Panasonic NN-SD372S 0.8 Cubic Feet 950-Watt Inverter Microwave, Stainless Steel

Panasonic NN-SD372S 0.8 Cubic Feet 950-Watt Inverter Microwave is quiet. The fan can run afterwards to cool it down (as epie noted), but it's much quieter than any microwave I've known. We bought this microwave to replace a larger one that was taking up too much counter space. This has saved us a good bit of counter without sacraficing too much in the way of capacity or power.

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The Panasonic NN-SD372S controls are solid and real. The buttons and time/weight knob give good feedback and quickly become intuitive. I've lost two microwaves to the touch-surface buttons failing, and in any case I never liked the press-and-guess feel of them.

• Inverter Technology for even cooking and delivering delicious flavor and "Inverter Turbo Defrost" for quick defrosting
• 950 Watts of High Power; One-Touch Auto Cook & Reheat for automatic cooking settings and even a Keep Warm feature
• 13 1/2" turntable, Delay Start and Timer, More/Less Control, Quick Minute, Popcorn Key, Pop-Out Programmable Dial for easy programming
• Measures: 19 3/16" (L) x 14 13/16" (W) x 11" (H), 21 lbs, Stainless Steel
• Upper left-corner of the door has a small indentation to allow the door to open smoothly and is completed at the factory during production

If you use the lower levels for warming soups and stews, heating frozen dinners and defrosting frozen food, this Panasonic NN-SD372S 0.8 Cubic unit works great, since it can actually vary the power applied to the food, not just cycle it on and off. This feature heats the food more evenly, without over-heating the edges of the food. It excels at keeping food warm after the cooking or reheating is completed.I really like this:

• The space inside is more than you would expect from the outside size. (Turntable 11+", 12x13x8" inside)
• The LED light inside is even and bright but not glaring - you can definitely see what's going on inside
• the stainless/grey surface reflects whatever color it's near, so it blends relatively well.
• package arrived on-time and undamaged; unpacking did not involve de-taping everything.
• And of course the inverter works well for foods that don't usually microwave well.

I was in the market for a new microwave and started googling small counter top models. I hadn't heard about inverter microwaves before I started searching. It quickly and quietly warms foods adequately at lower levels, I rarely use power level 9 or 10. That's the beauty of inverter microwave ovens.

Panasonic NN-SD372S  is a sleek looking microwave, doesn't take up much space, cleans up easily. I enjoy using it and am glad I purchased it. I also bought the extended warranty (cheap!) just in case.

This Panasonic NN-SD372S 0.8 Cubic Feet 950-Watt Inverter Microwave, Stainless Steel product earned 275 customer reviews and 80% are satisfied (as 26/02/2014).