Panasonic NN-H965WF Luxury Full-Size 2-1/5-Cubic-Foot 1250-Watt Microwave Oven, White

Panasonic NN-H965WF Luxury Full-Size 2-1/5-Cubic-Foot 1250-Watt Microwave Oven, White Panasonic Inverter technology delivers true low, medium, and high power levels, This targets the center of your food instead of leaving overcooked edges or cold spots. Due to the design of this technology, you also get 2.2 cubic feet of space, while the microwave remains compact on the outside.
Customer Review: Lousy microwave
We bought this microwave at Bestbuy after doing some research into what's a dependable model. We paid $165 on June 30. Today is Aug 12, and the microwave broke already! We don't abuse our appliances and are basically gentle users. Today I tried to heat up some frozen bread for 10 sec, and it goes on for 1 sec and turns off by itself. The turntable no longer turns. I tried all the other features, and the same thing happens - it turns on for a sec or 2, and then lights out. What a piece of junk! How can they sell an appliance that lasts less than 6 weeks??????????
Customer Review: Nice oven with a few drawbacks
Our twelve-year-old Kenmore finally died. After a lot of research, we finally decided on this brand and model.



Pros:

This is a large oven. Anything that doesn't fit probably should not be cooked in a microwave anyway. It is a powerful oven. Things that took 90 seconds in our old oven only take 60 seconds in this one. Function programming allows you to turn the clock on/off and the beeper on/off (see Cons). Operating noise is very low. Full-power cooking requires only setting cook time and pressing start. The "Sensor Reheat" function works well as long as your food is not covered (and anything with tomato products or beans probably should be covered).



Cons:

Our biggest complaint is the noise it creates when closing the door. This produces a very loud, tinny clang that can be heard all through the house.



Although it is a large oven, it is lightweight and quite often pushing the door release will slide the entire oven backwards.



Changing the power level requires pressing the power level button multiple times - e.g., defrosting at 30% level requires pushing the power level eight times. Our old oven required only two - power level and 3 on the keypad.



Likewise, setting nine minutes on the "Quick Min" function requires pushing the "Quick Min" button nine times and then pressing start. Our old oven required only pushing "Quick Cook" and 9 on the keypad (without having to press start).



The keypad had no tactile feel. If you turn off the beep function, you need to pay close attention to the display to make sure the key you pressed actually activated. Turning off the beep function also turns off the end-of-cycle beep. Since the end-of-cycle beep is not nearly as loud and irritating as our old oven, we chose to leave this function "on."



Conclusion:

Although not perfect, we are satisfied overall after using this unit for two months. Based on a number of other reviews, we did purchase the extended warranty.