Both "200" and "160" are 2 minutes in microwave math

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You change the power?! In 44 years i have never changed the power.

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Sure, but that's 4 presses on 3 buttons. I can press the same button 4 times much faster.

Over the course of a lifetime, we're taking DOUBLE DIGIT seconds saved!

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Yeah dude... If you're reheating leftovers on full blast, you've been making everything worse. Microwaves aren't perfect, but you can def finesse it a bit, and it makes a huge difference.

Try doing 80% for reheating. Also, stir occasionally (for stirrable foods), and pause to rotate the plate occasionally as well. Even if it's already on a carousel.

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I get the 2:00, but shouldn't it be 120? Or am I dumber than I thought? 60+60 still = 120, right?

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My grandma had wheels. She had both a car, AND a walker.

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1:60 = one minute and 60 seconds, or two minutes.

120 would be parsed as one minute and 20 seconds, or 80 seconds.

Took me a bit to get too.

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Huh. Thanks.

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I used to have one like that as well, most baffling design decision I've ever seen

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Really? Every microwave I’ve had you hit a number and it’s cooks your food for that many minutes. No power option, but you can set it prior to heating your food.

azuth

It's not 160 (seconds) it's 1 (minutes) **:**60 (seconds). My microwave always keeps the : when I input time.

VindictiveJudge

The French tried to, briefly.

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I mean it really depends on what you're heating up as to how much better it is. Some things it doesn't matter as much.

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They are saying that. Its a button on the microwave, you hit it before or after the time input, but its not usually a repeatedly hit button. On mine I would hit the time I wanted, then power, then the number for the percent power I want like 5 is 50%, then start.

I do have a potatoe button that works by pressing it over and over to select weight though.

psychOdelic

what?????? I have NEvER and I mean NEVER!!! seen a microwave with buttons EVER!!! in real life.

VindictiveJudge

You can also punch in 90 to get 1:30. I may have been extra lazy a few times to learn that.

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It's not really lazy until you're putting in "88" to save a keystroke and extra finger movement.

Echo Dot

I'm not down with all this fancy technology.

My microwave has a dial and some cogs and that's about as far as I'm prepared to go. An added bonus is that I don't get blinded whenever walking into the kitchen in the middle of the night

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What did he do with all of the time he saved?

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They all do, you put the food on it and it spins while its cooking.

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I thought modern microwaves didn't rotate at all. My Neff one doesn't.