Last Thursday Was A Sad Day For Me....

[Iron Woode]

I lost a long time member of my family: my Sanyo microwave oven.

It has traveled with me from place to place and as dependable as the sun coming up up every morning. It was the first microwave ever I bought and I am sad.

I bought it back in 1993 - a 1.3 cu.ft 900watt unit.

You will be missed.

I replaced it on Friday with a 30L (1.1 cu.ft 1000 watt) Westinghouse unit I bought on clearance at Walmart for $99 CDN. So far so good.

 

[Unheard]

F

 

[bbhaag]

RIP

 

[Paperdoc]

A microwave oven that lasted over 30 years? THAT deserves some kind of medal!

 

[brianmanahan]

i still miss the one i grew up with in the 80s

no others have felt quite the same

a rotary timer, a physical ding instead of a beep... it was great

 

[allisolm]

Mine was bought in 1985 and it's both a microwave and a convection oven. Panasonic. Still works fine. Use it every day.

 

[nakedfrog]

You could give it a tiny wave goodbye.

A micro-wave, if you will...

 

[KLin]

You could give it a tiny wave goodbye.

A micro-wave, if you will...

 

[herm0016]

A microwave oven that lasted over 30 years? THAT deserves some kind of medal!

my parents have a micro that was bought when i was born to warm up bottles. just about 40 years ago.

this may be the best gif ever.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't know how old mine it. It's a Monkey Wards model with resistive(?) buttons. Early 90s? It's perfect for my purposes. Small and low power. Everything goes in on high, and only the timing varies. I don't really do any "real" cooking with it, but it's convenient for heating stuff up.

 

[KLin]

my parents have a micro that was bought when i was born to warm up bottles. just about 40 years ago.


this may be the best gif ever.

I dunno, I think this one is pretty good as well.

 

[WelshBloke]

I lost a long time member of my family: my Sanyo microwave oven.

It has traveled with me from place to place and as dependable as the sun coming up up every morning. It was the first microwave ever I bought and I am sad.

I bought it back in 1993 - a 1.3 cu.ft 900watt unit.

You will be missed.

I replaced it on Friday with a 30L (1.1 cu.ft 1000 watt) Westinghouse unit I bought on clearance at Walmart for $99 CDN. So far so good.

Bet the new popty ping doesn't last 30 years!

 

[Iron Woode]

Bet the new popty ping doesn't last 30 years!

you are probably correct. Planned obsolescence.

 

[nakedfrog]

Bet the new popty ping doesn't last 30 years!

My current one is 18, the turntable motor acts up when the seasons change, but so far (the last 2-3 years) it's settled down after a few weeks. It does look to be a fairly standard part so I may get around to replacing it. I've also replaced the mica waveguide cover because it flared up a bit with a bit of food that was stuck to it.

 

[Exterous]

Ooof its tough to lose any of those old dependable appliances or electronics (looking at you HP printers from the late 90s). I have an alarm clock I've had since I was a teenager and I think I might need a day or two off of work to recover from my loss when it dies