Absolutely LOVE the slate color! Chose this one when I bought my new slate colored gas stove and this replaces a nasty old microwave that came with the house. On low it's very quiet but pretty noisy on medium or high. But hey, it definitely does it's job so I only need a few seconds on high. The lights are great and really illuminate the stove surface. Comes ready to hard wire so I added a plug to just plug it in the outlet that was already there for the old microwave. Extra trip to the hardware store but no biggie.