Seeking a replacement for my much-missed previous combination oven which sadly expired in a cloud of noxious smoke a few weeks ago after 20 years of sterling service, I sought advice from various online reviewers and eventually chose the Panasonic NN-CT56JBBPQ, believing it to be almost without flaw. It would seem that I was mistaken. Setting the time requires holding the "1 hour" button while the hours tick up at a seemingly random rate, and if held just one pulse too long, it is impossible to wind the clock backwards — one has to start all over again. The exercise then has to be repeated with the "1 minute" button, or with a combination of the "10 minutes" and "1 minute" buttons. Then, if one notices that the time is slightly wrong, there is no possibility to adjust it — it has to be set from scratch all over again. The six power levels are (a) glossed by description rather than by power or by percentage, and are presented in what I regard as an illogical order : "high" (100%) / "defrost" (27%) / "medium" (60%)/ "low" (44%) / "simmer" (30%) / "warm" (10%), with "defrost" (27%) interpolated between "high" (100%) and "medium" (60%). Why ? And why select these arbitrary values, rather than allowing the far more obvious and intuitive sequence 100% / 90% ... 50% ... 20% / 10% ? From an ergonomic point of view, I am not impressed by the touch-sensitive controls — I far preferred the more reliable conventional push buttons (and dial) of my previous machine. The touch-sensitive controls seem more than a little arbitrary in the way that they respond to user pressure. And why is the interior light not a LED ? If the door is left open, the oven gets appreciably warm from the heat from the lamp; this seems a great waste of energy. In summary, I preferred my old previous machine — the Panasonic will do the job, but when it shuffles off this mortal coil I shall replace it with a model with conventional controls, a dial, and 10 power settings in monotonic decreasing sequence.

As described, easy to use. Surprisingly a really good sized microwave. No complaints just perfect.

Haven’t tried the oven facility yet but as a microwave it’s top notch. Food is cooked evenly and quickly. Good looking and very large. Be aware - I wasn’t aware it shouldn’t be placed inside a cupboard or unit. Has to be out on worktop. Needs clearance around as it gets hot.

I'm very pleased with this combi oven. It looks good, it does everything you would want in a combi oven really.

I am really happy with my microwave it goes beautifully in my kitchen and does so many functions. Was very impressed with the service too. All in all a great buy

Bought this to replace a defunct Dixon's own make that was some 20 years old, so it has a lot to do to match that microwave. So far I'm quite impressed. All the functions work well, and it's a fairly large oven so can take a small / medium chicken. Instructions are good. I'm not a fan of touchscreen or controls, and the controls on this model are taking some time to get used to - particularly finding out which part of the 'button' to press as it seems a bit hit and miss (excuse the pun). Also, the power cable could do with being a bit longer. Time will tell whether this will last as long as my old one, but other than that I would recommend checking this oven out if you are in the market for a new combination microwave and have the space for it.

Great does everything we want better than normal oven

Only had it for a week and not tested all the functionality but do far it has lived up to its specifications. Fast microwave being 1000w