For the past few years, I've been getting really lazy at cooking meals that take half an hour to prepare and over an hour to cook in the oven, so this microwave certainly hasn't helped me get any more fit, rather than become even lazier.

It isn't very stylish, it is quite the opposite. A big white square box with a window on the front, yah that's stylish! It is certainly an eyesore to look at and I normally try not to look at it that often. If you are purely buying this microwave on aesthetics, stop reading now.

It is a reliable piece of kit. Whenever I needed a quick and easy meal, not once did it break down on me. It also has a defrost option (I wouldn't use it on meats though, just in case), that has made frozen bread into bread that is fresh and tastes like it just came out if the oven.

Once your meal has finished, it beeps five times to tell you this. I don't know if it's to say, don't open the door until the fifth beep or just to tell you your meal has finished cooking, it's a nice little feature for it to have.