If you have had a Sharp P741M microwave oven like we have and if you have been lucky like we have to have had approximately ten years service from it, then when it fails, the natural thing to do is to find something similar.
Luckily Sharp has a replacement model which we found to be the R-86STM-A and it is relatively simple to use, just like the old one.
LIKES:
- Simple programme selection and very good programme choices.
- Two more cooking options compared to the old one, bottom grill and convection cooking.
- Flush front panel and controls, just like the old one.
- Family size oven will suit a good size plate on the turntable.
- Energy saving feature, display swithches of after predetermined time.
- Excellent operation manual and cook book, just like the old one.
- Quick installation guide, we have pinned it up in the kitchen just above the appliance so that everyone can see
it, until we all get used to it.
DISLIKES:
- Rather high lip on the turntable which means you have to be rather careful when removing hot items.
- Colour choice; although we dont mind the black and steel finish, an option in white would have been
appreciated.
We decide to buy ours from Amazon because we wanted it the next day and low and behold it arrived on time. The courier ensured they carried the substantial package the correct way round from their van to our house, so there was no noticable damage we could see after unpacking. We cleaned it out and heated some food in it right away.
This is a very good value for money device, good family size and easy to operate with an excellent choice of programmes. I only hope it will last as long as the one it replaces.