Man Oh Man Litton!
My first microwave out of college in my new apartment was a Litton.
Small unit, tan colour with a dark brown door, and am here to tell you that thing was built for the duration. When it finally died, and I found out Litton was no more, almost broke down and cried. The guy who works in the local laundrette has one just like mine. Uses it to heat up his lunch and dinner.
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Well called Sharp from the phone number listed in my owner's manual and to my surprise the number still worked. After a series of "press.... for ..." got the number of two microwave repair shops that service my area.
First shop contacted, the young lady sounded very nice and listened to my plight. Then gave the same answer I'v heard all day, cost of repairs probably will equal or exceed a new unit. But she did understand why I would want to hold onto one of the "American built" Sharp units.
Since they are located a bit aways from me, packing up the unit and driving over right now isn't on the cards. They normally don't make house calls for microwaves, but said maybe after the holidays if they were in the area, might stop by and collect my unit. Told her would probably purchase a new unit this week, as one really NEEDS a microwave, and cannot imagine waiting two weeks or more just to have it looked at. May pack up this unit and send it over via UPS to have it checked out though.
Dug out Consumer's Reports from Feb 08, and read their microwave recommendations. The GE "Adora" and a counter top unit topped their pics. The Panasonic models equated themselves well in the ratings, Sharp was always way down, and CR says they have enough data from users to predict those units need more repairs than normal (this confirms what one has been reading online).
Mainly use the microwave to make oatmeal in the morning (no messy pots to clean), and veggies (both frozen and fresh) for dinner. Like the above poster, most always am defrosting some sort of meat for dinner as never plan ahead to let the thing thaw in the fridge. Also make several good chicken dinners in the microwave as well. Popcorn is done in a huge cast iron pot with oil, the way it should be. Or, in an vintage Presto air popper.
So guess do a fair amount of cooking in a microwave, not just reheating. My old Sharp had not only a setting for both frozen and fresh veggies (the latter featured both "hard" and "soft" settings), but chicken (boneless and bone in), two different defrost settings (each for several different foods), and a whole host of other goodies.
L.
My first microwave out of college in my new apartment was a Litton.
Small unit, tan colour with a dark brown door, and am here to tell you that thing was built for the duration. When it finally died, and I found out Litton was no more, almost broke down and cried. The guy who works in the local laundrette has one just like mine. Uses it to heat up his lunch and dinner.
More Sharp News:
Well called Sharp from the phone number listed in my owner's manual and to my surprise the number still worked. After a series of "press.... for ..." got the number of two microwave repair shops that service my area.
First shop contacted, the young lady sounded very nice and listened to my plight. Then gave the same answer I'v heard all day, cost of repairs probably will equal or exceed a new unit. But she did understand why I would want to hold onto one of the "American built" Sharp units.
Since they are located a bit aways from me, packing up the unit and driving over right now isn't on the cards. They normally don't make house calls for microwaves, but said maybe after the holidays if they were in the area, might stop by and collect my unit. Told her would probably purchase a new unit this week, as one really NEEDS a microwave, and cannot imagine waiting two weeks or more just to have it looked at. May pack up this unit and send it over via UPS to have it checked out though.
Dug out Consumer's Reports from Feb 08, and read their microwave recommendations. The GE "Adora" and a counter top unit topped their pics. The Panasonic models equated themselves well in the ratings, Sharp was always way down, and CR says they have enough data from users to predict those units need more repairs than normal (this confirms what one has been reading online).
Mainly use the microwave to make oatmeal in the morning (no messy pots to clean), and veggies (both frozen and fresh) for dinner. Like the above poster, most always am defrosting some sort of meat for dinner as never plan ahead to let the thing thaw in the fridge. Also make several good chicken dinners in the microwave as well. Popcorn is done in a huge cast iron pot with oil, the way it should be. Or, in an vintage Presto air popper.
So guess do a fair amount of cooking in a microwave, not just reheating. My old Sharp had not only a setting for both frozen and fresh veggies (the latter featured both "hard" and "soft" settings), but chicken (boneless and bone in), two different defrost settings (each for several different foods), and a whole host of other goodies.
L.
