AmazonBasics Alexa-Enabled 700W Microwave
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Labeled Condition: Used - Very Good
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Amazon Basics Microwave with Alexa unboxing, setup, commant tips and review
By accentphotography on Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2019
So far this has been a fun little Microwave Oven to have. The family is learning the Alexa to Microwave voice commands. One of the most important commands to use it "Alexa STOP Microwave". You cannot say Alexa "turn off", "off", "quit" or "cancel" microwave. I wouldn't waste my time pushing the Alexa button on the microwave if your trying to turn it off as the cancel/stop button is to the left of that button and your just wasting your breath.My wife originally did not want a "Smart Home" and now she is growing into the convenience of the system. My favorite is the light controls and audio quality with the Echo Plus. We have a Echo Dot in the kitchen to play music, set the timers and to control the microwave but honestly the Echo devices anywhere can do most of that and they are very sound sensitive.The microwave has a very efficient foot space and seems to be designed well. So far as I know it is only available in the color black and it is the only size available within the Amazon Basics label. This microwave was very affordable. We got it for $41.00 shipped and the packaging was OUTSTANDING! They even put a plastic three sided corner part to keep the weakest part of the box from splitting during shipping. The box is so good that we can use it like a file storage box. Its a heavy cardboard with side handles.The microwave's power seems to be just fine and with the help of Alexa the cooking times are accurate for each item. For example, you can say "Alexa microwave a potato" and she asks "how many?" and I say "one" and she replies "microwaving one potato for six minutes and fifteen seconds". Easy Peezy.....The instruction manual is well explained and even better it comes with a small cheat sheet of commands and the other side has the setup instructions.You can watch a video on how simple the setup is and a basic demonstration on how the unit works. There is a child lockout function simply by depressing the "pause/stop" button once and the "0" button twice. The "wifi" indicator on the timer display will turn off and to reset that just repeat the process and it is back on.The power indicator is five little rectangle LEDS at the top of the clock area. You can say "Alexa Microwave Power 5 (or level 5) and she will ask "For how long" and I say "one minute" and she replies "ok, Microwave Power 5 for 1 minute". Easy and it works great!The Alexa button on front means you can just push it and without mentioning her name just tell it what your cooking.The microwave does not have any fancy build in scale or volume measuring so its very "basic" ... pun intended.Now to get one in a .9 cu ft model / brushed nickel and I am very happy! If this helped you please give me a tumbs up and have a great day!
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If you get this you better change your name to Molly, because you in danger girl.
By ThePhobicPhotog on Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2019
**Images from replacement**I wanted to love this. I really did. And I'll admit at first, I was in love with it. Then I realised there were little things I didn't like that turned into big problems. I'll first start with what I love about it.It's small and a perfect fit for my kitchen that has very little counter space. It is Alexa enabled so I can easily figure out how much time something needs or reheat something while I'm working at my desk or being lazy on the couch. I have problems with my vision at night so this is a huge help then. Or just when I have goop all over my hands. If you have kids this will be an amazing feature. Alexa sometimes comes back with she doesn't understand but most of the time it works and I guess they keep adding new commands. So that's a plus. It heats up relatively well. It's not magical but it works. Yup. That's really about it.Now to what I don't like. This tiny little devil is hot! And I don't mean that in a good way. I mean that in an "it's going to burn your house down", way. It literally gets hot! Not the inside but the outside. I cooked some rice in it, so it boiled water for ten minutes and when I went to get it out the top of the microwave was burning hot. The outside of a microwave should not get hot. That is a definite fire hazard. I tried popcorn twice the first time was magical and it cooked it to perfection. The second time it burnt the bag and I fear if I hadn't smelt it would have started a fire. Also, it has condensation GALORE! Not from the rice, obviously there would be condensation from that. I mean from cooking anything. Any time you cook anything in there entire inside gets covered in condensation. A ridiculous amount of condensation. No use in trying to wipe it out either there's so much. I tried just leaving the door open for a bit, but the bulb stays on and gets really hot. So I turn off the strip it's plugged into and leave the door open to try and air it out. It apparently didn't work because as I was packing the first one up to send it back it started leaking water all over me. I thought I dried it all out, but nope. It held onto water somewhere. That can't be good for the electrical parts.Customer service was great and they sent me a replacement but guess what? I have the same problem with the replacement. I don't know if it's because I ordered from the warehouse or if it's just a problem with the microwaves but this is a problem that Amazon needs to fix. This is dangerous. Condensation going in who knows where and the outside of this thing is hot as heck after 5 one minute intervals with thirty-second breaks in between. Not good Amazon. The use of Alexa is great but it's not worth the hassle or the risk. Once they fix these issues I'll be more than willing to give them another shot.
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