Needed a new microwave and already have many LG appliances and TV’s which have treated us well so we chose to go with this model. So far we are happy. My favorite feature is the timer continues to work while you use the microwave to heat up food. Can’t tell you how many times I have messed up a timer for something by throwing something in our old microwave and hitting buttons before realizing what I did and not having any idea what was left for time on the timer.