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Bosch Black 25L Microwave HMT84M461B
on 15 March 2012
Item was delivered promptly and fits the bill for what we wanted. We were replacing a 20 year old Panasonic Dimension 4 combination gril microwave, which though it had served us well, was looking a bit tatty, was very heavy, was taking up too much room and was a little under powered compared to modern microwaves. Our old one have a top power level of 600 watts this one can go up to 900, if required.
What we liked about this one, compared to others, was the 25 litre size. Lot's of the others were a little to small inside for what we needed. This one was ideal, it takes a fair sized plate with no problem, without the outside dimensions being much bigger(if at all) than other models that have less inside room.
It is well made and solid enough, without being too heavy and is very easy to operate, no complicated menu systems to work out.
We have it on a worktop, where pushing the door open button, does not make it slip backwards like some other models do. If you do have a problem with that , there are a couple of grooves underneath the machine, in line with the door push, that you can hold while pushing, to keep it steady, if need be.
The rotary control pushes back inside the machine to present a clean outline. It looks very good in our kitchen and is very easy to operate.
I saw on another review elsewhere, that someone was complaining that the beep the machine makes went on for ages after the food had been cooked. Well they didn't read the manual?? The machine defaults to a rather long winded 30 beeps when left to it's factory settings but this can be altered to a three beep setting, by a couple of seconds push on one of the buttons which it then remembers..You might have to reset this if you have a power cut though.
A well made machine, with a white paint interior, very simple to use. All in all exactly what we wanted.
This is not the quietest of microwaves but I wouldn't consider it over noisy either and the fan carries on after cooking has completed.
There is a video review on You Tube which people might want to have a look at.
I will put the link here, if Amazon allows it.