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Review on 🚪 Top-Quality Lifetime Appliance 8169738 Door Handle: Compatible with Whirlpool Microwave by James Lighting

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Cheap but accurate replacement

Let's face it. The reason you would want to buy this is because the original door knob for your microwave oven was made out of cheap plastic that breaks incredibly easily. This is an exact replacement for him. It's terrible quality, but that's how the original device was designed. It is very difficult to fix. It was almost impossible to pry off the outer plastic ring in the microwave door without breaking part of it. I broke a few pieces, but luckily none of them were important for the door to work properly again. Once you remove the outer ring, the inner ring will be even more difficult to remove. First, don't forget to remove the three screws that are visible from the outside of the door. After trying unsuccessfully for 30 minutes to pry the inside of the door from the outside, I found a YouTube video where a guy with an Eastern European accent explained that I should use dollar coins to hold the plastic pins in place. while pushing the inside of the door away from the outside. Although it sounded a bit strange, I gave it a try and ended up splitting the two even though I had spent $1.25 in quarters plus a nickel. From there, all I had to do was remove the two screws holding what was left of my old doorknob, replace the doorknob, and reassemble everything. The point is this. You want to take the time to fix something that you will most likely have to replace at some point because the new pen is made from the same cheap junk as the original, or you'd rather just buy a brand new microwave and replace it with one without a doorknob? Personally, I wasn't willing to shell out a few hundred dollars for a new microwave. I will probably buy another of these doorknobs in about a year. The third time I'll probably just buy a new microwave, but by then hopefully I'll be rich and famous and not have to worry about which option is budget friendly and can instead get the option that requires the least amount of fuss. on my part. However, until I get rich and famous, I'll be stuck in an endless cycle of having to replace that doorknob for eternity.

Pros
  • Great for me
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