Abode 25L

Long Life for the price – We bought this microwave in late 2013 after our 5 month old Coles' Onyx microwave conked out. I bought this for $79 at the time from BigW and it's still going strong. It holds a roomy 25L and has a 950W power output which allows it to cook, defrost and reheat reasonably quickly. So after 6 years, the lighbulb blew its fuse last week, but the… Read more

machine is still doing its job quite well.

The only thoughts I have against it are the garish orange LED font (but I've lived with it for 6 years - it's a microwave), and the fact that the light bulb cannot be replaced without opening the housing.

pretty good – Had this microwave for a little while, its normal sound Wise no quiter or louder then any other microwave, it's easy to use, and understand easy to maintain, for the price, the quality is quite good, didn't realise they had been discontinued, but overall it's a good, easy to use microwave  Show details

Amazing – I bought this microwave 6 years ago from big w and it is still going strong and very quiet i cant fault it. Has defrost and preset functions. It is honestly the best one i have ever owned. I cant remember how much i payed for it. But will be looking into the brand for more items  Show details

Dangerous!!!! – We have purchased this same microwave 4 times in the past 5 years. The first 3 just stopped cooking or warming anything, it would turn on and rotate but would not actually cook or heat, everything came out cold. THE FOURTH one blew up on me last night and electrocuted me! I am 37 weeks pregnant and had to spend time in hospital and now I'm at high… Read more

risk with the possibility of my baby being "still born" because I was electrocuted by this microwave! It should be taken off the shelves. The reason we brought the same one 4 times is because it has a good price and it's all we could afford at those times.

A good basic no frills microwave - have owned 18 months – This is a good microwave. I read the other review of someone saying the one they bought wasn't good, In the 18 months I've had mine I've lived in two share houses, One with three people incuding a guy that used it constantly, and now with me and one other girl. I haven't had a single problem with this microwave, it works well and is easy to clean.

It Lasted Four Days – Apparently this product has been discontinued by Abode? How is that possible considering we purchased one last Wednesday 14th May 2014 at Big W for $78? This microwave worked well for the first few days. On day 3 its internal light flickered a few times. On day four we saw sparks inside the microwave, the light flickered and then it switched… Read more

itself off. It was broken, after less than four full days of use.

We returned it to Big W and got a full discount. They still have them sitting on their shelves for sale. Do not purchase this microwave if you come across one. Not very good quality, I guess you get what you pay for but as Big W is our only big local department store and they only sell two brands of microwave, we didn't have much choice. It did not have a one minute cooling down period like our old microwave, which can get annoying it broke after four days of use

Loss of power, – Has lost power after only 7 months of use and present giver unable to find receipt, It now takes three times as long to cook or heat anything than our old Sanyo microwave which we had for twenty years, I suppose it is the old saying, you get what you pay for. Nice looking unit.