Quick answer
The Russell Hobbs 6L Searing Slow Cooker at around A$89 is the best slow cooker in Australia for most households: its removable pot goes straight onto the stove, so you brown the meat and slow cook in the same dish. The Sunbeam HP5520 at A$49 is the value pick, and the GreenPan 6L at A$248 is the one to buy if you want a PFAS-free ceramic non-stick pot.
Slow cookers are simple machines, and the differences that matter are not the ones on the box. Capacity decides how many people you feed; pot material decides how easy it is to clean and whether you can sear in it; and the footprint decides whether it lives on the bench or in a cupboard. Everything below was confirmed listed, in stock and shipping within Australia at the time of writing, with capacity, pot material and external dimensions taken from each manufacturer's own listing. Prices run from about A$48 to A$248 — and the single most useful feature here, a pot you can sear in on the stovetop, costs A$89 rather than the top of that range.
Editor's note
Two things separate these machines, and neither is wattage. The first is whether the pot can be seared in: browning meat before a long cook is what gives a casserole depth, and only the Russell Hobbs RHSC650BLK lets you do it in the same dish rather than dirtying a frypan. The second is footprint, which does not scale with litres — the 7L Russell Hobbs is 52.4cm wide, while the 6L GreenPan is 31.3cm, because one is a wide oval and the other a tall round. Measure the bench before you choose on capacity.
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