Farberware Black FMO13AHTBSE 1.3 Cu. Ft. 1100-Watt Microwave Oven with Smart Sensor Cooking, ECO Mode and Blue LED Lighting Black Stainless Steel

This was a gift for my wife for Christmas and its exactly what she wanted. I spent a few hours looking at mid-sized microwaves on Amazon.com. The time was consumed by reading the most current reviews. And since I don't know squat about microwaves my only option was to read "verified buyers" reviews on all the different models, makes, and brands of mid-sized microwaves. I narrowed it down to three based on the options that past reviewers liked that matched what I liked. Hopefully this will help the lost microwave buyer out there in Amazon land and save you the precious hours I spent on here looking and reading. First, I wanted what I call a mid size, 1.2 - 1.3 Cubic feet. Second, 1000 - 1100 watts. Third, an interior light. Fourth, a door handle rather than a door button that you push to open. Fifth, black exterior color. Sixth, it has the Smart Sensor. So, I narrowed my list down when I discovered by reading reviews some of the options that I would want too. Like an interior light for instance. You'd be amazed how many don't have lights inside. This whole process was time consuming as well, researching which of these mid-size microwaves had the options I wanted AND had the highest review ratings? I wrote down the top three makes that I liked which had the highest 5 star ratings. Two of the three microwaves I had listed were made by Farberware. (We don't own anything by Farberware. However, my mom owns a set of their pots and pans that she loves). My top three picks were very similar in options and size. This Farberware FMO13AHTBSE was Black Stainless and that was different plus it had at the time, 12/1/17, the highest five star rating and a very high four star rating. Combined the 4&5 ratings were like 92. For some reason the combined 4&5 star rating is like at 80. The whole research of reviews was crazy because some reviews under this particular microwave https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5YALU9?ref=emc_b_5_t were for different Farberware models. Anyway, I pulled the trigger on it. The black stainless is awesome! Coincidentally, our little 900 watt microwave stopped working cold turkey on 12/23/17. The wife wanted to go out and buy one right away for preparing the Christmas Day dinner but I already had this one wrapped in Christmas paper ready to give to her on Christmas morning. I had to think up an excuse quick. And I did, lol. She was amazed to hear how I had this one already since December 1st. In closing, she loves the higher wattage and everything about this Farberware model.Farberware Black FMO13AHTBSE 1.3-Cubic-Foot 1100-Watt Microwave Oven with Smart Sensor Cooking, Stainless Steel. She is completely satisfied with it. I wish a few of the operating buttons were larger but that doesn't bother her. My hope is that it will provide years of good service to us. I would definitely recommend this microwave. Hope this helps. Until next time, have a happy New Year.

I was afraid to buy this because of the not so good reviews, but, the comsumer report has this model as the very top of the line for performance and ease of use. There is always going to be a lemon here and there and those people who get those products are the first to go and right a negative review. However, I've had my oven in operation for a few days, and so far it's great. I'm still figuring out the settings. The only complaint is, I wish it had more buttons to push for regular stuff, like dinner plate, or coffee. That would make it way easier as that's what myself and most others use their microwaves for. Because mine doesn't set up high so as to read the display at eye level, I have to bend down to read the display and use my magnifying glass to see at the very bottom, (I'm old). I don't like doing that, so I'm hoping to learn it fast so I can just touch a button and we're off. I'll get there, I promise. I like the way it looks as all my appliances are black, and this is black and silver. It's very quite by the way, don't know what others are talking about it being noisy, they must have their hearing aids up too high. If it starts malfunctioning in the near future, I'll rewrite this, but for now, I give it a 5 star overall, and 4 for ease of use.

DO NOT Buy This! I was hesitant but because it was given pretty decent reviews, decided to try it. As many noted, it is light-weight (relatively speaking), the door VERY light but otherwise it looked good and, initially, worked well. It was in use in my 2-person household for 2 weeks and was used entirely for heating coffee, cooking vegetables, thawing frozen food...nothing big or exciting, no long cooking processes. I had cooked a couple potatoes, removed them and started to heat a vegetable dish when it began making a terribly loud noise and sounded like it was sparking in back. I stopped the unit and re-tried 2 more times with the same result. The last time my friend was watching and it actually was sparking heavily in back. Fortunately I had kept both the packaging from this one, "just in case" AND my 30 year old microwave (that still works, thank God) that this was supposed to replace. Back to Amazon it goes...YAY for Amazon's easy return policy!

The time in the photo that "appears" to state 6:50, should be 8:50. Other times and countdowns are confusing.Received on June, 2019. Clock digits start malfunctioning in October, 2020.Contacted Farberware and informed that since it is past the 12 months warrantee period, they cannot exchange it and, if they could, the warrantee would only be for any remaining time in the original 12 month period.Additionally, Farberware service stated that internal replacement parts are not available although they are the manufacturer. Apparently, only complete units and accessories (turntable, etc.) come from China.Always trusted Farberware but that trust has disappeared.

I'm not sure why this microwave is advertised as having a grill feature, because the one I received did not have a grill. Also, the light on the inside either flickers, or does not work. It's also extremely noisy. This was not a good buy. Extremely disappointed.

First, understand that many if not most of these lower priced microwaves are only licensed to the brand name and manufactured by Galanz of China, who makes almost half of all microwaves, so they claim. Galanz units whether it's their own brand or licensed vary greatly in quality. This one is on the very low end of the Galanz licensed products. You can spend $100 - $500 on a Galanz unit with similar functions, but much difference in quality.I returned it for three reasons. One, it didn't work properly out of the box. Two, it was as light as a feather, indicating an inferior magnetron. Three, there are better values in the same general price range. Would not recommend.