GE JES0736SPSS 0.7 cu. ft. Countertop Microwave Oven with 700 Watts - Stainless Steel

[[ASIN:B002X7669C GE JES0736SPSS Stainless Steel Countertop Microwave Oven]
Quick review: Totally satisfied after 8 months of moderate use. Excellent value.

My wife and I looked at every small (-1 cubic ft) microwave at all prices before choosing this one. We have a very small kitchen in our condo and counter space is at a premium. We've had this unit for 8 months and it has performed flawlessly with daily moderate use. We use it mostly for baked potatoes, leftovers, popcorn, defrosting, etc, so we haven't subjected it to heavy use. Although it's only 700 watts, it gets the job done in a reasonable amount of time (2 medium potatoes in 9 minutes). The black/stainless steel casing and classic styling appealled to us also. Our dinner plates fit on the turntable with just a little room to spare.

At this point, I don't think we could be more satisfied with our purchase ($69.95 at Lowes), especially since we considered models 3X the price. Our previous...Read more

This General Electric microwave works fine as far as cooking things or heating up water; but my menu display has never worked. I can see the menu on the machine; but what the microwave is actually doing does not show up. It is a low powered microwave; so it takes a while to cook with it. I use it daily for cooking food and heating up water for tea or soup.

Underneath the rotating plate rusted as water from boiling water dripped down onto the inside of the microwave. So the plastic or polymer covering came off the bottom; but it works fine still spins around as it works. The light comes on when I open the door more than a year and a half later since I got it. It does not take up much space.

We recently needed to replace our microwave. We chose this smaller, less powerful model and we are only somewhat satisfied. It takes significantly longer than anticipated to defrost, heast frozen items; i.e., frozen vegetables. We do not use our microwave for significant cooking tasks so we thought for the price this would be a good fit. It is okay. Not sure I would buy it again; but we aren't taking it back at this point either.GE JES0736SPSS Stainless Steel Countertop Microwave Oven