I was looking for a MW oven 25 years ago, and when I asked about
reliability, the guy at the store said that none of the touchpad ovens
last long, as the touchpads fail. He said he had one Litton left with
a dial timer. He deemed that machine as the most reliable available.
It still works great. Id does NOT play muzak, talk back or do
anything but microwave food. It is wonderful.
About 10 years ago I bought an ancient (65-72 maybe) Amana microwave
for the cottage. It still works wonderfully tool
Our Amana, with glass touchpad, is still in daily use here.
It has no beeper. (Well, it does, but it's switchable, and I
have it switched off!) I've had to repair it twice now, and
yes the problem was in the touchpad, but it was only failing
power supply capacitors. Easily replaced, and it was fully
functional again. That thing is a heavy-duty appliance, it's
quite heavy and engineered like the proverbial brick ***house.
Made completely in the USA, I believe. I have another out in
the garage, I bought it at the thrift shop for spare parts.
(I've never even plugged it in.) I haven't needed any yet.
The parts oven was missing the glass floor tray, and the
one in our oven finally blew up on its own. (It wasn't on,
we were in the living room and heard the bang. Weird.)
Split right down the middle. I glued it back together with
Shoe Goo, and we've been using it that way since. Just
have to handle it carefully, the glue could let loose at
any time after all. Dropping the tray was probably what
sent the 'parts oven' to the boneyard.
Our other microwave is a cheapie with a dial timer. Though
Asian it just runs, and cooks, and goes 'ding' once when it's
done. No frills to break or annoy. Never given me any trouble,
though it hasn't been used a lot these last 15 years.
These are the 123 diesels of the microwave world, IMHO.
I dread the day when I'm forced to get a newer one.
Just like our cars!
-- Jim
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