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Life expectancy: 9 years. Replacement cost: From $50 for a compact countertop model to $2,000 for a built-in convection microwave. Negative reviews for uneven cooking and possible, hidden health hazards have done little to discourage the popularity of microwave ovens. They provide the ultimate cooking convenience.
The cost of a microwave. Best Buy, for example, sells dozens of microwaves for less than $100. They range in price from $49.49 for a black RCA compact microwave up to $800 for some of the fancier, over-the-range models. Best Buy advertises many of its convection microwaves from about $350 to $600. Sears also sells many models for less than $100, with its cheapest one a Proctor Silex 700-watt microwave for $49.99. Loweâs, too, sells dozens of microwaves for less than $100, with almost all of them labeled as countertop microwaves.