Thanks, Pete, but I'm sentimental.
Although I love both the very cool name and very cool look of Radaranges, there's a soft spot in my heart for my Goldstar carousel microwave.
My parents were never particularly wealthy, but they did what they could to equip us for life on our own. They fed us and housed us and paid for a good, basic education. When I graduated from electronics school, I got a job and I got an apartment. That year, for christmas, my mom got a matching pair of Goldstar microwave ovens for me and my sister.
I've had it for just about 22 years now -- over half my life -- and I plan on holding onto it for as long as I can. My sister broke hers and threw it away years ago. That's indicative of the differences between us.
Upstairs, in the bar, is my family's first microwave. It's a Tappan (yes, it Browns the Food!) from about 1977.
Maybe someday, if there's a catastrophic failure, I'll finally get a Radarange. Until then I'll hold on to these little bits of my life.
-kevin
p.s. Right next to the Goldstar Microwave is my commercial Toastmaster. MSRP: $850. Needless to say, I didn't pay that for it.