Review on 🍳 Panasonic NN-SN966S Stainless Steel Microwave Oven: Inverter Technology, Genius Sensor, 2.2 Cubic Foot, 1250W by Kenneth Harris

I did a lot of research, read reviews etc before clicking on this. To be honest I didn't want a microwave that big, but it seemed to be the only microwave I found that cost less than $400. either way, it didn't have bad reviews in the one-star category, at least on the Best Buy website. One of the reasons I say this is that I've noticed that reviews of this unit on Revain appear to be using a different model number. Take a look for yourself and I think you'll see that there is something suspicious here if the reviewer's headline says a different model number than this device, which is NN-SN 97Js. Just wanted to clear this up and just for fun I noticed that there are some bad one star reviews here on Revain but the Best Buy reviews for the NN-SN 97Js are all pretty good. Let's get to the meat and potato stuff. I am very happy with the microwave so far. I can actually read the names in the control panel and they seem to work fine. This is always a big problem for me with any control panel these days as sometimes they can wear out early. Of course I hope for the best. I've only cooked a few dishes in it so far, but they seemed to cook very evenly, probably better than my old microwave. I love that it's quieter than my old microwave and doesn't sound like a B-52 bomber when you turn it on. I feel lucky because when I was looking for places to take it if it was guaranteed to break, I found one here in San Diego. I also bought a 4 year extended warranty from Asurian and apparently they will send you a prepaid sticker if you need to mail it. To my knowledge you can only use the Panasonic warranty for the first year and the remaining 3 years are covered by the Asurian extended warranty. In other words, the Asurian starts the countdown of the day you buy the microwave. The good news for me is that it only costs about $44 or so. I noticed a reviewer complain about how ridiculous and complicated the programming and technical design of this device was, but it's not too bad for me. You will need to press the power button 11 times to get to the heat setting, but you will need to press the button a different number of times depending on the power setting you want. He's probably right that they could use the numeric keypad for power settings, but I can live with that. I like it, according to some literature, the power settings are "real" power settings, not just some crappy setting where the microwave pauses briefly just to give the impression that you're cooking it at a lower temperature. In other words, let's say if you cook on power level 3, your food will actually take longer to cook. I think 3 is the number you would use for defrosting. Overall I'm satisfied and it has everything I need in a microwave. The real test, of course, is how long it lasts and/or if they honor the warranty when needed, and so on. I will make it my mission to update this review after using it for a sufficient amount of time. Markus Trainer.