SILVERCREST KITCHEN TOOLS Microwave with Grill
£49.99*
Each
Sleek and elegant microwave with 8 microwave power settings, 1 grill power setting and 2 combination power settings (microwave and grill)
Versatile device with reheating, cooking, defrosting, grilling and au gratin baking settings
Capacity (L): 20
Size (cm): H26 x W46 x D40
3 year manufacturer's warranty
Seems a good price considering grill and warranty. Hot!
dmcmsn
11 Oct 151#5
Super price, thanks op!
HankHandsome
11 Oct 151#6
Nice one, well worth the price then. Just wish I had the money to get it !
connected
11 Oct 151#7
Heat
johndhuk
11 Oct 15#8
Does anyone know how many watts these use in standby? Can't find any specs online.
I recently discovered that our old Panasonic microwave uses 80W in standby, which at 12p per unit = 23p a day or £84 per year for I dread to think how many years.
We turn it off at the mains now... but it might be time for a replacement.
sprite127594 to johndhuk
11 Oct 15#9
80w :confused: better get my power monitor and check ours.
BeerGoggles to johndhuk
11 Oct 15#15
It is well known that people use more power leaving it on standby than actually using it to cook over it's life time. I always turn everything off by the switch now.
Saying that I can't see how it can use £84 in standby as the average yearly consumption for a modern TV operating for 5 hours per day is about £40.
jhw to johndhuk
12 Oct 15#27
I'd say your power meter is not functioning correctly - there's a whole thread here http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1847163 - and someone mentions the bogus 80w reading from a Panasonic Microwave.
foxy4
11 Oct 151#10
Is this avail in store today or to come on one of their specials days?
sweetpea10 to foxy4
11 Oct 15#14
I did see them in store last week.
Lozza1947 to foxy4
11 Oct 15#17
I've just been and bought one today, plenty in stock at my local... "Kingsbury Rd, Birmingham"
HTH
deadleg22
11 Oct 15#11
That was a tense video!
cliosport65
11 Oct 151#12
hot for the 3 years warranty :smiley:
PhilK
11 Oct 15#13
Doing it in his socks was a bit daft !
johndhuk
11 Oct 152#16
I'm not sure what the relevance of comparing it to a TV. I got the reading of 80w from an energy monitor.
Here's the sums:
80w x 24 hours = 1920w = 1.92kwh
365 days * 1.92kwh = 700.8kwh
700.8kwh x £0.12 = £84.10
adamcb
11 Oct 15#18
Waste of time buying a microwave with grill they are rubbish. Buy a normal microwave and use the oven grill. Tesco and sainsburys have some good offers on microwaves at the moment
Lozza1947
11 Oct 15#19
Tbh i will probable never use the grill but its there if i do
fishmaster
11 Oct 151#20
Sometimes I hate my imagination, I can't get the images out of my head from what I haven't seen.
ekimq
11 Oct 15#21
I got one of these last year and it is hopeless at defrosting. Selecting 200W to defrost just causes it to cook on full blast for 1/4 of the selected time. Everything comes out with cooked edges. Buy a proper microwave!
BeerGoggles
11 Oct 15#22
Well because surely watching a TV must draw more power than leaving a microwave on standby. I mean all you are doing is leaving the timer on. Hey I could be wrong but I can't see how £80 could be possible and I used the TV comparison because that £40 is when in operation for 5-6 hours per day not on standby.
Flora82
11 Oct 15#23
That is why it would be outrageous for a microwave to use 80w on standby. The maths provided certainly are correct. What was used to measure the watts used?
connected
11 Oct 151#24
Bought one today, for the price and 3 year warranty good deal.
johndhuk
11 Oct 15#25
An efficient microwave/tv or anything should probably use a couple of watts or less in standby. Ours is old and not efficient, as discovered when I started using an energy monitor.
A quick Google revealed I wasn't the only person with an old inefficient Panasonic, for example here
Yes, 80w is a LOT for a microwave standby. There are TVs now that use less than that when turned on, let alone on standby. But regardless of how much TVs use, our microwave still uses 80w and still costs over £80 per year unless we switch off at the mains.
At 12p per unit, £40 per year and 6 hours a day, that's 333kwh, 0.91kw a day/6 hours, and would equate around 150w, which is similar to what our 4 year old 42" LCD TV uses. But the microwave still uses 80w in standby.
norfolkbroadslim
11 Oct 15#26
I don't know about anybody else, but the question I'm dying to know is, if it uses 80w in standby, just how many does it use when it's switched on!?
johndhuk
12 Oct 15#28
Perhaps the monitor is malfunctioning. However its also exactly the same model monitor that is suggested in that thread as the only way to accurately test it - the 'central power monitor', E.On branded. It measures power passing through the cable at the meter, rather than at the power plug itself. How odd. I'm intrigued how I can test for certain.
lianne21
12 Oct 15#29
Can you please tell me if you can see through the door to watch the food cooking when it's on? Thanks :smiley:
Lozza1947
12 Oct 152#30
[/quote]Can you please tell me if you can see through the door to watch the food cooking when it's on? Thanks :smiley:[/quote]
Yes you can, although the door has a mirror effect... when you start to cook the light comes on inside and you can see through.
Opening post
£49.99*
Each
Sleek and elegant microwave with 8 microwave power settings, 1 grill power setting and 2 combination power settings (microwave and grill)
Versatile device with reheating, cooking, defrosting, grilling and au gratin baking settings
Capacity (L): 20
Size (cm): H26 x W46 x D40
3 year manufacturer's warranty
All comments (30)
800W - microwave
1000W - grill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kos6_CcyZo
http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/our-offers-2491.htm?id=665
I recently discovered that our old Panasonic microwave uses 80W in standby, which at 12p per unit = 23p a day or £84 per year for I dread to think how many years.
We turn it off at the mains now... but it might be time for a replacement.
Saying that I can't see how it can use £84 in standby as the average yearly consumption for a modern TV operating for 5 hours per day is about £40.
HTH
Here's the sums:
80w x 24 hours = 1920w = 1.92kwh
365 days * 1.92kwh = 700.8kwh
700.8kwh x £0.12 = £84.10
A quick Google revealed I wasn't the only person with an old inefficient Panasonic, for example here
Yes, 80w is a LOT for a microwave standby. There are TVs now that use less than that when turned on, let alone on standby. But regardless of how much TVs use, our microwave still uses 80w and still costs over £80 per year unless we switch off at the mains.
At 12p per unit, £40 per year and 6 hours a day, that's 333kwh, 0.91kw a day/6 hours, and would equate around 150w, which is similar to what our 4 year old 42" LCD TV uses. But the microwave still uses 80w in standby.
Yes you can, although the door has a mirror effect... when you start to cook the light comes on inside and you can see through.