• "Serves its purpose well"

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I purchased this microwave as an addition to my dorm room. I would have liked a high-powered microwave, but restraints on space and money stopped me. For the price and for the size, this microwave works rather well. There are some extra functions, but I just use the regular microwaving. The only thing that I do not like about the microwave is that its internal rotating dish is not very stable, and is prone to shifting off its base with even a slightly unbalanced load. Even so, it was a worthwhile purchase.

(4 Stars)

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• "it's nice"

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it has several nice features :
- a very good size display (i see it from a realy far place).
- i like the features it has & specially the temperature feature.
- i also like the idea that it doesn't have wire which makes it easy to put anywhere
- it's slim

- the back light feature is very nice BUT it stayes for EXREMELY VERY SHORT TIME.

(4 Stars)

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• "Great Micro"

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We bought this when we did a kitchen remodel 3+ years ago, and it's still nuking along just fine. It looks great, heats-up perfectly, and has every feature my wife and I need. Highly recommended!

(5 Stars)

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• "Great microwave-toaster-griller-small oven!"

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After reading extensive reviews here and elsewhere, I bit the bullet and ponied up for the expensive little thing, and must agree with the reviewer who said Sharp clearly doesn't know what a great thing they have here, or else they have the worst marketing plan in history. This is a TERRIFIC appliance! It has replaced my old toaster oven and microwave. How much room would that save in YOUR kitchen?
There is more functionality than I normally use, so I'll stick to the things I use it for.
1. First, it does boil water as fast as any other high-powered microwave. The reviewer who wrote otherwise clearly had a defective unit. It's a flawless microwave with flat, easy to clean surfaces, even heating, and a silent turntable. It took me a while to get my head around microwaving with a metal turntable, but it works. I have not had the courage yet to microwave with the 'small, flat' pieces of aluminum foil the manual says you may cover dishes with, but I will try it since everything else they've claimed it does, it does.
2. It does make perfectly fine toast, but I have noticed the length of time varies. A bagel will toast in the same time as my old toaster, about 4 minutes, but sliced bread does take longer, about 7 minutes. To me this isn't a drawback, just worth noting.
3. The grill feature is excellent, heating up small batches of crispy or fried things much faster than my big oven or old toaster oven could. This function is flawless.
4. The convection feature heats casseroles or bakes chicken in exactly half the time of any conventional oven, as it should. The exhaust above the top of the unit (from the fan) can be warm, although the unit remains touchable. I don't see a hazard here, but I would abide their recommended clearances on top, and not store things that would suffer from heat(I have moved my bananas).
5. Compu-serve setting are usful, but you need to read the manual if you intend to use metal cookware, as some setting incorporate microwave cooking for part of the cycle. I use only pyrex, and never think about it.
In conclusion, buy with optimism, read the manual (really) and if you don't think it's performing well, return it for another one because it really works wonders! This is a fantstic tool.

(5 Stars)

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