Customer Reviews

Emerson 900-Watt Microwave - MW8987B

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(15)

 

 

My husband & I received this Emerson Microwave as a wedding present. It occasionally shut off for extended periods of time. It hummed very loudly. At times it would make loud sparking noises even when there was microwave safe dishes being heated. It lasted for 1 1/2 yrs. One day I was heating up water for tea & it wouldn't get anything hot. We replaced it with another brand.

this piece lasted only for 6 months. going to buy a better stuff than this one. i would not recommend this item for purchase.

This microwave was used once for two minutes. On the second use at 3.5 minutes, I noticed smoke coming out. The plastic on the inside of the door was melted, as was the glass PROTECTIVE??? panel. The paint was burnt black and flaked off. The metal exterior was hot enough that we could not touch the microwave oven until it cooled down. What a freaking nightmare!!! The house smelled like burnt plastic and metal for hours. What a peice of junk. If only Target or Emerson would refund the time and gas to take this charred peice of metal and plastic back for a refund.

I bought my emerson microwave almost exactly two years ago now at target. up until recently it worked great, and I have taken good care of it, cleaning it inside and out on a regular basis--it still looks brand new. now all of a sudden it won't work. won't melt butter. won't heat tea. won't defrost anything! and if it does decide to work, afterward it makes this scary crackling noise deep inside of the case, so I just unplugged it; it seems to be unsafe. all of the microwaves my family or I have ever had (made by other companies) have always worked for years and years, so this has been rather surprising. I can't get this microwave serviced because the warranty is limited to one year and it would cost as much to get it fixed as it would to just get a new microwave. I give the microwave two stars instead of one because it worked so well for the two years i have had it. I didn't get my money's worth and am not planning on ever buying an emerson product again.

After owning our last (giant) microwave for 15 years, we decided to replace it with a smaller microwave. After 3 months, it just stopped working. Their 1-800 helpline is a complete waste of time, with no service areas near (even in the large Atlanta market) or advice on how to repair the model. The lower price was not worth the hassle and I will not buy an Emerson product again.

We have owned this microwave less than 6 months and the SUPPOSEDLY heavy duty rotating plate snapped itself right down the middle for no apparent reason. NO warranty contact information was provided with the item - possible packaging mistake!?! Without it, you are not supposed to even use the oven. I will give it this, it does an OK job on SMALL items like veggies of oatmeal but manufacturing standards are now questionable.

I got this Microwave from Target 2 years and 2 months ago and used it semi-regularly. After having it for only a month, my 4-year old even torched a piece of pizza inside of it and it still kept going. Just last week it quit heating things - no cooking, melting, boiling, defrosting, nothing. I've never heard the cracking that other people have described. My friends and family members have had their microwaves for years, even up to a decade or more! Is this one, by brand or by design, really that inferior to everything else? I was hoping that this is a case of perhaps a fuse needing to be replaced. Sadly, my daughter will end up with the fanciest "play microwave" in my subdivision. If you want to replace your microwave in 2 years, I recommend this item.

This is a good microwave with one major flaw: A little bacon grease got splattered on the plastic shield over the piece I will ignorantly call the "Emitter". What resulted was much burning and smoking and a phenomenon I can only describe as electricity arcing..as if I had angered Thor, the god of Thunder. It takes much scraping of a kitchen sponge to get the little burnt bits out, otherwise there's more fireworks. I am still using this microwave, because, I am a idiot and won't buy another one just quite yet. I'm waiting to take out half my apartment complex with my stupidity.Seriously, I'm buying Panasonic next time.

I got this microwave from Target, and it looks nice and snazzy. Unfortunately, it doesn't heat anything. It just spins the food around in circles. I thought maybe it was just a default in the one I got, but after seeing all the other reviews with the same problem and even fire hazards...this one's going back!

Sept. 27, 2003. Took this microwave home three-months ago thinking the Emerson name would be dependable. How wrong I was. The microwave performed well for the first couple months and then one day just stopped heating. Yes, appliances do break. But after three-months? It was only used about once a day. Spend your money on a Sharp, Samsung, GE, Panasonic, Kenmore or any other top performer. This Emerson microwave is a dud. Shop around.