Panasonic NN-S553BF 1.2-Cubic-Foot 1350-Watt Microwave, Black

3 months after I got this microwave it quit working! It slowly started losing power until it would not heat a cup of water but the top of the microwave got very hot to the touch.
I had to take it to an authorized repair center to have it fixed and I don't have it back yet but I hope it lasts this time.
I don't know if this is just a fluke but I am done with panasonic. They used to make good products but this is the second microwave that has had problems for me.

About 6 months ago after moving into a new basement apartment I decided to get a microwave oven, for the best ratet units and pricing of course I did the research online. Epinions, Amazon and other places and decided to get this unit based on some reviews over at Epinions.com, turns out it was a good decision. The other reviews here so far would suggest that the microwave has issues....well I guess those issues just decided to skip my unit though (as of this date) 5 reviews does not a conclusion make. For me it just works, like a microwave oven is supposed to, you put food in, it heats it, no burning, no popping it just works. Unfortunate to hear others have had issues, so far going strong multiple uses daily for the last 6 months.

Features:

Inversion cooking -- and that's exactly what it does...you can hear the power of the unit steadily decreasing as the time ticks by and then restarting, according to Panasonic this leads to more even cooking. It appears to work as this...Read more

I also had this microwave blow completely up. I've had mine less than a year as well although I didn't purchase it from Amazon. My story is pretty much the same as the other reviewers it suddenly started losing its heating capacity and while baking a potato there was a loud pop and the thing started smoking like a chimney. Since they want to manufacture everything in China as this microwave was Panasonic only gets one shot at my business. This was their shot. Next!