I have a number of red kitchen appliances at home which I have been buying for the past couple of years whenever I've needed to replace or upgrade but have always made do with cheap, white microwaves which, in my opinion, kind of spoil the overall effect I was wanting to achieve in my kitchen. My last microwave was a panic buy when my old one conked out mid way through sterilising my baby son's bottles so I had no time to be selective and pretty much went after the first one I saw that was cheap, it was a basic Tesco microwave which cost me a just over £30 and has been fine to use but it's white and not what I really wanted. I've had my eye on this red ...  Read the complete review

*~*Introduction and reason for purchase*~* Last year I helped my best friend out with child care as her child minder let her down last minute. I didn't mind in the least as I've known my friend's little girl since she was born and was happy to help but my friend was adamant on trying to pay me. When I kept declining she 'threatened' she would get me something in return. Around a week before my birthday in November my microwave decided to blow up (well not literally but near enough) and in conversation with my friend I mentioned I was going to look for a red coloured one to match the majority of my kitchen decor. On my birthday my friend turned up with a huge ...  Read the complete review

If you've read some of my recent reviews you'll know that last summer I bought a new flat. As part of my housewarming present my sister bought me a red kettle and toaster from the Accents range, which I have reviewed previously. I wanted to co-ordinate the rest of the appliances in my kitchen so I was pleased to note that Morphy Richards also had a microwave in the same range. The design appears to be exclusive to Argos and at the time retailed for £69.99. Although I wanted the appliances in my kitchen to coordinate I was a little wary when I first bought this that there would be a lot of red on the microwave and that it could be quite garish. It didn't look ...  Read the complete review