New Microwave

[iNPUt]

True once it dies I'll upgrade

 

[cuke2u]

Interesting comparison between conventional and inverter microwaves here https://www.rtings.com/microwave/learn/research/microwave-inverters

 

[Jimbeam3678]

I normally respect that website finding, however our experiences of using an inverter microwave for defrosting is a lot better than our old one. Less cooking the edges and overall more even defrosting of meat.

I guess it could be that our old microwave was crap, but then the above article implies even cheap ones perform equally as well

 

[arc@css]

Seems to be tricky to find an inverter/flatbed unit, that doesn't have dubious plastic-like material on the inside.

 

[BUDFORCE]

Seems to be tricky to find an inverter/flatbed unit, that doesn't have dubious plastic-like material on the inside.

Yes that was the problem I had, it's even worse if you want manual controls.

Personal preference sure, but I absolutely despise buttons on a microwave, completely unnecessary.

2 knobs, 1 power, 1 time, it's all you need.

Why I ended up getting a commercial one, it's the only one I could find that ticked all the boxes.

 

[arc@css]

Yes that was the problem I had, it's even worse if you want manual controls.

Personal preference sure, but I absolutely despise buttons on a microwave, completely unnecessary.

2 knobs, 1 power, 1 time, it's all you need.

Why I ended up getting a commercial one, it's the only one I could find that ticked all the boxes.

@BUDFORCE :where did you purchase yours from?

 

[hornetstinger]

Yes that was the problem I had, it's even worse if you want manual controls.

Personal preference sure, but I absolutely despise buttons on a microwave, completely unnecessary.

2 knobs, 1 power, 1 time, it's all you need.

Why I ended up getting a commercial one, it's the only one I could find that ticked all the boxes.

You should get a microwave with a app, new microwaves have a camera inside the cooking compartment so you can use your phone app to view what's inside the microwave, whilst you're standing in front of the microwave.

Incredibly useful feature.

 

[BUDFORCE]

You should get a microwave with a app, new microwaves have a camera inside the cooking compartment so you can use your phone app to view what's inside the microwave, whilst you're standing in front of the microwave.

Incredibly useful feature.

You are taking the ****, I hope lol

 

[BUDFORCE]

@BUDFORCE :where did you purchase yours from?

https://www.nisbets.co.uk/samsung-light-duty-1100w-commercial-microwave-oven-cm1099sa/cb936?vatToggle=incvat&cm_mmc=PLA-_-18122692213-_--_-&cm_mmca1=go_18122692213____m_&kpid=go_cmp-18122692213_adg-_ad-__dev-m_ext-_prd-CB936_sig-CjwKCAjwu9fHBhAWEiwAzGRC_xnWgLf85C0Te-TRZXPmZctodCzP2m9CWxLa4QiCzEi-nrCppkYeshoCkRQQAvD_BwE&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18122692684&gbraid=0AAAAAD_ES7p-c74f8hFHnCz5vatLcBplZ&gclid=CjwKCAjwu9fHBhAWEiwAzGRC_xnWgLf85C0Te-TRZXPmZctodCzP2m9CWxLa4QiCzEi-nrCppkYeshoCkRQQAvD_BwE

That's the one I have.

I can't remember where I bought it from, might have been those guys I couldn't tell you for sure.

Depends if you want to spend £300 on a microwave though, it's also quite large so keep that in mind.

 

[krooton]

We just replaced our 12 year old Russell Hobbs with a new one, 25l and black with no dials (wife specs) for £100, hope it too gives 12 years.

 

[arc@css]

Just a heads-up for anyone interested, I bought the Wonder-Oven from fromourplace.co.uk.

I haven't used it much yet, but so far, I'm very happy with the results.

 

[Gray2233]

Years ago I had a really nice samsung microwave, that also had a grill and oven function included. It got used for three things, toasting something I only wanted one side toasted, baked beans and baked potatoes. It did make excellent baked potatoes in 24mins using the microwave and oven in combination that were as good as 90 mins in a normal oven, but it was massive and so I got rid when I redid the kitchen.

Now my cheap £50 microwave just does beans (and the occasional sweetcorn) but takes up way less space.

This is the route I've went too.

I had a decent microwave that went pop last year, replaced it with a much cheaper £40 Panasonic jobby and its been spot on. That said, I use it a couple of times a week if that and it's only for minor things so it just wasn't worth the extra expense. They're super handy to have in at times or I'd have not bothered at all, the fact my current one is much smaller is nice too as I've somewhat limited bench space in the kitchen.