Customer Reviews

RCA RMW953 0.9-Cubic-Foot Microwave Oven, Black

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I love the look and performance of this microwave we've never had a problem with it! We've had it for a little over a year now.

Update: It is now August 2011 and it's still going strong!

I have no complaints whatsoever with this microwave. It works well, and was a good price. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it's not some elaborate fancy device, nor is it really big. It's used mostly for the occasional lunch at work in a small office, so I'm not sure if I would recommend it for someone who wants to use it heavily. That being said, it's a good product for the price and I would purchase it again.

Side note: when I initially purchased this microwave, the box arrived looking like a really big person had sat on it. The microwave was completely bent out of recognition. I of course returned it with no problem and received a replacement microwave, hassle-free.

I really liked the look of the microwave. It was smaller than I thought it was going to be.

My main requirement for a micro is that it be easy to use. I don't cook with the micro, it's a kitchen tool, like my blender, or my knives, so it needs to be super easy to use, one touch, something to aid my cooking, not do my cooking.

This thing has too many necessary steps to work, for me. As an example, if I want to give a quick warm up to my coffee, I want to stick it in and hit one button, but not with this micro - the coffee goes in, then you must push the beverage button, then you must read the screen, it's asking you how many cups are inside, then you pick, "1", then you hit start. Too complicated to just give a few seconds to a lukewarm cup of java. Also, for 1 cup, it puts 1:06 (one minute, 6 seconds) on the timer. It assumes you've got refrigerator-cold liquid inside and you want it hot. I just had lukewarm coffee that I wanted to heat up so I could finish drinking it and it made the coffee so hot that I couldn't touch the cup, and my coffee tasted horrible after it cooled down to a drinkable temp. That entire process, from start to finish, to warm up a cup of coffee, was just too much (especially in the morning, when I need that cup of coffee!!). This is the first microwave I've seen that doesn't have a 30-second or 1-minute button, for just this thing, to "nuke" something for just a few seconds. Microwaves are for convenience, it would seem a convenient 30-second button would be mandatory. So, if I've set the veggies on the table, and they've cooled off, I want to zap them for 15-30 seconds, again, I want one-touch, not 4 steps, including reading the screen.

I can understand how this would be a nice feature if one does some actual cooking in a micro, so if you do want a higher level of function, beyond just a tool to do a quick heat, or a pre-cook (like baked potatoes), this micro would be for you. If you just use it, like I do, as an additional tool in the kitchen, you probably wont like it.

Another thing that bothered me is the beeping. It just beeps too much, of course this is because one has to push so many buttons and it beeps with every push. It beeps when you open the door. It beeps multiple times when the cooking cycle is done, and again every few minutes if you don't get back to the micro to pull out whatever you stuck in. There's no option to turn the beeping off.

It appears to be a solid micro. It's a bit louder than my last one, but not so much that you can't keep talking over it. It's also a little smaller than I expected, didn't fit my favorite large coffee mug, but that's my fault for not reading the dimensions carefully, and that's not a deal breaker, if that had been the only issue, I would have just lived with it, but on top of everything else, I decided to return this microwave after a few days, it just didn't work in my kitchen in the way I need this tool to work with my method of cooking.

I purchased on Janury 13, 2011 and it has stopped working as of today, April 17, 2011. The microwave has stopped heating. I am very displeased with this product and would not recommend it to anyone. I buy a lot of products from Amazon, and I am very displeased about this. I would not even give this any rating. I am completely dissatisfied. This is the RCA 0.9 Cubic-Foot Microwave Oven model RMW953.