Hi,

My current microwave is playing up a bit with cold spots sometimes and even frozen spots in the food. I went looking at the weekend for a new one but couldn't understand why they all seem to be 700w, 800w, and mostly 900w and even higher when the 3 most popular cooking times on the back of ready meals etc are 650w 750w & 850w. I only found three 850w and no 650w or 750w.

Will food packaging soon be changed to include 900w and above. Should I wait and see then buy a 900w or just buy another 850w. What do current 900w owners do when heating up a meal just knock of say 30 seconds?

Cheers for any advice.

Hi Bristolred,

Mine is a 900w and I always go by the 850w timings... I don't often take any time off either, although if I was going to I'd probably deduct 5% of the cooking time as a maximum.

I've never had any ill consequence from using the 850w timings either (no burnt food, etc).

Hope that helps.