Powerful 1000w combi microwave with proper convection
5/5
Our old microwave needed replacing and this product because the Panasonic combi microwave is amazing. You get a metal friendly baking pan as an accessory which is great for doing pizzas. The one-touch 30 second button, which increases the time each time you press it, gives a powerful 1000 watts. I particularly like the convection button because it’s great for heating plates. Just touch the convection button once (the default is 150 degrees C but you can lower this to 40 degrees) and by the time it has pre-heated to temperature your plates are ready to take straight to the table (about 3 minutes 30 seconds which is much quicker than our fan assisted oven which takes 8 minutes). The defrost function is much simpler because you have pre-set options and all you need to do is input the weight; the same applies to autocook. I weighed two jacket potatoes and left the microwave to combi cook it. I would however recommend putting a slightly lower weight in as the potato skins wrinkled a bit before getting them onto the plates losing some of the crispness of the skin. I have not yet used the baking facility for cakes. The fan can be a bit noisy during the microwave function but shuts off pretty quickly after heating. Similarly the convection function is intermittently noisy whilst it pre-heats but isn’t annoying. The fact that it is space saving means it is a bigger capacity at 27 litres than our old Samsung but takes up the same space. All in all it is a great buy and I would highly recommend it.
mabkab