Potential buyers have recently been very careful in choosing kitchen appliances. As long-term practice shows, cheap Chinese goods launched on the market by little-known brands quickly fell out of favor with users. This is due to the poor quality and lack of decent service in Russia.
This article will focus on the microwave oven. The reader is invited to get acquainted with one of the best products on the market in terms of price-quality ratio - the LG MS 2043HS oven. Characteristics, photos and owner reviews will provide more interesting information about the product, and a list of basic requirements for kitchen appliances will allow the reader to make a choice.
Famous brand name
It's no secret that the Korean company LG is among the top ten manufacturers of quality appliances in the world. Therefore, any product released under the logo of this brand, a priori, receives the highest rating not onlyexperts, but also buyers.
It doesn't matter in which country the products are assembled. Here the LG MS 2043HS microwave oven is assembled in China, but it is fully covered by the official manufacturer's warranty. You should always remember this and not be afraid to purchase goods marked Made in China.
As for the warranty and after-sales service, here the company has a full order - three years of warranty and one year for free service. A standard set that any eminent brand can provide, such as Samsung, Philips, Panasonic and other equally well-known manufacturers.
First meeting
It is difficult to call a gigantic box light - the LG MS 2043HS microwave oven weighs almost a dozen kilograms. And if at first it seems that the device itself will be much smaller and lighter, then after opening the package, the buyer may be confused. Users should be prepared for huge kitchen appliances to appear in the kitchen.
In addition to the stove, the owner will find a glass plate, several instructions and a warranty card in the kit. Yes, it is difficult to call the equipment rich, but, on the other hand, how else could the manufacturer please the buyer? In their reviews, some users note that the bundle lacks a network extension cable. Yes, there is a problem with the power cord (it is short - only eighty centimeters), but this is not a problem for most buyers, since many people install the oven in kitchen cabinets that have built-inelectrical outlets.
Product appearance
Affordable price and beautiful appearance are the main criteria that the buyer looks at. This is what attracted the attention of the LG MS 2043HS microwave oven. Specifications are also interesting to users, but if you prioritize between basic parameters, the affordable price still wins.
The microwave is made in a simple style and looks very nice in any kitchen. As for the build quality, it is impeccable. It is immediately clear that the product belongs to a serious brand. On the body of the device, the user will not be able to find any flaws in the assembly. Even the mounting system is provided on the bottom of the oven.
Ergonomics through the eyes of Koreans
The black front panel with a mirror-gloss finish looks really nice, but, as practice shows, during operation, it is this pomposity that turns into a headache for the owner. Like any other mirror, the front panel quickly collects dust and fingerprints, which are not so easy to remove.
Touch control is another problem that the LG MS 2043HS microwave oven has. The photo of this device may look beautiful with many useful buttons, but in practice everything is very difficult. First, the owner will have to get used to the sensitivity of pressing the function keys. They are all pressed in different ways, which often cause negative feedback from users.
Secondly, the functions themselves are few. The control panel is large, but the choice is rather poor. On the other hand, in a conventional microwave oven, there should not be any high technology, because the simpler the device, the easier it is to operate.
Consumer ability
An important criterion for most buyers is the power consumption of a household appliance. No one wants the purchased equipment to consume a lot of electricity. Microwave oven LG MS 2043HS takes 1 kW of energy per hour from the network. This is quite a worthy indicator if we draw an analogy with electrical appliances such as an iron or an electric kettle.
As for the efficiency of the furnace, it is 70%. That is, for every kilowatt of electricity, 700 watts are converted into microwaves. This indicator cannot be called worthy, but it is still more efficient than cheap Chinese products, where the efficiency is about 50-60%.
Unexplained functionality
There are a few useless features that the LG MS 2043HS microwave has. The technical characteristics declared by the manufacturer attract the attention of the buyer with information about the presence of an economical mode, which can seriously reduce energy consumption. However, during the operation, a strange fact is discovered, which causes the negative of many users. The fact is that in the economy mode, the digital clock simply turns off. Where the savings are here is not at all clear.
In general,The manufacturer devotes too much time to the built-in clock. Just one time setting takes up a whole chapter over several pages in the user manual. It’s also better not to mention the timer - its functionality is described so carefully that many users are trying to understand who LG’s technologists actually created this microwave oven for.
Useful Features
As for the advantages of LG MS 2043HS, there is something to please the future owner. It's better to start with the automatic backlight of the camera. The built-in sensor reacts to the opening and closing of the door, turning on and off the bright LED lamp. The oven is equipped with a loud speaker through which the user is notified of the completion of the task. Also, the microwave has protection against children.
The advantages include the presence of the function of defrosting products. And the process itself is quite high quality. Judging by the reviews of many owners, this is one of the few ovens on the domestic market that does not fry meat during the defrosting process. By the way, the built-in temperature sensor can turn off the device at the end of the defrosting of products.
Small bugs
It's clear that many customers want more from the LG MS 2043HS microwave oven. The technical characteristics of such an eminent device simply had to include a grill and convection in their list. However, the manufacturer upset his fans. This is indeed a serious flaw, which almost all potentialbuyers.
Also, the operation of the built-in temperature sensor is not entirely clear. He knows how to monitor the process of defrosting food, but for some reason he cannot maintain heating. This is already strange, because this functionality is in demand by almost every housewife.
Cooking Recipes
Judging by the reviews of the owners, it is difficult for many to work with built-in programs. The manufacturer, trying to please the buyer, has created special settings for preparing popular dishes. By bringing this functionality to the control panel in the form of special buttons and giving them beautiful names, the developers apparently expected a standing ovation from users. But got negative.
The fact is that programs can only work in one direction. There are buttons on the control panel, and there is a detailed description in the instructions on how to use the functionality. However, if the cook wants to make adjustments to the program, it turns out that the LG MS 2043HS microwave oven does not support editing settings. Really stupidly done.
Negative user reviews
Most potential buyers, when choosing kitchen appliances on the market, are first guided by the shortcomings that the product they are interested in has. The LG MS 2043HS microwave oven also has them. User reviews begin with the fact that the manufacturer poorly packed their goods for safe transportation. We are talking about a protective film that wraps around the entire body of the microwave oven. She takes off veryhard. It is almost impossible to tear it off the body, especially at the joints of the panels. It seems that the case was first wrapped with a film, and then assembled.
In operation, the oven also shows itself not from the best side. The thing is, she's very loud. As practice shows, the problem is in the transformer, it is he who causes unpleasant sounds. However, according to experts, this hum is quite justified: it is better for an inexpensive transformer to emit a hum than to consume a lot of energy with low efficiency. Here the Koreans quite strangely decided the issue of quality and price of installed spare parts.
Positive feedback from owners
It's better to start with the fact that the oven belongs to built-in kitchen appliances. Yes, you can mount the LG MS 2043HS microwave device in any cabinet. You can understand the reviews of the owners of a positive character, because few people want such a giant to occupy all the free space on the countertop or on the kitchen table.
Decent microwave cooling system allows you to solve problems with free space. The side panels and the bottom of the device are one large grille. Naturally, there are also blowers in the microwave, which cool the transformer and are able to remove heat from all heating elements.
Positive feedback from the owners has earned a complete instruction manual. Working with her is comfortable and interesting. Not a single point of the guide remained incomprehensible. This is really a rarity, because most manufacturerssure that the buyer is already familiar with the functionality, and provide a minimum of information in their instructions.
Problems and Solutions
As practice shows, LG MS 2043HS has practically no factory defects. At least, in the service centers of our country, the indicator of the inoperability of this device due to the fault of the manufacturer is less than 0.1%. This once again confirms that the country of manufacture is not an important criterion.
However, problems with this microwave oven still arise, and the fault is the human factor. Firstly, the user needs to be careful with the door of the device. No need to clap it with all your might - it closes perfectly with a slight movement of the hand. Due to constant impacts, the door mount wears out, which leads to depressurization of the chamber. Naturally, the oven will not work in this mode.
In conclusion
Yes, the LG MS 2043HS device still does not have a list of useful features that are in demand by many cooks in the kitchen. There is no grill, convection, temperature support, and the oven is buzzing too loudly. However, there is only one criterion that attracts the attention of a potential buyer - the price. Still, the cost of 6,000 rubles for a branded product from a famous brand quickly puts everything in its place. Need a simple and reliable microwave? The LG MS 2043HS oven will be the best purchase in terms of price-quality ratio. After all, an ordinary user is primarily interested in the demanded functionality: heating food, and not full cooking. And the grill is already the ability of ovens, but in no waya device that consumes 1 kilowatt of electricity per hour.
