5 Microwaves You Should NEVER Buy (And 3 You Should)

A fifty-dollar microwave that sparks inside the cavity. A three-hundred-dollar unit rusting after nine months. A five-hundred-dollar over-the-range model that dies in just over a year with the nearest service center two hours away. If any of that sounds familiar, you already know why this video exists. We dug through thousands of verified buyer reviews, Consumer Reports reliability data from over 74,000 microwave owners, and complaint databases to identify the five microwave models actively letting people down right now — and the three that genuinely earn their keep. Samsung, KitchenAid, Emerson, Whirlpool, and Sharp all make the hall of shame for specific, documented reasons. Then we get into why the Toshiba EM131A5C-BS, Panasonic Inverter models, and the Breville Smooth Wave consistently rise to the top across expert testing and real long-term owner experience. This is the research you wish you had before your last microwave purchase. Watch it before your next one. Subscribe if you want more videos where we read the data so you don't have to.