Does the job, looks great but frustrating to use for simple tasks
3/5
This microwave does the job and fits in with my neff n50 ovens. The door opening is pretty cool. My main frustration with it is the dial takes so long to get to one minute as it counts up in seconds. My old microwave went up in larger increments so was much quicker. It also is annoying that the start button doesn't do an auto 30seconds or a minute. A large portion of the buttons is taken up by choosing the power level....but who realistically uses lower power levels unless you are defrosting something? This could have been 1 button not 6! I haven't tried the programs but again, who really uses programs especially when you have to read the manual to know what each one does (my old micro had them listed inside the door). I'm trying out using the memory option to get me up to 1 minute faster then using the dial. The end beep is also annoying because it doesn't seem to stop beeping until you stop it yourself. I haven't used any other micro that does this. It's annoying when you need to leave the food to sit for a bit anyway so you don't need to remove it straight away and yet you still have to tend to the beeping! I think Neff weren't thinking about what users REALLY want and use but too busy trying to make us use fancy settings. If you don't need it to match your other appliances I would choose a more user orrientated microwave.
