Can anyone recommend a countertop microwave with a SILENT DOOR? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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UPDATE: purchased the Breville “the Compact Wave” and it is so quiet. I love it!! https://www.crateandbarrel.com/breville-the-compact-wave-microwave/s226034

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[-] RatsOffToYa@lemmy.world 52 points 11 months ago

This might sound crazy, but when the kids are asleep I hold the microwave door button in as I shut it. It's pretty darn quiet

[-] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Buy the thinnest adhesive weather stripping you can find, and stick a patch in the appropriate place between the door and latch area. That's the zone that makes the KERCHUNK.

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, JUST A RECKLESS IDIOT. I AM NOT LIABLE IF YOU GIVE YOURSELF BALL CANCER WHILE HEATING UP YOUR LEAN CUISINES.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

If you yell the moment it closes you should effectively muffle the noise of it closing.

[-] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

ah, the tactical velcro method

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Fake sneeze works too.

[-] ryan213@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

I'm not very good with reading capital letters. i hope this works! you're in big trouble if it doesn't.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Stan, get your dad a beer

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 20 points 11 months ago

I also never understood why microwaves need to be so loud. My dishwasher, hell even my washing machine are very quiet in comparisson.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

They need to dissipate a lot of waste heat from the magnetron and have to use a fan.

Those other appliances don’t generate a lot of heat in a small space that must be air cooled.

[-] papalonian@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I think they mean when closing the door.

[-] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 19 points 11 months ago

and one with no beeping when I beep the buttons, fucking nazis and their narc microwaves.

[-] smort@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

On my Toshiba microwave, if I press “8” for a couple seconds, it turns off all the beeping

That was a huge selling point for me lol

[-] lud@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

My IKEA microwave has a settings menu where you can disable the bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

https://www.lg.com/au/microwave-ovens/lg-MJ3966ABS

That there can turn off the beeping. My wife made a note for me to remind me how.

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

LG is really trying to impress people with their inverters. I had to read the owners manual to figure out what the hell the inverter button was. It's just Defrost or Cook buttons with "inverter" in front of the names.

Irrelevant, but for those who care: LGs "smart inverter" just manages the temperature of the inverter circuit for efficiency. Cooler electronics are generally better.

[-] Newby@startrek.website 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Got this as a wedding gift over 3 years ago.

Absolutely love it and the door is self closing. You can slam it and it catches itself and shuts on its own. I assume that is what you mean.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Put an extra regular microwave in the garage/den/faraway room so the noise isn't an issue

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

This one here. https://www.lg.com/au/microwave-ovens/lg-MJ3966ABS

The door opens from the top down and is opened and closed by hand without latches etc so its quiet.

And you can turn off the beep

[-] RatsOffToYa@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Well because I've wrecked my sleep schedule and need a pick me up to finish the days chores I'm usually microwaving leftover coffee. I need help haha

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