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Same vibe but I only use the +30s button to enter cook time. Bonus points to microwaves that automatically start when you press +30.
Yep, the cooking gets going while I press the +30 button additional times, saving precious second. Wish I could also change the power level while it's running. update: That actually does work! +30 all the foods!
Ours is a minute. But I do the same thing as OP if I need to heat doffeeent things for 30 seconds.
My microwave automatically starts when pressing 1-6 and then the +30sec button is the start button.
The max I can do with two button presses is 6:30.
If the microwave wasn't underpowered it would be perfect.
Hell yea brother!
+30s gang rise up!
I returned a microwave I bought that didnt auto start when you press +30. Like im supposed to +30 THEN hit ANOTHER button? Fuck no!
Our new microwave has that and the buttons 1-6 will start that number of minutes immediately. We were pretty excited about it because our old microwave didn’t even have the 30sec button.
I like the 30 second button. I loathe the 1-6 minute buttons. Time entry club forever!
I wish that function only worked on 1-3. I hate that I have to push the cook time first if I want 45 seconds. Do I ever put something in for 4 minutes straight? Absolutely not. If something needs that long to heat up, it probably needs to be on a lower power/defrost, or it's a thick soup that is 2 minutes, stir, then 1 minute increments until just right.
I have leaned that is what the “cook time” button is for.
what brand is that?
good to acknowledge when companies actually improve products rather than just enshittifying them
Both microwaves are GEs. The first was from 2007 and came with our house in 2015. It still worked when we left it in that house earlier this year so despite not having the 30sec button we didn’t really have any complaints about it.
My last two have had that, both GE
in the UK all my microwaves had this starting from the early 2010s
Mine, each number does that number of minutes when pressed, so it's all increments of minutes. It also has a +30s, but I usually just set it to the minute above and stop early.
The perfect microwave would have +30s, +10s, +5s, +1m, +5m, and a stop/clear button. Nothing else really needed. No clock, no power levels, no food buttons. Oh, and no cooldown at the end.