Enjoy versatile cooking power with the 1200W, space-saving 1.2 cubic-foot Panasonic NN-SN65KW Compact Microwave Oven, perfect for any kitchen or dorm room. Its sleek design includes a smart touch control panel to make it easy to cook a variety of foods, plus reheat and defrost for the taste, texture and nutrients you want. Unlike traditional microwave ovens that use pulse-on, pulse-off power to cook foods, Panasonic’s Inverter technology creates a seamless, continuous stream of cooking power to evenly heat and prepare foods, with no cold spots. The high-power Panasonic NN-SN65KB countertop microwave also includes Genius Sensor Cook and Reheat to take the guesswork out of heating meals, leftovers and snacks plus 15 auto cook options to effortlessly prepare foods like oatmeal, omelets and more. The 3-level popcorn button lets you choose the popping temperature and time for different bag capacities and a useful Keep Warm setting keeps gravies, vegetables, dinner rolls and more warm for up to 30 minutes until ready to serve. This Panasonic white microwave externally measures 12 1/4-inch (H) x 20 11/16-inch (W) x 15 13/16-inch (D) with the spacious internal cavity measuring 9 15/16-inch (H) x 13 15/16-inch(W) x 14 1/8-inch with a 13.4-inch turntable.
Countertop Microwave Ovens
Panasonic NN-SN65KW Microwave Oven with Inverter Technology, 1200W, 1.2 cu.ft. Small Genius Sensor One-Touch Cooking, Popcorn Button, Turbo Defrost-NN-SN65KW-(White)
$4.40
| Asin | B07PML2DC6 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 15.8 x 20.7 x 12.2 inches |
| Weight | 28.7 pounds |
| Manufacturer | Panasonic |
Ralph_S –
Panasonic NN-SN65KW Microwave Oven, Inverter, 1200W, 1.2 cu.ft., Sensor.
Sold by Amazon and shipped by Amazon.
Summary: After 5 weeks of use, I am quite satisfied with this microwave, and I would buy it again. Remove the plastic film on the keypad. The beep can be turned off. Sensor heating works well for me. Illumination is adequate. The door button and door work well. Sound level fine. My previous experience with durability of Panasonic products has been quite good, so I am cautiously optimistic about this microwave.
Protective film on keypad: After you receive the oven and confirm that it runs, remove the protective film that covers the keypad. You can use a piece of tape on the corner of the keypad to pull off the protective film. If you don’t remove the protective film, it will deform gradually because it is relatively soft. Removal instructions are in the manual, on page 24, under “7. Control Panel.”
Keypad: Using the keypad requires pressing with the tip of your finger (not your fingernail) on the centers of numbers or commands. The keypad will not respond to pressing off-center on a number or command. In practice, this has not been a significant problem. Removing the protective film may help.
Beep: When you plug the microwave into an electrical outlet, you will have an opportunity to turn off the microwave’s beep, using instructions on page 11 in the manual. To summarize, press Start twice, then press Timer (More) to cycle between Beep On and Beep Off, and finally press Stop/Reset to confirm the setting. (Here, I skipped over the option to change between Imperial and Metric weight systems.) I leave the beep turned off, yet I notice when the microwave stops running. I sometimes forgot when the beep was audible; perhaps I had beep overload.
Power levels: My oven cycles between power levels every few seconds when I use keypad power level 1 or 2. With sensor heating at higher power levels, the microwave sound includes a low-pitched hum every few seconds. However, the output power doesn’t appear to cycle; water boils at the same rate with or without the hum. Sensor heating works well for me; I mostly use sensor level 8 to cook whole grains in a glass bowl without a lid, to prevent boiling over.
Illumination: The LED doesn’t have a cover to diffuse the light, but the light nonetheless adequately illuminates the food. I had assumed that the gray interior would make viewing food difficult, but that hasn’t been a problem.
Door:
. The door button operates easily and quietly. To close the door silently, I press the door button and gradually release it while I close the door.
. After microwaving, I keep the door open until any condensation on the door has evaporated.
. If the door is opened fully, a spring-loaded detent tries to keep the door open. (Car doors operate in the same manner.) Make sure the door is opened fully before inserting or removing something from the oven, or the detent spring will push the door partly closed.
Thoughts about durability:
. The statement below is printed on the box; I’m not sure how to interpret the second line:
“Manufactured by Panasonic Appliances
Microwave Oven (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Shanghai, China, MADE IN CHINA”
. The microwave was shipped in the Panasonic box only. Something banged into the box but did not penetrate it; the microwave did not appear to be affected.
. I used my previous Panasonic microwave (model NN-T664SF) for 17 years, until the turntable gearing began to growl occasionally. I had been careful to press the door button while closing the door, to prevent the door from banging shut. I was quite pleased with that microwave and its longevity.
meginlasvegas –
This (white) microwave looked great on my counter, that was until I had to put it back in the box because it didn’t work. When attempted to use the screen would display an H98 error. Contacting customer service was a nightmare and when I did it was like talking to a tree, no communication skills (way to long to write about that in this review).
I was told a box would be sent to me and I would then ship out my dysfunctional microwave for repair. It took over a week for the box to arrive. When it did, it was very easy to pack, drop off at FedEx and then just 2-3 days later it arrived back to me.
I was so excited to finally have a microwave again, especially since I bought this one BRAND NEW.
I opened the box to discover a disgrace. Yes, the microwave works but it is disgustingly covered in some sort of yellow staining throughout the exterior. At first I thought I got someone else’s USED microwave back (which didn’t surprise me with this companies customer service). But I realized it still had the packing filming over the number pad and no other signs that it was used before.
The yellow staining never came off. This is a WHITE microwave that sits on my counter, so all that yellow mess is visible. It makes me cringe because it looks gross.
The microwave was also put together by what seemed like a child. Carelessly put back misaligned and showing gaps. I wouldn’t be surprised if the door falls off in a few months (and that is being generous).
This once sleek, modern looking microwave now looks like it belongs in a run down motel room.
Don’t bother with this microwave or its customer service, you are NOT GETTING WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
O. Swartz –
I received this today to replace a similar Panasonic. Plugged it in, worked like a charm (P.S., the old one STILL works great, but I melted hair removal wax in it and it ran all over; could not find a reliable solvent to clean it out and could not spend the time struggling to clean it). I would recommend this Panasonic.
J. Miller –
I’ve been waiting for an excuse to buy an inverter microwave, so after fixing our old microwave twice and experiencing yet another breakdown, I bought this. Being able to actually reduce the cooking power instead of how traditional microwaves cycle on and off (PWM) is huge. I can reheat fish on low power without the fish blowing up. I can defrost without cooking the item. Some concerns I’ve read in the reviews:
-It’s loud: I guess the fan is louder than most others, but I wouldn’t have noticed it had I not already expected it. In my opinion, not an issue.
-It interferes with WiFi: I tested this and it really screwed up communication with a tablet over WiFi. But there seems to be a fix! If the WiFi connection is on 5.8GHz, it shouldn’t be affected. But if it’s on 2.4GHz, force the WiFi router to use channel 1. I had it on 6 at first, but 1 was totally unaffected.
-The inside is dark because it’s painted gray and not white: True, but I don’t find this to be a big issue. I can still see the item inside well enough.
A few other picky things:
-A Toshiba inverter microwave I’ve used lets you change the power while it’s running, and this doesn’t. Cool feature but not necessary.
-To set the power, you press the button multiple times to get to the power level you want. That seems strange, but it’s how it works.
-Pressing the “Quick 30” doesn’t immediately start cooking like I’m used to. You have to push Start.
-I measured the power consumption through the power cord and while it appears power levels 30% and higher do truly cook continuously at reduced power, it’s seems 20% and less still cycle on and off at 30% power level. Perhaps the designers had trouble getting below 30% in a reliable manner. A minor detail some may be interested in.
Otherwise, generally well made and powerful on 100% power. I just hope it’s reliable with the extra complexity in these compared with traditional microwaves which have exactly four components in the microwave generator circuitry. An inverter like this one adds in a bunch of extra electronics. Regardless, I wouldn’t go back to a traditional microwave unless I’m only using it to heat water or making hot cereal.
Regarding this being a 1.2 cubic foot size versus larger 1.6 cubic foot: I compared this with my old 1.6 cu-ft over-the-range microwave and not only is the turntable in the Panasonic larger, but the microwave interior is taller. So all that extra space in the 1.6 cu-ft is of no use if the item doesn’t fit on the turntable!
I do wonder how many complaints about total failure are related to insufficient airflow. Another review on Amazon (“Unit failed in less than a year”) claims they’ve had two fail, yet the photo they included in the review CLEARLY shows the microwave in a very tight cabinet with no airflow. That’s how you destroy something like this. The user manual states a certain amount of required free space on the sides and top for cooling.
wanda rakoczy –
Two person household, we use this microwave to heat water for tea/coffee.
We use it to warm up leftovers and heat frozen dinners & veggies.
While doing research, found out there is one manufacturer in the U.S. that
makes all Microwaves. They manufacture per the Brands Specifications.
Microwaves have come down in Price which was a bonus for us.
W. Walsh –
I’ve had excellent service and performance from previous Panasonic Inverter microwave ovens, so when the need arose for a new one, I selected the NN-SN65KW.
Cooking performance wise, I don’t think there’s a better microwave oven you can buy. The inverter assures fine control of the cooking power by reducing output from the magnetron rather than simply running it at full power briefly with a variable rest in between as most competing microwave ovens do.
It’s nice to see that Panasonic redesigned the interior light so that it comes on when the door is opened. Previous Panasonic microwave ovens lacked this feature for some reason. I’m very pleased with the way it cooks, although even on the lower third of its power settings, it’s still belting out the microwaves at a pretty good clip.
I don’t care for the design of the control panel. The buttons are flat, and offer nothing in terms of tactile response to let you know that you have or haven’t pressed one. At first, several of them didn’t seem to respond all that reliably. This has improved with use.
I have noticed an odd bug that comes up sometimes at the end of a simple cooking cycle (no programs, or dual stage cooking options are enabled). Even though operation has concluded normally (without interruption) and the clock display is again shown, sometimes it happens that inputs from the buttons are ignored until I press the STOP key. Whatever goes wrong, this clears it right up.
The cooling fan sounds kind of cheap and is surprisingly loud. I’m also quite surprised by how conclusively this microwave oven (and those before it) wipe out 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi signals over a large area. Even though the magnetron operates near the same frequency, I don’t have any reason to believe that microwave emissions are escaping from the oven. Panasonic acknowledges this in the owner’s manual. It’s still a bit mysterious, especially as the microwave has a metal cabinet and is plugged into a properly grounded outlet. I suspect the inverter of causing this problem, but would have expected that the grounded metal cabinet would suppress such interference.
SJ –
I needed a new microwave and hate stainless steel (I don’t live in a restaurant), was dismayed that most of the white or black microwaves seemed shoddy or were unknown brands, but I’ve had good luck with other Panasonic items so I got this one. I LOVE IT! It was really well packed for shipping, it’s got elegant streamlined lines, and comes with a detailed and READABLE INSTRUCTION manual–I about fell over in a dead faint. I LOVE its options: defrost, reheat, 10 power settings easy to use, very intuitive and not loud. A friend was just complaining about his deafening microwave alerts when something’s ready. This one just beeps 3 times, quietly.. LOVE THIS MICROWAVE!
Wolfy DeWolfster –
Our older Panasonic Inverter lasted for what seemed an eternity and then finally died. This unit is good looking, quiet, and has features that our other didn’t, like the light coming on with door open and the “cooking complete” reminder, albeit you have to program the reminder in before you push the start button. The main problem we’ve had so far is that sometimes I’ll push “quick 30” (or just the time to cook) and when I hit start it turns on for about 1 second, stops, and goes off. I’ll have to program it a second time to get it to work. Another problem was when my wife had finished cooking something (five beeps) and I went to use it right after, the buttons did nothing, and I had to hit stop/reset to enter my time and start it. I started wondering if I had bought a refurbished second, but since I’ve read through the ratings here I see I’m not alone. Also, the owners manual doesn’t include a Customer Service phone number for technical help or to file a claim. It’s like most business’ these days, (including Amazon), they don’t want you to know how to talk to a real person, so they hide the phone number, making it more than frustrating. But as far as the microwave itself goes, maybe, as some have stated, that Panasonic’s Quality Control needs to be looked at deep. This unit would be perfect if they worked the bugs out, not just for the product, but for the companies value’s as well.
John Call –
This was purschased to replace an aging KitchenAid. I bought one of the open-box units that, except for extremely minor cosmetic scratches, works as new.
Pros:
– Max power is awesome. (Panasonic trumpets the ‘inverter technologogy’, and it seems to cook a little more evenly with less time needed, but it’s not that noticeable.)
– Clean styling, and more space inside that the outside dimensions suggest.
Cons:
– Unlike every other microwave oven I have ever used, the unit doesn’t reset itself immediately after the cooking cycle is complete. It takes approx 20-30 sec. to clear by itself, whether you open the door or not. If you want to cook further within that time, you have a choice: Hit the “Add Time” button to add time, or, hit the “Stop/Reset” button to add time or set a new program. Maybe Panasonic believes if we use the myriad of built in cooking programs of ‘invertor technology’, there will be no need to immediately add more time–or to immediately cook something else. But if you do, you’ll have an intermediate step. I’ll get used to it, but, not a fan.
madam x –
Unlike other microwaves, this one doesn’t switch on and off if you lower the power level. It stays on at a lower power which is nice. I was able to keep plates warm by using a small container of water sitting on the plates, heating the water for 30 seconds, and then setting the “Keep warm” power level “P 0”. After disappointing results with an above-stove GE convection microwave, I decided to get this free-standing mid-sized microwave. I have used a free-standing large Panasonic convection microwave in Australia where the power is 220V. It was really good there. In the USA with only 120V, convection microwaves are not worth buying. If you have the same current powering the convection microwave as your stove (~330V), then I suppose the over-the-stove convection microwave will perform much better. The only problem now is that there is no exhaust hood above my stove but a non-functioning convection microwave, used now only for storage. The hood function was poor anyway. Much better solutions in Europe where only a hood is above the stove and a microwave or convection microwave is somewhere else in the kitchen.