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Enjoy versatile cooking power with the 1200W, space-saving 1.2 cubic-foot Panasonic NN-SN65KW Compact Microwave Oven, perfect for any kitchen or dorm room. Its sleek design includes a smart touch control panel to make it easy to cook a variety of foods, plus reheat and defrost for the taste, texture and nutrients you want. Unlike traditional microwave ovens that use pulse-on, pulse-off power to cook foods, Panasonic's Inverter technology creates a seamless, continuous stream of cooking power to evenly heat and prepare foods, with no cold spots. The high-power Panasonic NN-SN65KB countertop microwave also includes Genius Sensor Cook and Reheat to take the guesswork out of heating meals, leftovers and snacks plus 15 auto cook options to effortlessly prepare foods like oatmeal, omelets and more. The 3-level popcorn button lets you choose the popping temperature and time for different bag capacities and a useful Keep Warm setting keeps gravies, vegetables, dinner rolls and more warm for up to 30 minutes until ready to serve. This Panasonic white microwave externally measures 12 1/4-inch (H) x 20 11/16-inch (W) x 15 13/16-inch (D) with the spacious internal cavity measuring 9 15/16-inch (H) x 13 15/16-inch(W) x 14 1/8-inch with a 13.4-inch turntable.
Microwave Cooking Made Easy: 1200W white microwave with 11 power levels, smart controls, 3-level popcorn button, and more for easy cooking of dinner and snacks
Even Cooking and Reheating for Delicious Food: Panasonic’s patented Inverter Technology generates a seamless steam of cooking power for evenly heated foods, edges to center
Smarter Cooking: Genius Sensor takes the guesswork out of cooking but automatically adjusting power and cooking time; Includes 10 sensor cook settings; sensor reheat warms leftovers evenly
More Features to Enjoy: Inverter Turbo Defrost accelerates thawing time; 15 Auto Cook Options, Keep Warm and more
Space-Saving Design: Countertop microwave with 1.2 cu.ft. easy-clean interior houses 13.4” turntable but maintains a small external footprint to maximize counterspace
Reviewer: Ralph_S
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works well
Review: Panasonic NN-SN65KW Microwave Oven, Inverter, 1200W, 1.2 cu.ft., Sensor.Sold by Amazon and shipped by Amazon.Summary: After 5 weeks of use, I am quite satisfied with this microwave, and I would buy it again. Remove the plastic film on the keypad. The beep can be turned off. Sensor heating works well for me. Illumination is adequate. The door button and door work well. Sound level fine. My previous experience with durability of Panasonic products has been quite good, so I am cautiously optimistic about this microwave.Protective film on keypad: After you receive the oven and confirm that it runs, remove the protective film that covers the keypad. You can use a piece of tape on the corner of the keypad to pull off the protective film. If you don't remove the protective film, it will deform gradually because it is relatively soft. Removal instructions are in the manual, on page 24, under "7. Control Panel."Keypad: Using the keypad requires pressing with the tip of your finger (not your fingernail) on the centers of numbers or commands. The keypad will not respond to pressing off-center on a number or command. In practice, this has not been a significant problem. Removing the protective film may help.Beep: When you plug the microwave into an electrical outlet, you will have an opportunity to turn off the microwave's beep, using instructions on page 11 in the manual. To summarize, press Start twice, then press Timer (More) to cycle between Beep On and Beep Off, and finally press Stop/Reset to confirm the setting. (Here, I skipped over the option to change between Imperial and Metric weight systems.) I leave the beep turned off, yet I notice when the microwave stops running. I sometimes forgot when the beep was audible; perhaps I had beep overload.Power levels: My oven cycles between power levels every few seconds when I use keypad power level 1 or 2. With sensor heating at higher power levels, the microwave sound includes a low-pitched hum every few seconds. However, the output power doesn't appear to cycle; water boils at the same rate with or without the hum. Sensor heating works well for me; I mostly use sensor level 8 to cook whole grains in a glass bowl without a lid, to prevent boiling over.Illumination: The LED doesn't have a cover to diffuse the light, but the light nonetheless adequately illuminates the food. I had assumed that the gray interior would make viewing food difficult, but that hasn't been a problem.Door: . The door button operates easily and quietly. To close the door silently, I press the door button and gradually release it while I close the door. . After microwaving, I keep the door open until any condensation on the door has evaporated. . If the door is opened fully, a spring-loaded detent tries to keep the door open. (Car doors operate in the same manner.) Make sure the door is opened fully before inserting or removing something from the oven, or the detent spring will push the door partly closed.Thoughts about durability: . The statement below is printed on the box; I'm not sure how to interpret the second line: "Manufactured by Panasonic Appliances Microwave Oven (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China, MADE IN CHINA" . The microwave was shipped in the Panasonic box only. Something banged into the box but did not penetrate it; the microwave did not appear to be affected. . I used my previous Panasonic microwave (model NN-T664SF) for 17 years, until the turntable gearing began to growl occasionally. I had been careful to press the door button while closing the door, to prevent the door from banging shut. I was quite pleased with that microwave and its longevity.
Reviewer: J. Miller
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Reheat leftovers without food exploding!
Review: I've been waiting for an excuse to buy an inverter microwave, so after fixing our old microwave twice and experiencing yet another breakdown, I bought this. Being able to actually reduce the cooking power instead of how traditional microwaves cycle on and off (PWM) is huge. I can reheat fish on low power without the fish blowing up. I can defrost without cooking the item. Some concerns I've read in the reviews:-It's loud: I guess the fan is louder than most others, but I wouldn't have noticed it had I not already expected it. In my opinion, not an issue.-It interferes with WiFi: I tested this and it really screwed up communication with a tablet over WiFi. But there seems to be a fix! If the WiFi connection is on 5.8GHz, it shouldn't be affected. But if it's on 2.4GHz, force the WiFi router to use channel 1. I had it on 6 at first, but 1 was totally unaffected.-The inside is dark because it's painted gray and not white: True, but I don't find this to be a big issue. I can still see the item inside well enough.A few other picky things:-A Toshiba inverter microwave I've used lets you change the power while it's running, and this doesn't. Cool feature but not necessary.-To set the power, you press the button multiple times to get to the power level you want. That seems strange, but it's how it works.-Pressing the "Quick 30" doesn't immediately start cooking like I'm used to. You have to push Start.-I measured the power consumption through the power cord and while it appears power levels 30% and higher do truly cook continuously at reduced power, it's seems 20% and less still cycle on and off at 30% power level. Perhaps the designers had trouble getting below 30% in a reliable manner. A minor detail some may be interested in.Otherwise, generally well made and powerful on 100% power. I just hope it's reliable with the extra complexity in these compared with traditional microwaves which have exactly four components in the microwave generator circuitry. An inverter like this one adds in a bunch of extra electronics. Regardless, I wouldn't go back to a traditional microwave unless I'm only using it to heat water or making hot cereal.Regarding this being a 1.2 cubic foot size versus larger 1.6 cubic foot: I compared this with my old 1.6 cu-ft over-the-range microwave and not only is the turntable in the Panasonic larger, but the microwave interior is taller. So all that extra space in the 1.6 cu-ft is of no use if the item doesn't fit on the turntable!I do wonder how many complaints about total failure are related to insufficient airflow. Another review on Amazon ("Unit failed in less than a year") claims they've had two fail, yet the photo they included in the review CLEARLY shows the microwave in a very tight cabinet with no airflow. That's how you destroy something like this. The user manual states a certain amount of required free space on the sides and top for cooling.
Reviewer: Wolfy DeWolfster
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nice MW but with problems
Review: Our older Panasonic Inverter lasted for what seemed an eternity and then finally died. This unit is good looking, quiet, and has features that our other didn't, like the light coming on with door open and the "cooking complete" reminder, albeit you have to program the reminder in before you push the start button. The main problem we've had so far is that sometimes I'll push "quick 30" (or just the time to cook) and when I hit start it turns on for about 1 second, stops, and goes off. I'll have to program it a second time to get it to work. Another problem was when my wife had finished cooking something (five beeps) and I went to use it right after, the buttons did nothing, and I had to hit stop/reset to enter my time and start it. I started wondering if I had bought a refurbished second, but since I've read through the ratings here I see I'm not alone. Also, the owners manual doesn't include a Customer Service phone number for technical help or to file a claim. It's like most business' these days, (including Amazon), they don't want you to know how to talk to a real person, so they hide the phone number, making it more than frustrating. But as far as the microwave itself goes, maybe, as some have stated, that Panasonic's Quality Control needs to be looked at deep. This unit would be perfect if they worked the bugs out, not just for the product, but for the companies value's as well.
Reviewer: aidee p.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llegó bien buen tamaño
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Customers like the appearance and cook time of the microwave oven. They mention it looks good, has elegant streamlined lines, and cooks food evenly. Some are satisfied with the size and heat distribution. However, some dislike the difficulty in pushing the buttons. Opinions differ on functionality, noise level, and ease of use.
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