Worth buying a decent microwave?

BUDFORCE said:
To be fair, if I had a time machine, and could go into the future to see it was still working in say, 15 years, I'd pay £800 for a microwave.
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Iv had microwaves cost £100 and they have lasted 15 years. It all depends on how often you use it, some people use it once a week other people use it twice daily.

Personally we use the microwave very rarely , most food tastes horrible which get microwaved, it tastes like rubber .
We tend to use either the hobb or oven or both.
 
Bounce said:
Iv had microwaves cost £100 and they have lasted 15 years. It all depends on how often you use it, some people use it once a week other people use it twice daily.

Personally we use the microwave very rarely , most food tastes horrible which get microwaved, it tastes like rubber .
We tend to use either the hobb or oven or both.
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Yeah I use mine for mainly defrosting meat, I do cook frozen veg in it I think they turn out quite well, and I use it for reheating things.

But as you say, I dont actually do much "cooking" in it, saying that though it'll get used most days.
 
I’ve got a Panasonic combi microwave grill and think it’s brilliant - can’t remember how long I’ve had it but it’s been ages. I suspect as above if you just want a pure microwave then there’s less incentive to spend more if aesthetics is less of a concern.
 
I've had a Sharp for ages, it's still going strong and they'd probably be my go-to for microwaves. Only annoying thing about it is that the light doesn't come on when you open the door, only when it's actually cooking.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
If the OP just wants a microwave instead of a combination microwave/grill/toaster, go for one of basic Samsung models. Ours must be approaching its tenth birthday and hasn’t missed a beat.
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Had ours only a few months but this seemed to be the way from my online looking. I made sure to get one that was fully ceramic inside so we can get away with being a bit more slapdash with cleaning frequency/drying properly (old one got replaced as the paint was coming away due to rust :\).
 
Been looking around online this evening.

Cannot find a flatbed manual microwave :(

Ideally would have a flatbed for ease of cleaning, but its not essential, however, and call me an old man I dont care, but I cannot stand microwaves with buttons on, if I have to press a button more than once to get the thing going I am already ****** off with it lol. Power and time, its all you need. I dont need the thing to tell me how long a bit of chicken will take to defrost.

Plus, anytime I have ever bothered to actually programme the thing properly, it never works anyway and ends up either still frozen or nuked beyond all recognition.
 
BUDFORCE said:
Been looking around online this evening.

Cannot find a flatbed manual microwave :(

Ideally would have a flatbed for ease of cleaning, but its not essential, however, and call me an old man I dont care, but I cannot stand microwaves with buttons on, if I have to press a button more than once to get the thing going I am already ****** off with it lol. Power and time, its all you need. I dont need the thing to tell me how long a bit of chicken will take to defrost.

Plus, anytime I have ever bothered to actually programme the thing properly, it never works anyway and ends up either still frozen or nuked beyond all recognition.
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Well they are rare but exist. Flatbed is a premium feature and a manual dial is definitely not.

https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/rhcm2576ss/russell-hobbs-rhcm2576ss-appliances-microwave
 
Hahaa, I was about to post that too.

I'm pretty sure I thought about a manual flatbed once. But for less than £100 you can get a manual with a stainless steel interior.

Depends how much you hate a glass plate.
 
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So inefficient, 2.2kw for 1.1kw output!!!!!!!!! Most loose about 500w.

I dunno, £300 is a lot of money for a Microwave..... It would fit the bill though and a 3 year warranty. I need that time machine to see if it'll last me 10+ years.
 
Panasonic combi too - then you can do baked potatoes ;
but the invertor designation is more important than flatbed , then it genuinely has diffeent 'heat' levels, as opposed to just pulsed max heat.
works microwave always used to boil over my porridge, one second liquid is boiling, next it's not (same issue you get on many induction+ceramic hobs )
maybe all flatbeds are invertor ... but the flatbeds aren't so uniform, versus turntable.
 
TheVoice said:
Manual microwaves need to be killed off, genuinely baffled they even still exist.
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I have no idea why you would want to ever program one, I know just from experience how long and what power something will need, I can "eyeball it" just fine. I can adjust things on the fly easy with a quick twist of a knob. Far easier and quicker. I guess not everyone has skills to use a manual one :)
 
BUDFORCE said:
I have no idea why you would want to ever program one, I know just from experience how long and what power something will need, I can "eyeball it" just fine. I can adjust things on the fly easy with a quick twist of a knob. Far easier and quicker. I guess not everyone has skills to use a manual one :)
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Having to use a manual one at work to heat my dinner, it takes longer to make sure I've got it as close to whatever time I want using the dodgy dial than it does to just press the Start button a couple of times on my one at home. Each to their own though, at least the technophobes are still being catered for.
 
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