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
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
I just microwaved some popcorn and yeah I used the hold the button trick.
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.
If you yell the moment it closes you should effectively muffle the noise of it closing.
I also never understood why microwaves need to be so loud. My dishwasher, hell even my washing machine are very quiet in comparisson.
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.
and one with no beeping when I beep the buttons, fucking nazis and their narc microwaves.
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
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.
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.
