While many people may already have oven and microwave built-in to the kitchen, for those people who move around or portable oven/microwave option (portable as in be able to take it with you when you move), this is an excellent choice. Regular microwave feature works as expected and the convection oven is just something I have never known to exist and it's REALLY good. You may think it might be too expensive, but I would still recommend it for the price!