Sanyo EM-U1000W Compact Microwave Oven, White

If all you care about is that it works well, then it does. My main complaint is that it is very noisy - I can hear the motor or fan running even when I go to another room. Plus, when the time is up it beeps 4 times but doesn't stop there - it then cycles between silence and doing the 4 beeps until you finally run to it in desperation to get it to shut up.

My other complaints:
a)It appears from the title that it is 1000W when it really is only 800W so if you don't read the box carefully you are not getting as powerful a microwave as you think you are.
b)The plastic door hooks stick out quite a bit and are on the open side of the door. I have hooked my sleeve on them several times when reaching for or putting food into the microwave or knocked the lid off something when pulling it out.

I have purchased this microwave and used it for over a year. I really like it, and it is packed with nice features and well built.

Highlights:
- bright LED that displays the time and cooking settings. It has 2 colors: green and red.(compared to a LCD on most cheaper ovens - I am not mentioning mechanical jogs ones).
- Nice handle to open and close the oven door
- 800W cooking power: it has been plenty for me, and it is power efficient on the electrical bill side.
- Supports multi-stage cooking with preselections
- Original design
- Easy to clean touchpad
- Nice build quality, no loose parts
- Turn table of over 10 inches is a quite respectable size for this oven.
- Reduced footprint on the counter top space.

Got this for my mom and have used it several times myself. It's compact enough to fit sideways on a narrow counter, which is what she needed. My only warning is about the popcorn button. It leaves the bag about half-popped. I'm assuming that you can set the timer for a longer cook time and have it do better, though. It also doesn't have a convenient quick-cook button (Minute Plus type). But it does a great job overall and is pretty.