I purchased the predecessor to this model last April because it looked great and had lots of functional bells and whistles. I didn't use it until June because I was re-modelling until then.When it came out of the box - it still looked great and some of the advance functions were cool.But.... the defrost setting didn't, and the reheat sensor tended to produce super-heated food. This microwave would regularly trip the fuse on my newly rewired kitchen outlets. It worked OK most of the time.Until it didn't....Literally less than a week out of warranty (which starts the day you order the product NOT the day you receive it) the machine totally died. The local Pansonic agent estimated it would cost at least $100 to fix and Panasonic Customer Service was no help at all, even though I'd had less than 10 months use of the appliance.So if you want a good looking, disposable microwave - this is the one for you!!