Bosch - 800 Series 1.8 Cu. Ft. Convection Over-the-Range Microwave with Sensor Cooking - Stainless Steel

The Bosch 800 Series microwave is a very nice product. The sensor cook feature does a very good job heating food. The popcorn button listed three different size popcorn bags starting with the 1.5 ounce when you push the popcorn button, put the button again and it changes to the next bigger size bag and push the button again and it is set to pop the 3.5 ounce bags of popcorn. The sensor button has a setting for backed potatoes and it works very well. The interior space of this 1.8 Cu Ft micron is surprisingly very good with a 14 inch glass plate that rotates. Our old 1.8 cu ft Bosch microwave only had a 12 inch glass rotating plate so Bosch has made this 1-8 cu ft microwave even better. It also has an LED light in the interior. The interior is stainless steel making it easy to clean. This unit has a convection oven feature in it but we have not used that feature so I can't comment on how that works when using it. This unit has two LED lights on the bottom for lighting the top of your range cooktop however do to the directional lighting LED lights project while they are bright and a nice white light they will leave the front 1/6th of your range top dimmer that the area right under the microwave, not really a big deal but it does show one of the limitations of LED lighting vs halogen bulbs that spread light over a wider pattern. Overall this is a very nice microwave and we are very pleased with it.

Poor quality for a $675 microwave. Picked it up 11/15/2020. Didn't start using it til 11/23/2020 and on Christmas day 11/25/2020 after literally 4 weeks of use the plastic clip on the frame of door cracked off just by simply opening the door. Without the plastic piece going inside frame of microwave the touch buttons aren't working so we cant even use the microwave at all. We are 2 adults no kids using or slamming the door. Now we have to unmount it and bring it to geek squad. Who wants to repair a almost $700 microwave after 30 days of use? Worst of all theres no option to repurchase if they cant repair it. Its no longer available to buy. Please look into buying other brands the name Bosch is not what it used to be and we have been Bosch appliance users for 24yrs

This HMV8053U performs good in terms of microwave and convection cooking. I use the convection to cook small portions of chicken and pork chops. It works well. 1) The biggest issue I have with it is there is plenty of oil dripping down from the front body of the microwave. See photos for detail. The unit was installed late August 2017. The oil dripping started in October 2017 and continues as of today. There is oil at both upper and lower door hinges as well. Bosch technician had no idea what is going on and offering no solution. He sort of admitted that this in normal. And I told him no way this is normal. And the sales rep said the same thing. My old GE microwave did not show that. He confirmed the installation was good, and it is exhausting as it should. 2) Also the plastic tab that is part of the grill grid connecting to the microwave just broke by itself. 3) The bottom part of the door handle became loose (can be moved left and right) just few months after installation. I'm very disappointed with this oil dripping issue that the Bosch technician cannot fix. And seems like Bosch had no repair data base he could look up for such problem (otherwise he would have told me he'd try to find.) This HMV8053U model was made in China. And it shows the material and workmanship are bad. Also the new door and grill grid replaced have no additional warranty. When the 1 year is up, the entire unit will be out of warranty.