Bought a Kenmore microwave in 2003 that served us well until the rotary motor stopped working. Saw good reviews on this one and it was just the right size so we ordered it from Amazon (Great price and super fast free delivery). So far, this thing has performed fabulously. It runs quietly (even the beeper isn't too loud), has great power and power distribution, and the door opener has, so far, operated smoothly and with ease (although we are holding our breath on this item in view of all the negative feedback we see on the door opener).

The only negative I have with this oven is the height of the cooking cavity. The advertised size of 1.6 cu. ft. is right but that size is mostly due to stretching the length and width and sacrificing height. The ceiling of the cavity is so low, we can barely get some of our larger drinking glasses inside. I am seriously doubting whether we would be able to get a large ham or turkey inside.

Only time will tell if this item continues to perform well. Foreign production, poor engineering and shoddy workmanship seems to be the order of today's manufacturing. I just wish we could get better response from our manufacturing base to get making things back into the good old USA with US labor which we need so desperately.

Update 2/21/2011:
Well, this appliance has let us down. It has been steadily going down hill since we started using it and my wife finally asked me to send it back; sadly, 1 day after the 30 day return period expired. It seemed to take longer to reheat and warm things and pop popcorn the first week we used it, and now it is definitely running out of power. It now takes at least 3 times longer to pop popcorn than when it was new and NEVER pops without leaving a large amount of unpopped kernels (it doesn't even have the power to burn the popcorn, no matter how long you let it run). The wife complains that it can't even soften a stick of butter in a decent time. Reheating food in either plates or bowls is frustrating. What a disgusting letdown. Good old foreign and cost saving manufacturing at work!!!

We are now paying a premium price to have our previous old reliable microwave brought back to life. It will certainly be worth it to get back to efficiency and reliability!

Update 9/16/2011:
My wife alerted me to something about when we were using this unit but I never knew until she told me recently; We have DirecTV and she said that she had noticed that when the TV was on and this microwave was turned on, the DirecTV receiver gave a bad weather picture and showed an alert that reception was being compromised. I couldn't stand this so, I took this thing out of the garage, where I had stored it for emergencies, and plugged it in. Sure enough, every time I turned it on at any setting, the DirecTV lost picture and gave a reception warning. This was a good 15-20 feet from the TV. This thing may have a dangerous microwave leakage problem and I am reporting this to the proper authorities. I have also decided to junk the thing to get it out of my life.
Bought a Kenmore microwave in 2003 that served us well until the rotary motor stopped working. Saw good reviews on this one and it was just the right size so we ordered it from Amazon (Great price and super fast free delivery). So far, this thing has performed fabulously. It runs quietly (even the beeper isn't too loud), has great power and power distribution, and the door opener has, so far, operated smoothly and with ease (although we are holding our breath on this item in view of all the negative feedback we see on the door opener). The only negative I have with this oven is the height of the cooking cavity. The advertised size of 1. 6 cu. ft. is right but that size is mostly due to stretching the length and width and sacrificing height. The ceiling of the cavity is so low, we can barely get some of our larger drinking glasses inside. I am seriously doubting whether we would be able to get a large ham or turkey inside. Only time will tell if this item continues to perform well. Foreign production, poor engineering and shoddy workmanship seems to be the order of today's manufacturing. I just wish we could get better response from our manufacturing base to get making things back into the good old USA with US labor which we need so desperately. Update 2/21/2011:
Well, this appliance has let us down. It has been steadily going down hill since we started using it and my wife finally asked me to send it back; sadly, 1 day after the 30 day return period expired. It seemed to take longer to reheat and warm things and pop popcorn the first week we used it, and now it is definitely running out of power. It now takes at least 3 times longer to pop popcorn than when it was new and NEVER pops without leaving a large amount of unpopped kernels (it doesn't even have the power to burn the popcorn, no matter how long you let it run). The wife complains that it can't even soften a stick of butter in a decent time. Reheating food in either plates or bowls is frustrating. What a disgusting letdown. Good old foreign and cost saving manufacturing at work!!! We are now paying a premium price to have our previous old reliable microwave brought back to life. It will certainly be worth it to get back to efficiency and reliability! Update 9/16/2011:
My wife alerted me to something about when we were using this unit but I never knew until she told me recently; We have DirecTV and she said that she had noticed that when the TV was on and this microwave was turned on, the DirecTV receiver gave a bad weather picture and showed an alert that reception was being compromised. I couldn't stand this so, I took this thing out of the garage, where I had stored it for emergencies, and plugged it in. Sure enough, every time I turned it on at any setting, the DirecTV lost picture and gave a reception warning. This was a good 15-20 feet from the TV. This thing may have a dangerous microwave leakage problem and I am reporting this to the proper authorities. I have also decided to junk the thing to get it out of my life.