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14 reviews
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  • Build Quality
    3.2 (5)
  • Value for Money
    3.0 (5)
  • Ease of Use
    4.2 (5)
  • Cleaning & Maintenance
    4.0 (4)
  • Noise Level
    3.3 (4)
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David B.

David B.Sydney, NSW

  • 2 reviews

Convection oven temperate way off

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Cooked a few dishes using the convection oven function and noticed they are way undercooked so I bought an oven thermometer which confirms the oven is way off. When set to 180 degrees the oven only reaches 100! When set to 230 it only reaches 175. An oven that doesnt even hit 180 is useless. Simillar reviews on Appliances Online re the low temp.



Purchased in April 2021 at Appliances Online for A$349.00.

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Jackie

JackieGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 4 reviews

Good microwave but oven is average

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Good for reheating and steaming quickly. Oven function is ok but food wasn’t as browned as normal oven roasting. Panel is easy to use and clean. Bought it on sale with minor scratches for $200 so value was reasonable.

Purchased in November 2021 at Home Clearance for A$200.00.



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Beau K.

Beau K.Greater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

12 month manufacturer warranty, lasted 12 months & 2 weeks..

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Was purchased to last, lasted 12 months and 2 weeks, just beyond the 12 month warranty. The non replaceable LED light started flashing and now the unit sounds like it's going to catch fire.

Purchased in September 2021 at Harvey Norman Retail Stores - Appliances for A$300.00.

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Sharp A.Sharp

Hi Beau, we are concerned to hear of your experience with this product. We would encourage you to reach out to us at [email protected], referencing your review to discuss this further with our Customer Care team.



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Adrian

AdrianMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

  • 9 reviews
  • 1 like

Fantastic Microwave Convention Oven

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This Sharp Microwave Convention inververter Oven is Great it heats food quick and when using the Convention oven heats up to temperature really quickly.I have cooked Cakes, Pizzas,Apple pies, Lasagnas pretty munch anything and perfect every time.Also love the grilling option and Convention combine cooking great for pizza ect. I would recommend this microwave Convention oven it is fantastic great product . Also the touch pad and controls is so easy to use very self explanatory

Purchased in June 2021 at Harvey Norman for A$339.00.

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Hi Adrian, thank you for taking the time to inform us of your experience your feedback has been logged.

The reviewer stated that an incentive was offered for this review

PeteE

PeteESydney

  • 4 reviews

Working well

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We have had this microwave for 4 years now and hasn’t missed a beat. Liked to have a convection microwave, particularly for pork crackle. Didn’t initially like it as much as my previous Sharp of nearly 20 years but it has proven reliable and no trouble, so happy with it.

Purchased in April 2021.

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Hi Pete, thank you for taking the time to inform us of your experience your feedback has been logged. Have a good day.

Aldrich

AldrichWILCHERRY

  • 4 reviews
  • 3 likes

Please don't hesitate. This microwave oven is worth it!

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We tried Woolworth’s frozen 125g Apple Pies at 175° for 30-minute cooking time. This time we just added five minutes for pre-heat and the pies were perfect.
I'm very happy with the control software for this microwave oven, and more than that, it's very uniform when you heat food, just like the delicious food you've just made.

Date PurchasedMar 2017
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Hi Aldrich, Thank you for providing feedback. It is great that you enjoy using the microwave. Have a good day.

Daddy

Daddy

  • 7 reviews

Sharp still as Sharp as ever

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Our convection microwave of 25 years finally packed it in, so we had to go out a new microwave, we always have liked convection because of the two different ways of heating, this Sharp microwave hasn’t missed a beat so far, sure we don’t expect to get 25 years out of our new microwave, but it does everything we want and couldn’t be happier

Date PurchasedJan 2016
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TayTay

TayTayNorth Queensland, QLD

  • 5 reviews

Works so well!

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Amazing microwave, heats food quickly and is very easy to use. This is my partner and my first microwave and I don't think we will stray away from this brand in the future. Looks very nice as well and matches our other kitchen appliances so bonus ha ha ha ha

Date PurchasedMar 2017
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Karen H

Karen HBrisbane

Very shabby Customer Care.

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Date PurchasedApr 2014
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jennywoo

jennywooGippsland, VIC

  • 21 reviews
  • 1 like

worst oven ever does not deserve 1 star

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purchased this oven after my very old much loved sharp carousel convection died. Noticed the door had a broken catch when it was unpacked, oven was replaced by the retailer. I don't know how they can call this oven a convection oven. It is no good for baking scones cakes pies etc.
It has turned out to be a very expensive microwave/pie warmer as that is all that it's good for.I will never buy a sharp oven again.If this oven breaks down I will not even bother to get it fixed.I would rather buy a convection microwave from Aldi for under $200

expensive piece of junk

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renw
renw

Have had mine for 2 years and it is a great microwave and have had no problems with it.

jennywoo
jennywoo

I agree it was a good microwave but not a good convection. The door has broken, just out of warranty I won't bother to have it fixed.

lillitae
lillitae

Yes I am very disappointed with my sharp microwave convection oven which was expensive and will not ever

Terrible

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Poor product that is expensive, Sharp's repair/customer service is very poor and slow. I would never buy a Sharp product again.
Convection oven and grill works well, but unfortunately the door broke after 2 months and Sharp repair service have been very slow to do anything about it.
Expensive Microwave, door broke after 2 months. Sharp customer service was not helpful at all. Still waiting for it to be fixed after 3 weeks.

BATS666

BATS666

  • 2 reviews
  • 2 likes

Terrible

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I wish I'd read reviews of this before buying.
I can only re-iterate what other reviewers have said both here an on other sites.
1. The turntable motor has now busted for the 4th time in 3 months...1 month after the warranty ran out!
2. The outer cabinet gets ridiculously hot. The turntable gets hot on microwave, so heats up the crockery. The whole point of a microwave is that this doesn't happen !!!

I had a Sharp convection microwave for 15 years before it packed up. Never a problem. Never got hot.

I now regard this as junk and would like my money back !!

broken turntable motor (3), very hot outer cabinet

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xraywolf
xraywolf

Flimsy plastic door catch broke - poor design

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One of the plastic door lugs/catches broke (my fault, i caught it on my arm).
Closed the door and now can't open it and power won't come on.
Off to repair no doubt at high cost.
Very poor design.
Overall good unit except....
....poorly designed/weak door catch, just waiting to be broke - would not recommend on this basis. But check any microwave you buy for similar "feature".

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Bry56
Bry56

This Microwave is total crap!!

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Absolute rubbish, do buy this product unless you want to be ripped off, my turntable has stopped working just out of warranty and tried to ring Sharp couldn’t get any help, I will never buy another Sharp product ever again.

Expensive, stopped working

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Questions & Answers

Darryl cowie

Darryl cowieasked

R890EST

How much clearance do need in a cabinet for this microwave

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Darryl cowie
Darryl cowie

How much clearance do need for the sharp R890est convection microwave

Sharp
Sharp A.Sharp

Hi Darryl, thank you for contacting us. Please find below the information as per the operational manual.
For R-890E(W)/(ST)/(BS): Allow a space of at least 40cm on the top, 5cm on both sides and at the rear of the
oven for adequate air circulation.
When installing in a cabinet, the minimum inside dimension of the cabinet should be 620mm(W) x 715mm(H) x 560mm(D).

Cate S.

Cate S.asked

R890

The programmed convection cooking temperature does not show when the 'fan forced conv.' pad is pressed as per the manual. In other words one has no idea what the temperature is after the preheat has finished. This is the second R890 I have had where this fault has been an issue. I have had this unit for 5days and live in remote country. Please advise. thank you. Kate

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PeteE
PeteE

Sorry Kate cant help with that. Perhaps best to contact Sharp directly.

Sharp
Sharp A.Sharp

Hi Cate, we encourage you to contact our Customer Care team via email at [email protected], referencing this question for assistance.

Sandra

Sandraasked

R890EBS

would this microwave be easy for a person in their 90`s to learn to use please?

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PeteE
PeteE

I Have the sharp R890N(S) which has lots of options. Something simpler may be better.

Sandra
Sandra

Thank you. I will take your advice and look into something simpler for her.

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