Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've never been so happy with a microwave. It is wide enough to allow the defrosting of a long block of chicken thighs, yet short enough to fit in the limited space I have to stash it. If you yearn for modest height and generous width, this is your oven. It's quiet. It looks GREAT. It beeps to let you know when it's time to turn something over you are defrosting, but won't shut off and wait for you to turn it. (Turning is optional.) It's clear from a bar indicator what power level you have set and is operating, which makes it easy to tell from a distance. More on defrosting: My last micro only allowed up to 2.4 lbs in the display, so for that chicken block I was eternally re-defrosting. Not this baby. Bring on your big freezer items, as long as they aren't too tall. Up to 6 lbs can be entered in the display. That "ENJOY YOUR MEAL" message that moves across the display when the cooking cycle ends is a nice touch. UPDATES: 8/02/2010- It's still doing the job and looking great. 9/26/2013- Had a problem with the turntable dolly getting stuck in a spot where paint had come off. It was in the path of the wheels. That caused one of them to flatten. Instead of ordering a new dolly from Panasonic I tossed the old one. The turntable balances easily on the rotating spindle underneath it without a dolly. Just center the food and it balances. If I had it to do it over again I would have tossed the dolly from the outset, to reduce wear and simplify cleaning. I filled the spot with acrylic paint about a year ago, and it's holding up fine. Outside the unit still looks beautiful.