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Overall, I'm pretty happy with my purchase. I chose to go with this brand because of the extensive online reviews everywhere and a "feeling" this may be a better choice than the cheaper brands and perhaps not cause a fire when it's out of sight. Basically it does what it says so I won't waste time going into everything already covered elsewhere. Here's what I've discovered that new buyers MIGHT find helpful. The obvious question... How do I know how long to heat my frozen entree when I'm just starting out? Answer: Look at the microwave instructions! Assume the average microwave is 1100 watts and then multiply the time by 27. Why 27??? Because 1100/40 watts is 27.5... Meaning it will take the 40 watt heating element 27 times longer to consume the same amount of energy as the microwave. So if your entree says microwave it for 3 minutes... try about 80 minutes (or less to be safe). Is this fool proof??? Absolutely not, it's called a rule of thumb and you can adjust it from there as you gain experience. No 2 foods will reheat the same but at least the frozen entree people gave us a clue as to how much energy they think we should pump into their creation to bring it back to life. Does it work for refrigerated leftovers, you ask??? Sure, except YOU must come up with a microwave time and power setting YOU would normally use to reheat leftovers. 3 mins at 50% power??? 50% power = (1100/2) = 550 550/40 = 13.75 x 3 mins you'd normally reheat = 41.25 mins in the mini There're multiple ways to do the math. Just imagine you're throwing watts into a bowl for a certain period of time and then ask yourself how many minutes it would take if you only throw 40 watts per minute into the bowl instead of 1100. I hope that's not too confusing and that someone is helped by it.