Lowes Black Friday: Samsung Over-the-Range Microwave $99

This is normally $190.

Quote from thelnel52 : This is normally $190.

Anyone know what the quality of this one is, and know about any other over-the-range microwaves that are going on sale? I'd live to get one for my mother-in-law.

Thanks!!

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Quote from tommy33d : Anyone know what the quality of this one is, and know about any other over-the-range microwaves that are going on sale? I'd live to get one for my mother-in-law. Thanks!! tommy33d@hotmail.com

It's your MIL! She should be happy with anything she gets.

It's good quality

Consumer Reports listed it as pretty decent. Excerpt:

CR's Take

This is a very good model overall. It was very good at heating evenness and defrosting. It excelled in our noise tests during microwaving. It has a 10-year warranty on the magnetron.

HighsThis is a very good model overall. It was very good at heating evenness and defrosting. It excelled in our noise tests during microwaving. Fresh-vegetable setting was better than others.

LowsThis model can't make small-size popcorn bags with auto feature. The frozen-vegetable setting was not as good as others and this model does not have a sensor.

I'm looking at getting a replacement too. The sensor thing, I believe, is that some MW's have a sensor to automatically shut off when they 'sense' the food is done. At $99, with hopefully 10% Lowe's coupone, I don't think you can go wrong.

I bought the $98.99 over the range microwave at Home Depot on Black Friday. It has a $30 rebate and I used a 10% off Lowes competitor coupon (that the clerk generously keyed in as 20% off). Total cost after savings and tax = $44.43! I installed it this afternoon without any difficulty. So far I have reheated a monster plate of Thanksgiving leftovers and a bag of popcorn and both came out perfect. This microwave replaces a 5-6 year old microwave that sometimes (more often than not these days) will arc electricity and make a loud noise as it cooks. The little plastic wheels under the rotating tray have gone around so many times that they wore the paint off the bottom and I think that exposed metal reacts to the action of the magnetron. It was time for a new microwave. I am happy I found such a great deal, even if the competitor coupon part was an accident, we needed a new micro badly.