Nostalgia Electrics RMO-400RED Retro Series .9 CF Microwave Oven, Red

I very much wanted to enjoy this microwave due to its appearance. Looked darling in my kitchen! Alas, it does not function past three minutes. That's right. Try to cook a microwave meal in it for more than three minutes and poof it mysteriously shuts itself off and will not start again for several minutes. Trying to fool it by cooking for 2 minutes, followed by another 2 minutes does not work, either.

Perhaps I just got a lemon (it is red, though) and it shuts itself off because it was poorly made. Not going to take a chance with another one, though. I returned it just in the nick of time and will look for a better brand now.

Horrible product. I orginially bought it because I thought it would be super cute in my kitchen and thought, "It's just a microwave of course it's going to work". No. Day one we heated a plate of leftovers and the top of the microwave got so hot you couldn't even touch it. After two minutes it automatically shut down completely. We unplugged it, waited a few minutes and plugged it back in...nothing. Day two, we used it to warm my tea up (2 minutes) and it shut down after a minute into it. Then it never worked again. It's being returned back as we speak.

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There is something poorly made about the electronics in this microwave. Looks great, worked great for the first week.

Suddenly (and JUST after I finished breaking down the box it came in, no less) it stopped working. The only function I can actually do is microwave... the four buttons under the dial don't work anymore (clock, express, stop/cancel and power level). So I can still heat food up, but how much do you want to bet that if after a week this thing stops working to this extent... I'm not in for a good run?

I hear amazon returns are easy, here's hoping. But I have no car or anything, and need to get a box to ship somehow. And maybe even need to get somewhere to ship it?

Yeah, in other words, it's hugely disappointing to me that this microwave could not be relied on. I am in for another couple weeks without a nuker.

Update: It worked again when I left it unplugged for a while, in my case, overnight. But I am wary now... it seems there must be something in its electronics that is iffy. So I will say three stars, in that it works great while it works, but I shall be forever unsure whether it will.

And lo: as I probably should have expected, within a day of it working again, it again doesn't work. Don't buy this POS.

Five month Update: I am lazy, so I've found myself not returning it, just using it with only the dial. It works as a microwave, but I can't use any of the button functionality, all I can do is nuke things on standard power for a given time. So, the rating will remain the same, but on the humanitarian side, if you are interested in my plight, I've managed to make it work acceptably. Choose more wisely than I did!

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I saw this red and chrome microwave at a store and fell in love, but the box was damaged and it was the last one left. I came home and checked on Amazon and, of course, found it for much less and with free shipping. I bought on Saturday and it arrived on Tuesday morning. That is fantastic! I read a lot of reviews on the other colors, and some complained that it was noisy. It was loud at first, but now after a week it seems fine. I'm not sure if I'm used to it now or if it has settled down. I tend to think it is actually not as loud now. Also, there was a metallic piece of chipboard on the right side of the interior. I was not sure if it was packing material or not, and I popped it out and heated something up and my microwave-safe plate cracked. I put the rectangular piece back in and have not had that problem again. So, only remove the tape on the outside of the door and untie the cables in the back when you are setting up. I wish they made a similar model vented for under the cabinet/above the stove. But this one takes up less precious counter space than my previous GE microwave, and I really like the retro styling. Big Chill is coming out with one for $595, which makes this quite a bargain.

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This is a piece of crap! 2 seconds into the 1st cup of coffee warming, severe acrid smell of burned electric motor & noisy as HELL..

I wouldn't trust drinking or eating anything this has heated up. Should have listened to the previous reviews that said the same thing and not the enthusiastic ones.

This is a "retro-vive-polished" turd, but it's still a turd. Can't even find the country of manufacture on the box.

Too bad, they could have done something really cool, instead went for the cheap visual effect.

I know Amazon sells hundreds on thousands of items and can't check them all, but this... So sorry I bought it, sending it back right away...

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