Cheap Microwaves

[-crookedtail-]

I've just moved into a shared house, it is all good but there isnt a microwave! I don't know much about them other than the different power outputs and am asking if anyone can recommend one?

It wont have to do anything fancy, other than be reasonably cheap as im a bit of a Skintosaraus at the moment

Budget £60-£100.

Would something like this be any good?
Samsung MW82N-B 23 litre 850 watt

edited to fix broken linky

Edited by -crookedtail- on Wednesday 13th October 18:37

Edited by -crookedtail- on Wednesday 13th October 18:38

[Simpo Two]

Link not working.

If it's cheap you're after Tesco probably sell them for about £30.

[calibrax]

I went for this one from Tesco... £34

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-5670.aspx

Heats up stuff nice and evenly. It's small but then I only ever use it for doing veggies, softening butter or reheating stuff. Don't really need anything bigger unless you are using it to actually cook stuff. And I wouldn't get too hung up on power levels, as it doesn't make a whole lot of difference between 700w and 850w... just means an extra 30 secs here and there.

[condor]

I bought one from Tesco for £20 for the shop staff a few years ago - very simple controls, but worked..and I sold it for a tenner to one of them after we'd been shut down

[bazking69]

Worth a look on your local gumtree?

[Engineer1]

If you are skint and don't care how it looks get a cheapy from Tesco, or your local electrical store, something like a microwave off amazon could be a PITA as it will come by courier who will probably have a depot somewhere further away than your local electrical store and opening hours that mean you can only get it by either taking a day off or going before work as soon as they open.

[Simon Brooks]

purchased a cheapy from tesco for my daughter (at uni), does what it says on the box and a years warrenty, what more could you ask

[escargot]

We've had a cheap one from Tesco for the last 3 years - it's still going strong. Got a grill on it too.

[Ultuous]

+1 on a Tesco one... bought a 'Sainsbury own cheapie' a few months ago which has been great, but the controls are rather non-intuitive (easy enough to use in truth, but divvy housemates could never work out how to reheat their takeouts without fiddling about for ages)... Happened to notice one in Tescos that looked like exactly the same platform underneath, only with Decals applied that actually made sense with regard to the functions each control performs!

[tog]

I got one from Lidl for I think around £50 about ten years ago (very cheap for a microwave back then) and it is still going strong now.

[PH5121]

I bought an identical Samsung 850w micro wave from Tesco, it was a 9.30pm Saturday night purchase as my all singing all dancing stainless steel Panasonic mico/grill/convntional oven had packed in and we needed something to sterilise the babies bottles with, it cost £70.00. It is okay, but small capacity.

[-crookedtail-]

Thanks everyone for the advice, I think I'll be taking a look down Tesco. A £30 bogo one is really all I need & I dont care how it looks

[tog]

This week's special at Aldi:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3...