rating based on its functional performance), the packaging and presentation needs improvement. The box it arrived in has a whale and a best wishes message that does not go with a bread warming mat in any way. Also the instructions for use are all about how this mat is only to be used as a pet warmer, and while I understand that it functions perfectly as a proofing mat, the directions really should match what the product is being used for.

Not really suited to Australia, has about as much power as a moutse

Thus far, I have only used this pad a couple of times; during this time, the heating pad seemed to work as qualified. The Pad is slow to keep the sourdough starter at the required consistent temp. After a few more working applications, this will tell me more as to how it performs.

Just received this in the mail today, and the mat I got is unfortunately also in Celsius even though all the pictures (including the directions) are in Fahrenheit.The main issue that I have is that it just doesn’t hold temp. I’m turning it on to the right Celsius degree I need and it gets warm for a few minutes and turns off.Don’t waste your money buying a cheap solution for your proofing! Invest in a better one, it’ll be better in the long haul.

Works great!