What to look for when shopping for a Microwave?

[Cyberspirit]

This might not belong on a tech forum like this but new Microwaves have so many setting and stuff they honestly just confuse me.

The one we have now is extremely old and it's barely working so i want to replace it asap.

 

What i'm looking for is something simple. You set the time and it works. Extra features are nice and all but easy use is what really matters.

 

As for budget i don't really want to spend more than 50,000 HUF OR 187,85 USD.

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[Cyracus]

big enough to fit the biggest thing you may want in the microwave, energy efficiency, and then check reviews for what you can find. Haven't seen a simple microwave on store shelves in years...

[babadoctor]

You can buy any microwave for that price and it will be perfectly fine.

 

What are you trying to do with it, make a microwave ray gun?

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

The size and power consumption (though, to be honest, it will be idle most of the time and it's generally not used for long periods). Check reviews before you buy one. If it has a load of issues, it's best to avoid it. 

 

Most of the "features" on things like microwaves are just nonsense and marketing. Things like talking to you when it's done is just pointless. 

 

$190 is a lot for a microwave. I'd personally look at no more than $100 or so. 

[Gaussen]

size

heat per second to max

power

radiation damge

its maybe same way u buy a car

what do you seek

 

[Lurick]

Wifi capable with an app to notify you when things are done  

[Shiv78]

Size, looks, efficiency, brand reliability/general build quality

[Shiv78]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Wifi capable with an app to notify you when things are done  

Why? Microwaves are only on for a few seconds to a few minutes... that would make sense for an oven

[Cyberspirit]

7 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

The size and power consumption (though, to be honest, it will be idle most of the time and it's generally not used for long periods). Check reviews before you buy one. If it has a load of issues, it's best to avoid it. 

Yeah i usually just stand there or prepare other things wile it's running. Don't really use it for longer than a minute or so anyways.

 

8 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Most of the "features" on things like microwaves are just nonsense and marketing. Things like talking to you when it's done is just pointless. 

I don't need anything fancy like that for sure.

 

8 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

$190 is a lot for a microwave. I'd personally look at no more than $100 or so. 

I just set that as a maximum because i don't know where the quality comes in.

[Lurick]

Just now, Shiv78 said:

Why? Microwaves are only on for a few seconds to a few minutes... that would make sense for an oven

Don't question the logic!

Everything must be connected to wifi so I can more easily control the world!

so the robot overlords can better pop the popcorn 

[paddy-stone]

Just now, Oshino Shinobu said:

The size and power consumption (though, to be honest, it will be idle most of the time and it's generally not used for long periods). Check reviews before you buy one. If it has a load of issues, it's best to avoid it. 

 

Most of the "features" on things like microwaves are just nonsense and marketing. Things like talking to you when it's done is just pointless. 

 

$190 is a lot for a microwave. I'd personally look at no more than $100 or so. 

Agree, in fact I'd say around the $60 mark or so for a bog standard microwave, 800/850Watts is enough. So just need to get the correct size to fit the foods/plates etc you want to use in it.

[Cyracus]

2 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

Why? Microwaves are only on for a few seconds to a few minutes... that would make sense for an oven

you call yourself an American?! Show some pride and use your microwave like the rest of the world uses their ovens

[Shiv78]

Just now, Cyracus said:

you call yourself an American?! Show some pride and use your microwave like the rest of the world uses their ovens

whaa...?

[Cyberspirit]

9 minutes ago, Necrodor21 said:

what do you seek

Just a simple microwave that has a numberpad and isn't deadly to use.

The one we have can be turned on while the door is open 

[Lurick]

So long as it has good reviews, has a few buttons for warming, popcorn, etc. and fits in the space you need it to, then it should be plenty. Nothing more than $100 should be needed  

[Gaussen]

Just now, Cyberspirit said:

Just a simple microwave that has a numberpad and isn't deadly to use.

The one we have can be turned on while the door is open 

then find the cheapest but good in market of store

in the way their marketing their product

[Cyracus]

7 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

whaa...?

You gotta have a microwaved turkey sometime, it's the best

[TetraSky]

Eh? There's stuff to look up for when shopping for a microwave?
I just took the cheapest one I saw at Walmart (Some Danby branded one) and it does the job perfectly fine. It's a small 700W Microwave, perfect if you don't have a dedicated wall outlet on its own breaker for microwaves only.

 

It's a microwave, it's not exactly cutting edge tech.

[notawalrus47]

Here is what I like in a microwave:

Good build quality 

1000+ watts

Quiet

See-through door

Defrost mode

[Dash Lambda]

We recently got a new microwave. It's got this really convenient feature called "express cook" that doesn't let you accidentally cook something for a non-integer number of minutes. Because even if you thought that was what you wanted to do, you're mistaken.

 

... So yeah, there are things to avoid. I don't know what to tell you to avoid, though, as express cook seems to normally be a choice, but apparently not always. They were obviously thinking you'd rely on the sensor to do its job, which it does exactly as well as you'd expect a simple vapor sensor to do when it comes to infinitely variable food.

 

1 hour ago, TetraSky said:

It's a microwave, it's not exactly cutting edge tech.

Isn't it amazing that we can say that about a box that can cook food in a couple minutes without even exposing it to heat?

[KingKeith55]

reliability

[Gaussen]

8 hours ago, KingKeith55 said:

reliability

try smash the show off figure

lol

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Necrodor21 said:

 

radiation damge

 

 

??? Afaik that's not how microwaves work, same thing as cell signal radiation myths.

[Gaussen]

39 minutes ago, coolkingler1 said:

??? Afaik that's not how microwaves work, same thing as cell signal radiation myths.

its not the problem at 2017

but it was back in 1st debut area

 

[Cyberspirit]

4 hours ago, coolkingler1 said:

Afaik that's not how microwaves work, same thing as cell signal radiation myths.

 

3 hours ago, Necrodor21 said:

its not the problem at 2017

but it was back in 1st debut area

Eh as long as it doesn't kill me while heating up a glass of milk or something i'm fine with it.