Can anyone recommend a countertop microwave with a SILENT DOOR?

JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 71 points –

UPDATE: purchased the Breville “the Compact Wave” and it is so quiet. I love it!! https://www.crateandbarrel.com/breville-the-compact-wave-microwave/s226034

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This might sound crazy, but when the kids are asleep I hold the microwave door button in as I shut it. It's pretty darn quiet

Good idea. What are you microwaving at night? Now I’m hungry!

I just microwaved some popcorn and yeah I used the hold the button trick.

I mic-ro-wave my popcorn at night

So I can, so I can

Watch TV, eat, and enjoy the childless night

Buy the thinnest adhesive weather stripping you can find, and stick a patch in the appropriate place between the door and latch area. That's the zone that makes the KERCHUNK.

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, JUST A RECKLESS IDIOT. I AM NOT LIABLE IF YOU GIVE YOURSELF BALL CANCER WHILE HEATING UP YOUR LEAN CUISINES.

I'm not very good with reading capital letters. i hope this works! you're in big trouble if it doesn't.

I also never understood why microwaves need to be so loud. My dishwasher, hell even my washing machine are very quiet in comparisson.

They need to dissipate a lot of waste heat from the magnetron and have to use a fan.

Those other appliances don’t generate a lot of heat in a small space that must be air cooled.

and one with no beeping when I beep the buttons, fucking nazis and their narc microwaves.

On my Toshiba microwave, if I press “8” for a couple seconds, it turns off all the beeping

That was a huge selling point for me lol

My IKEA microwave has a settings menu where you can disable the bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps.

https://www.lg.com/au/microwave-ovens/lg-MJ3966ABS

That there can turn off the beeping. My wife made a note for me to remind me how.

LG is really trying to impress people with their inverters. I had to read the owners manual to figure out what the hell the inverter button was. It's just Defrost or Cook buttons with "inverter" in front of the names.

Irrelevant, but for those who care: LGs "smart inverter" just manages the temperature of the inverter circuit for efficiency. Cooler electronics are generally better.

I just tell my microwave to be quiet, I have to ask very politely

Whenever I accidentally make a loud noise late at night, I always have to say "jee-sus" under my breath, just in case anyone heard it they know it wasn't my intention.

Got this as a wedding gift over 3 years ago.

Absolutely love it and the door is self closing. You can slam it and it catches itself and shuts on its own. I assume that is what you mean.

Reason I’m asking is I am wanting to buy one. I find most of them so jolting I have put off having one for a long time.

Put an extra regular microwave in the garage/den/faraway room so the noise isn't an issue

Well because I've wrecked my sleep schedule and need a pick me up to finish the days chores I'm usually microwaving leftover coffee. I need help haha