When can we expect the Mamba XL in stores again?

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by BIG-block

First of all I would never buy a crappy $100 microwave from Wal-mart...

Just want to chime in and say my $100 Wal-Mart microwave has lasted several years with no issues.

[brian015]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Just want to chime in and say my $100 Wal-Mart microwave has lasted several years with no issues.

If you spent $100 at walmart for a microwave, you got the super deluxe version - I think mine was $39 and is going strong after a few years.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by brian015

If you spent $100 at walmart for a microwave, you got the super deluxe version - I think mine was $39 and is going strong after a few years.

Hey, when I buy, I go all out!

[Semi Pro]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Just want to chime in and say my $100 Wal-Mart microwave has lasted several years with no issues.

if it makes you feel better my $700 GE microwave has a bad board for the light and power vent......it lasted a year

now thats getting what you pay for!

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Semi Pro

if it makes you feel better my $700 GE microwave has a bad board for the light and power vent......it lasted a year

now thats getting what you pay for!

lol, sometimes I don't get why there is such a disparity in price between products. A microwave is a fairly simple device when you break it down. Sure, the high-end models may have special timers/features which may come in handy occasionally, but I use the "30 second" button mostly (hitting it multiple times for cumulatively longer times). The power level and size is plenty for normal stuff - meaning I don't try to cook a 20lb turkey in it. Other than that, what kind of features do you get for an extra $600??

[brian015]

Originally Posted by BrianG

but I use the "30 second" button mostly (hitting it multiple times for cumulatively longer times)

That's the only button on my $39 microwave I've ever used.

My wife: "how much do you think this weighs so I can defrost it"
Me: "just hit the start button a few times and it will be fine"

Other important info about start (+30sec) button:
- reheat coffee: hit 2 times for perfect temp
- cook veggies for kids: hit 2 times (if not done, hit 2 more times)
- microwave popcorn: hit it many many times because it's a cheap and not so powerful microwave and you don't want it to shut off in the middle
- melt cheese on anything: hit 1 time
- reheat coffee that was left in the microwave from the last time and I forgot where I put it and finally remembered I had heated it up a couple hours ago: hit 2 times for perfect temp

[Semi Pro]

Originally Posted by BrianG

lol, sometimes I don't get why there is such a disparity in price between products. A microwave is a fairly simple device when you break it down. Sure, the high-end models may have special timers/features which may come in handy occasionally, but I use the "30 second" button mostly (hitting it multiple times for cumulatively longer times). The power level and size is plenty for normal stuff - meaning I don't try to cook a 20lb turkey in it. Other than that, what kind of features do you get for an extra $600??

its a hanging model and it has alot of bells a whistles, was it worth $700 mostlikely not, am i going to cook a turkey in it? no, but its always nice to know i could if i wanted to

do we need brushless power....no come on nitro was fine

if you want to see what it is here you go
http://products.geappliances.com/App...ku=PVM2070SMSS

now that they are discontinued they are cheaper

now we are off topic!

Originally Posted by BrianG

Just want to chime in and say my $100 Wal-Mart microwave has lasted several years with no issues.

We go through 5 or 6 cheap microwaves a year at work. Thats whats put me off buying a cheapy. I know they get a lot of use but I still thought they were dying rather too quickly. They always seem to breakdown at the worst possible times. During my lunch break.

Anyway the reason I paid so much for my microwave was when I stayed at a friends house for a week (looked after his dogs while he was OS) I fell in love with his microwave. It has more features than a space shuttle but I really liked the sensor cooking. Hit start and the oven it self will work the rest out. And it did so perfectly every time. Also while it is an microwave oven it is also a convection oven. It will also roast. A whole chicken perfectly cooked with crispy skin and all under 15min. I thought it was well worth the money and have no regrets paying for it. My old microwave I took to work where some idiot tried to microwave a doughnut wrapped in aluminum foil in it. No prizes for guessing what happened next.

[JERRY2KONE]

I guess some of us are just lucky that way. I buy the middle grade model and let the wife do the rest while I sit and watch a good game or a race. I can even get a good massage, and more if I push the right buttons.

[_paralyzed_]

My microwave is 1,000 watts. You need at least 1,000 watts to pop a bag of popcorn properly. If it is less than that you get unpopped kernels in the bag. If you try to microwave it longer to ensure all of the kernels are popped you end up burning the kernels that are popped. Isn't colonel an odd word? It is pronounced the same as kernel, but spelled completely differently. One time I was behind a couple at KFC. The man ordered a "colonial" chicken sandwich. He was so dumb he pronounced colonel "colonial". As if chicken sandwiches helped colonize people to later form the states. That's not even the dumbest part. After the man completely botched the pronunciation, his wife said, "I'll have the colonial chicken sandwich too". It was the cheapest item on the menu. I don't know what that has to do with anything, it's just a fact. I have a friend that is convinced KFC grows headless hybrid chickens in test tubes. He absolutely will not eat KFC chicken. He doesn't believe in the moon landing either. I have another friend that I went to the KFC buffet with. I noticed he wasn't eating any chicken. I said WTF? He said, "I don't eat chicken with bones in it". I said, "what do you think there is a farm somewhere with boneless chickens that look liked deflated basketballs?". He didn't know what to say. Some people just don't understand how the world works.