Had this for about 3 months now and I find it very noisy. Takes 20% longer to heat anything. If you want to do something simple such as heat a cup of water, you must press microwave, dial heat by time, press dial, dial amount of time, press dial, dial power level, press dial, then press start button. Yes you can cook in it like an oven but I only see that as useful on holidays. We have used that feature once so far, just to try it. This was like buying a desktop computer because you needed to balance your checkbook. And as a bonus feature, when you close the door it sounds like you are slamming the trunk of your car closed.