GE Countertop Microwave Oven, 1.4 Cubic Ft., 1,100-watt Capacity, 7 Auto Cooking Settings, Child-Lock Technology, Kitchen Essentials for the Countertop, Dorm Room or Apartment, White | 7 Convenience Cook Settings, One-Touch Controls, Child Lock Technology, Glass Turntable, for Kitchen, Dorm, Office, Apartment

I've had this microwave for a few months now. The packaging was perfect upon arrival. It works great. Food seems to cook faster than my old microwave, which is fine. I'm used to it now. The "all white" color was exactly what I was looking for. It is great in my modern white kitchen. It's a great size to fit under kitchen cabinets. Not tiny dorm size. Not gigantic. Really pretty perfect! My only issue that was confusing was the automatic "childproof latch". It's not that complicated to turn off, but I was a bit confused at first. All you do it turn a phillips head screwdriver into the locking screw. It turns it off permanently or until you choose to reactivate it. See diagram in my photos. The directions come in the box also.

Great microwave

Really like this microwave. Had one just like it that lasted 10 yrs. It cost more this time, but I think it's worth it. I had a hard time finding a mid- size microwave in white.

It's nice, I like it.

Delivery via UPS was a nightmare, but the oven more than made up for that. My first impression is that it's bigger than I thought it'd be (I can never envision things when measurements are stated). I thought it would be considerably smaller than my discarded microwave but, in fact, it's bigger. First thing you have to know: The child lock is very easy to disable so do it before it makes you think the door won't open or before it annoys you. One of the customer videos shows how to do this (click the video link then look down the right side of the video section and you'll find it). Second, try it out immediately before tossing the box into your recycling bin. Some reviewers found fault with its performance and if you get one of those lemons, you're going to need the box to send it back. The oven does make noise while it's working so don't let the noise (which is minor) upset you. It's just how it works. Some even complain about the beeps when the food is done cooking. I like the beeps. I can hear them two rooms away (all very open space) and it lets me know when it's time to go back in the kitchen. It's really not very loud, but I could hear it even with the TV on. I thought, at first, it'd be impossible to set cooking time till I saw the button for time cook and saw that it disables those preset time on the 1 thru 6 buttons. It adds one more step to setting the time cook function but I found that it bothers me not at all. Setting the clock is also super easy. I don't know if I'll ever use the special function buttons, but I may try out the popcorn one sometime. Reheat is also interesting. I can attest to the success of microwaving a frozen meal. Worked perfectly. The enclosed instructions said you can adjust the power but I couldn't figure out how to do because the instructions didn't explain that. I asked Rufus and the answer solved my problem. First press the "time cook" button, press the buttons for the time you want to cook, press the power button and then enter the level on the key pad (that's the part Rufus knew that I didn't know), then hit start. Till Rufus said to enter the level on the key pad, I just kept pressing the power button and nothing changed. It stayed at high. I had thought I was going to have to return the oven and reorder it, so I'm giving Rufus a standing ovation for his help. If I had to come up with a complaint it would be the visibility of the buttons. That could just be my problem because my vision isn't great. I solved the problem by putting a small lamp where the light falls on the buttons. It wasn't easy to find an oven with the right wattage and color from a company I can trust, but I have one of the GE Cafe toaster ovens and absolutely love it so I took the plunge after reading reviews for a bunch of other microwave ovens and seeing how few seemed to have low numbers of one-star reviews. Compared to others, this one is a champ. I also narrowed my search to ovens sold by Amazon rather than third party sellers because Amazon is easier to deal with than some third parties are (which I discovered when shopping for both microwaves and computers recently). Overall, I like this microwave more than I liked the Panasonic I had for many years, and I loved that one -- thus, this is a winner.

On opening the box it had the one page instructions for the childlock was taped to the box in such a way that it ripped and was basically unreadable. So I got it up on my counter, and tried to open the door, several times. Checked the ripped paper and had to piece it together and figure it out as most of it was unreadable. Finally got it open to find the instruction maual inside was more warnings and foreign languages than anything. Only after reading that did I know for sure I had accidently used the childlock/unlock correctly. BTW---having a childlock on your microwave is a bit ridiculous don't you think? --ALSO NOTE: When I purchased this, your screen was NOT full of all the *this has a child lock* on it. In fact, there was nothing about it at ALL. You've lost stars as a result. As for the microwave itself, it's fine, does what it's supposed to, but the "ready to use" buttons heat levels are off, for ex: the beverage button, using tap water did not make it hot enough for tea, even adding 30 seconds, so those buttons are useless. It's quiet enough in use, and I like the beep volume, and that it beeps twice, unlike my old one. It looks good on my green countertop.--This is a day later, I lifted the turntable out to clean it, and the thing it sits on DOESN'T remove--WTH kinda thing is THAT GE? It is a definite pain in the butt to try and clean. I REALLY cannot recommend this, OR the seller. They saw my comment about the childproof lock and the next time I checked, the WHOLE PAGE was about the childproof lock and how to unlock it. Honestly? I REALLY hope no one buys anything from this seller. Worst one I've come across. If I could give this zero stars I would, just because of the seller.

I Love My new Microwave! This has so many preset buttons for different types of food or warming up beverages. I love the all white face in my kitchen. So glad my old one broke so I could get this one. It was pricier than the others but I think well worth it!

I am very happy with this GE microwave. It is easy to use and is attractive.