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FWIW here's a perfect microwave. I bought it around year 2000 I think. https://imgur.com/JMaM70x https://imgur.com/JMaM70x

• mrob 9y ago
  Agreed. The newer Samsung is an inferior cost-reduced version of this design. The old version is better because the time can be set purely by muscle memory. The new version uses a rotary encoder, where you need multiple turns to set a time. The required back-and-forth movement of the hand is too complex for muscle memory. The rotary encoder skips steps if you move it too fast. The time dial does not move as it counts down, so you're forced to read the display to check the remaining time instead of just glancing at the dial. The only real improvement is the replacement of the door opening button with a more intuitive door handle.
  • TeMPOraL 9y ago
    > The only real improvement is the replacement of the door opening button with a more intuitive door handle. Actually, it's not an improvement. A door opening button is easy to operate with one hand; a handle needs two in order not to shift the microwave. At least all the microwaves I've seen have doors requiring noticeable amount of force to open. My guess is it's to avoid the situation in which a large dish rotating inside pushes on the doors and opens it.
    • clarry 9y ago
      I can open my own as well as family members' microwaves' doors by the handle with one hand just fine, without shifting it. The trick is a snappy tug.
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