Sharp 1.5 cu. ft. Countertop Stainless Steel 1000...
Strengths: Pretty!
Weakness: Design Defect
It may look pretty, but as an over the range microwave oven it provides nothing but headaches. Even a modest amount of heat from the cook top below causes the microwave oven's pushbutton door latch to deform (melt?) because Sharp chose to save money with plastic rather than metal interior parts. Thus, either the door won't close or one has to pry the latch open each time. The service technician who replaced the assembly (twice) said he had performed almost a dozen similar replacements in the recent past. Subsiquently, it failed two more times for the same reason!
My advice, buy it only if you never plan to use the cook top below.
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Sharp 1.5 cu. ft. Countertop Stainless Steel 1000...
Strengths: Pretty!
Weakness: Design Defect
It may look pretty, but as an over the range microwave oven it provides nothing but headaches. Even a modest amount of heat from the cook top below causes the microwave oven's pushbutton door latch to deform (melt?) because Sharp chose to save money with plastic rather than metal interior parts. Thus, either the door won't close or one has to pry the latch open each time. The service technician who replaced the assembly (twice) said he had performed almost a dozen similar replacements in the recent past. Subsiquently, it failed two more times for the same reason!
My advice, buy it only if you never plan to use the cook top below.
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