Panasonic NN-CT559WBPQ Combination Microwave

This was a replacement for an old Microwave that we have installed in a cabinet so we were very concerned with dimensions. Not just will it fit insode the cabinet but also will it "fill" the space - i.e. we wanted the biggest one that would fit!
In addition to that we use those microwavable plastic vacuum flasks that Aldi sell from time to time and so we also needed one that had a big enough interior to fit the flask. It does and with ample room - all in all this machine managed to be quite tardis like being bigger on the inside than the older one and smaller on the outside. It was also a fair bit lighter which was good as it sits up in a high cabinet.
It's a full 1000w so it's got lots of umph to it. Not had much of a chance to play with the combi or convection yet, but certainly as far as nuking is concerned it does the job.
The only thing I don't like are the buttons which are the layer of thin plastic over small pressure buttons and they have the feel that they might not be particularly hard wearing, but we shall see.

The combination microwave seems to work well, the pre-sets make life easy if you want to select a specific cooking combination, we purchased it mainly for the 1000 watt micro wave part but the convection / micro wave works well with jacket potatoes and the like, yet to try out the grill! <br /><br /><br />
Cooling fan runs on after cooking has completed for about 30 seconds or so, but no big deal really. Chaos defrost works very well indeed, defrosted half kilo of mince very evenly, without cooking the outside part and leaving the inside frozen, which we were used to on our old model !<br /><br /><br />

Bought this as a replacement Sanyo that I had had for 10 years.
I'm not disappointed and am pleased with the Combi features where the Microwave works alonside the grill or convection oven.

Very neat little microwave which does everything my old (huge) one did and it also has a grill to boot. The 1000w power cooks everything much faster too. Because it is so much smaller than my old "double decker bus", I now have room for it on my kitchen worktop rather than out in the utility room. Also the (white) colour doesn't show the marks or dust like the old one. Always happy with the build quality of Panasonic. Still getting used to it but I can't think of anything I don't like about it.