Power Hunt Dual Power (120VAC/12VDC) Portable Microwave Oven: Appliance Only - 12V Operation from C

I bought this little microwave so my wife could warm her lunches while on the road. It works great for that. CAUTION! My one concern is that this ships without a fuse for the battery cable. I had to order and install that correctly. If you install this in your vehicle, do not install it without adding a 12 volt 50 amp fuse to protect your vehicle. If this thing shorts out, and it isn't fused, you could burn down you vehicle.

Before I purchased this microwave which is the latest version, I debated over using a regular 700W microwave with my 1500W inverter.

What won me over was a number of factors:

1. dual power feature to move the unit from vehicle to vehicle; little more difficult with a heavy external inverter

2. light weight; lightest non-portable in same class size was about 8lbs more; iWave is lighter but smaller

3. door opens like an oven; ideal for confined vehicular space; serves as a table, too

4. customer support seems to be pretty responsive and accountable; BIG PLUS!

Cons:

1. expensive; could get a regular microwave and inverter for less

2. construction?; time will tell; my 1st unit was shipped slightly damaged and scratched up (as well as 2nd unit); Lexan plastic? material which scratches easily anyways

3. does not come with alligator clips; requires permanent (screw/bolt on) connection

4. low power and nonuniform heating, despite claim of scanning technology; input 600+Watts; OUTPUT only 420+WATTS!

Result:

1. Boil 12 ounces of room temp. water: 11 minutes!!! (ceramic mug)

2. Microwave dinner mash potatoes (takes forever) 7 minutes; everything else cooks about 4-5 minutes

3. Will be more effective if you rev the engine while it is running; possibly due to higher voltage; the 8 ft. cable is of high quality (very flexible with accurate gauge wiring); voltage drop for the 8ft, I believe is not optimal; recommend cut as short as possible; 12.4-12.5V at least is recommended

I have not had a chance to test it off road, yet.

One side note is, I was curious and bought a microwave leak detector and it passed with flying colors. However, it will cause interference with your wifi signal if you use it! This is not common with every microwave, though, including my kitchen mounted on.

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