It depends on how annoying a noise it will make if allowed to finish. I find it odd that the option to disable the beep on completion isn't common. There's rarely any urgency to remove what I just heated.
Really? First thing I do after a power outage is turn off the sound on the microwave. I'm not putting stuff in for hours, I've not forgotten about it. If I'm not taking it out of the microwave immediately it's because I'm busy. Settle down, machine.
This is how my wife is. However, weve recently (6 months now) gotten a new microwave and i havent had to clear the time off once. There's no way shes changed her ways, so this must have a feature to clear remaining time after so long
LG 2-cu ft 1050-Watt 29.88-in Over-the-Range Microwave with Sensor Cooking (Printproof Stainless Steel) MVEL2033F at Lowes.com https://share.google/nsL7QDb6vs06tbJTj
I have my microwave on silent so I actually prefer to let it finish so I don't need to press a button to clear those few seconds to have a useful clock back
Is that really out of context? Maybe it's also because I am a parent, but that was my immediate reaction to the post. Death to all things that beep loudly!!!
No, your comment was perfectly in context. I was nominating it as a perfect addition to an all time greatest list of post that, out of context, are amazing.
Someone at work does this and doesn't clear the remaining time. Pisses me off. Press the stop button for the love all that is holy. Look, I know it's petty.
Not petty, totally fair. In my case, the microwave is the most visible clock from the couch, so I am always annoyed when it's 00:02 instead of the time. But then again, the power goes out frequently where I live, so it's not so reliable as a clock in the first place
Mine makes a little music sound, and when I hit the "stop" button it makes a different music sound. If I hit it at just the right time, it makes a nice melody by combining both sounds. I recreated a similar sounding one to it here.
I used to stop my microwave a few seconds before it finished, like many others, due to the annoying unstoppable beeps. But then I got this smaller unit that happens to let out the faintest confirmation of doneness that I ever did, or rather almost didn’t, hear. I don’t mind it now.
If you time it right, you can stop my microwave on 0. I also like to avoid making noise if I can. So every time I microwave anything it’s a little minigame for me.
Our microwave [Electrolux, in case anyone wants to dig] doesn't beep until like 5 seconds after finishing, it's just silent. I think that's a pretty good feature.
Never knew how much I needed this, holy shit. Mine beeps when it finishes but also beeps again if I haven't opened the door in, idk, some amount of time. Which I get why it's a gesture and sometimes I actually do find it useful but often I'm like "I KNOW, GIMME A MINUTE"
My parents have one of these, and it drives me nuts when I visit. I understand that feature on something like an oven where it’s still cooking. But the microwave stopped. Nothing’s going to burn. So stop rushing me!
Yeah because the thing beeps as if the house is on fire. I'd rather have it stay silent. And 1-3 seconds is not really enough to have any measurable effect.
Yeah. My microwave makes five beeps whenever the timer runs out, regardless if I open the door or not.
In terms of appliance beeping aggravation, I've yet to have one that tops an old slow cooker I had. When you turned it on, it just had a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep that lasted for multiple seconds and made me want to throw it out the window every time I had to use it. It was like a goddamn siren alerting the whole apartment complex to the possibility of pot roast in 4-8 hours.
I time it right so that I can run towards the microwave “in slow motion” and pretend I’m stopping a bomb from going off, 1 second before it blows. My kid loves it. 🤷♂️
Yes, because of the stupid turntable. 1:30, the water isn't hot enough. 2:00, the water is too hot and cup is at the back of the oven. The right amount of time, for tap water, in the summer, is 1:47, that puts the water at the front of the oven at the right temp, but I don't want to punch in 1:47, so I just hit the 2 to start and run the oven for 2 minutes, and then pull the door open at 1:47. Also, no beep that way.
Commercial microwaves, like in a restaurant, have a row of numbered buttons that can be programmed for time and power setting. That's the best way to control a microwave.
Me too, and it comes with the added benefit of usually having a pleasant "Ding!" instead of the shrieking "BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP!" that digital microwaves have. The downside is that you completely lose the precision of a digital timer, which some people (not me) consider a must have in a microwave.
My microwave has a feature that, after it's done microwaving, positions the turntable the way it was when it started. So a cups handle is always accessible.
Only if I'm standing across the room and my brain calculates that the time it takes to close the distance is within the time remaining on the countdown and I get to do a badass flip, twirl, and slide to stop it just in the nick of time so I get to pretend I have super hero level reflexes.
I cannot do badass flips but the point still stands. I can twirl and slide though, as long as I'm wearing socks.
Depends on what I'm putting in. There are some plates of leftovers that I've made often enough to just know how long it'll take, so the time is exactly what it needs to be and I can wander away for a second to check the mail or whatever. Popcorn obviously comes out when it's done. If I'm warming a drink in a mug, I'll stop it early if the handle is at a more convenient angle, since otherwise I'm liable to burn myself.
Never had one, used one maybe 3 times in my life. I've let them run through until I heard the beep, then came over to check. Is that's not how it works?
I feel like I am the opposite. If I set it to a specific time, then I feel I have committed to letting the food cook for that entire time and will not stop it early even if I think it looks like it's done already.
No, see, then I will have just committed to cooking it 1 second longer. I told the machine how long to cook it. I can't be caught lying to my microwave or oven.
I think I took the "boy who cried wolf" story a little too seriously...
It depends on how annoying a noise it will make if allowed to finish. I find it odd that the option to disable the beep on completion isn't common. There's rarely any urgency to remove what I just heated.
Really? First thing I do after a power outage is turn off the sound on the microwave. I'm not putting stuff in for hours, I've not forgotten about it. If I'm not taking it out of the microwave immediately it's because I'm busy. Settle down, machine.
I'm embarrassed that I've never even thought of attempting this... Do all microwaves have that option?
No they do not, unfuckingfortunatly
Yes, regularly AND I leave the remaining time on the microwave. It's pure chaos over here.
My partner does the same thing! The amount of times I've looked at the microwave and wondered why time is standing still is too damn high!
I am triggered, please for the love of god and anyone who lives with you JUST CLEAR IT
I mash the stop/clear button until it makes more beeps than the microwave would have made if I let the time expire.
This is how my wife is. However, weve recently (6 months now) gotten a new microwave and i havent had to clear the time off once. There's no way shes changed her ways, so this must have a feature to clear remaining time after so long
My husband wants this. Brand?
LG. Pretty sure its this one specifically
LG 2-cu ft 1050-Watt 29.88-in Over-the-Range Microwave with Sensor Cooking (Printproof Stainless Steel) MVEL2033F at Lowes.com https://share.google/nsL7QDb6vs06tbJTj
Awesome - you may have saved a marriage 😉 Thank you!!
So i know its 2 weeks later, but i just confirmed this is a feature! It doesnt clear left over time after just 5 minutes
Stay away from my family!
Fucking Monster.
Microwaves stop by themselves? /j
I have my microwave on silent so I actually prefer to let it finish so I don't need to press a button to clear those few seconds to have a useful clock back
There's such a thing as a beepless microwave 😮?
I wish I could do that to everything in my life.
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WHAT BRAND OF MICROWAVE DO YOU HAVE?
I specifically looked online before replacing my last one – it didn't just beep, it screamed at the top of its lungs.
Now a happy owner of a silent LG microwave. (You hold two buttons simultaneously to put it in silent mode)
LG #1675079
For older ones I owned, you can open up the control panel and take out the little speaker puck as an irriversable alternative option.
HOW
I set mine to vibrate so I feel it in my pocket when it goes off
I have kids that I enjoy keeping asleep. There is no reason for that fucking beep to ever occur.
Nominating for best of out-of-context comments.
Is that really out of context? Maybe it's also because I am a parent, but that was my immediate reaction to the post. Death to all things that beep loudly!!!
No, your comment was perfectly in context. I was nominating it as a perfect addition to an all time greatest list of post that, out of context, are amazing.
Thanks but it was my comment.
Many models have the option to turn off the beeps
But why won't the noise turn off as soon as you open the door?
That’s what I thought but my wife needs it or she constantly forgets warm beverages in the microwave.
Someone at work does this and doesn't clear the remaining time. Pisses me off. Press the stop button for the love all that is holy. Look, I know it's petty.
Not petty, totally fair. In my case, the microwave is the most visible clock from the couch, so I am always annoyed when it's 00:02 instead of the time. But then again, the power goes out frequently where I live, so it's not so reliable as a clock in the first place
I hate the beep in every form so far, and I avoid using microwaves every chance I get.
Mine makes a little music sound, and when I hit the "stop" button it makes a different music sound. If I hit it at just the right time, it makes a nice melody by combining both sounds. I recreated a similar sounding one to it here.
beepbox.co project with the following melody:
I have this annoying microwave that beeps 5 times when it hits zero, even if I open the door in the middle of it. Kinda rude honestly
Ofc. Otherwise it beeps.
Turn off the beeps, it's the only way
One does not simply turn off the beeps.
I tried every combo and magic trick I could find and mine will not. Sadge.
I used to stop my microwave a few seconds before it finished, like many others, due to the annoying unstoppable beeps. But then I got this smaller unit that happens to let out the faintest confirmation of doneness that I ever did, or rather almost didn’t, hear. I don’t mind it now.
It beeps 5 times if I don't. Super fuckin annoying, are those beeps.
People who leave those few remaining seconds just hanging there for the next person to have to deal with are called “microdanglers.”
No. But my wife does and doesn't reset the display so it'll just show 3 rather than the time.
The beep from the microwave hurts my ears. So I stop about 1 second before it beeps.
No, if I wanted to microwave something for 57 seconds I'd put 57 seconds in. I don't practice brinksmanship
Of course! I'm not going to let a fucking oven tell me when my food is ready. Fuck you, Skynet, this is how the rebellion against the machines starts!
If you time it right, you can stop my microwave on 0. I also like to avoid making noise if I can. So every time I microwave anything it’s a little minigame for me.
Our microwave [Electrolux, in case anyone wants to dig] doesn't beep until like 5 seconds after finishing, it's just silent. I think that's a pretty good feature.
Never knew how much I needed this, holy shit. Mine beeps when it finishes but also beeps again if I haven't opened the door in, idk, some amount of time. Which I get why it's a gesture and sometimes I actually do find it useful but often I'm like "I KNOW, GIMME A MINUTE"
Also relevant user name. 👌
My parents have one of these, and it drives me nuts when I visit. I understand that feature on something like an oven where it’s still cooking. But the microwave stopped. Nothing’s going to burn. So stop rushing me!
With two kids, I feel that. 😆 "LET ME WIPE THIS SHITTY TODDLER BOTTOM FIRST, ALRIGHT?!"
Wow. That’s a great feature. I need to look out for it next time. Thank you
No problem, hope you find it. 😊👍 For reference, it's an Electrolux one.
Are you me?
Yes.
Yeah because the thing beeps as if the house is on fire. I'd rather have it stay silent. And 1-3 seconds is not really enough to have any measurable effect.
Me in the break room stopping the microwave before the beeps:
Here future microwave user, have these free nine seconds I'm leaving you.
Me finding the timer is not cleared when I want to use the microwave:
Ugh, now I have to press the reset button before I can enter the length of time to warm my lunch. Who was the accursed person who left time on here?
Or press the +30 button and bask in the glory of food cooked for 39 seconds.
No, my microwave has a nice chime instead of a beep
Mine does a singular *ding*, which is very appreciated.
Yeah. My microwave makes five beeps whenever the timer runs out, regardless if I open the door or not.
In terms of appliance beeping aggravation, I've yet to have one that tops an old slow cooker I had. When you turned it on, it just had a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep that lasted for multiple seconds and made me want to throw it out the window every time I had to use it. It was like a goddamn siren alerting the whole apartment complex to the possibility of pot roast in 4-8 hours.
I time it right so that I can run towards the microwave “in slow motion” and pretend I’m stopping a bomb from going off, 1 second before it blows. My kid loves it. 🤷♂️
Yes, because of the stupid turntable. 1:30, the water isn't hot enough. 2:00, the water is too hot and cup is at the back of the oven. The right amount of time, for tap water, in the summer, is 1:47, that puts the water at the front of the oven at the right temp, but I don't want to punch in 1:47, so I just hit the 2 to start and run the oven for 2 minutes, and then pull the door open at 1:47. Also, no beep that way.
Commercial microwaves, like in a restaurant, have a row of numbered buttons that can be programmed for time and power setting. That's the best way to control a microwave.
I remain fond of the analog knob myself.
Me too, and it comes with the added benefit of usually having a pleasant "Ding!" instead of the shrieking "BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP! BEEEEEP!" that digital microwaves have. The downside is that you completely lose the precision of a digital timer, which some people (not me) consider a must have in a microwave.
Wait… you microwave cups of water? Why the hell would you do that?
One less appliance. Not everyone wants a kettle on their countertop.
Most people that are in this situation, I think, are boiling their water on stovetop in pots.
Why not? I press a button and have a cup of boiling water less than 2 minutes later.
My microwave has a feature that, after it's done microwaving, positions the turntable the way it was when it started. So a cups handle is always accessible.
🙂↔️🫸 Stopping the microwave after 29 seconds to prevent the beep
🙂↕️👉 Stopping the microwave after 29 seconds because its a prime number
No, unless I want to set it up for period shorter than what is available but that hardly ever happens.
I usually leave and come back when it beeps.
If I don't stop it before the last second, the universe will blow up.
No, but I don't wait for the beeping to stop.
Turning off the sound of my microwave was an ability I was not aware I had. It’s so small of a thing but amazing.
Wait that's a thing?!
Now you have a new feature required on your next one if you can’t already do it.
Well yeah that's when the bomb goes off, gotta stop it
Only if I hear popping noises (and I am not microwaving popcorn)
If there's cheese I'll let it pop 2 or 3 more times before stopping it.
Or when popping popcorn and it stops popping.
god forbid we let people customize these things. we'll jam AI into the fucking appliances before we let people have actual QOL advancements.
No, I don't get that urge. Ours takes awhile to get things where I like it. If I make 3 cups of rice I leave it in there for 17 minutes 😬
I'm just hit the god damn stop/cancel button if you want to stop it before the timer reaches zero.
Sometimes
My LG microwave sings to me when it finishes. So I don't mind it at all. And it's only 3-5 seconds long
Yes.
Almost always.
Only if I'm standing across the room and my brain calculates that the time it takes to close the distance is within the time remaining on the countdown and I get to do a badass flip, twirl, and slide to stop it just in the nick of time so I get to pretend I have super hero level reflexes.
I cannot do badass flips but the point still stands. I can twirl and slide though, as long as I'm wearing socks.
No. I like the BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
Yes especially at night cuz I don't wanna wake up my parents and my sibling lol
Only if I think I set it for too long.
Depends on what I'm putting in. There are some plates of leftovers that I've made often enough to just know how long it'll take, so the time is exactly what it needs to be and I can wander away for a second to check the mail or whatever. Popcorn obviously comes out when it's done. If I'm warming a drink in a mug, I'll stop it early if the handle is at a more convenient angle, since otherwise I'm liable to burn myself.
Quiet microwave gang. Took a while to find the instructions and can only be done when it's first plugged in on mine.
Yes. Even tho. You should let an item sit and continue to cook after the wave is done. I just grab it like a Neanderthal.
Never had one, used one maybe 3 times in my life. I've let them run through until I heard the beep, then came over to check. Is that's not how it works?
I prefer to stand up at the last moment and reach the microwave as it beeps. It's fun to have audible confirmation on your inner timing.
I stop it on the start of the beep.
I feel like I am the opposite. If I set it to a specific time, then I feel I have committed to letting the food cook for that entire time and will not stop it early even if I think it looks like it's done already.
You can set it for an extra second so you don't feel bad about stopping it "early"
No, see, then I will have just committed to cooking it 1 second longer. I told the machine how long to cook it. I can't be caught lying to my microwave or oven.
I think I took the "boy who cried wolf" story a little too seriously...
No. I like to stop it right as it hits 0 on the first beep if people are around, but if I'm by myself I wait for it to stop beeping.
I replaced the microwave with an air fryer, still have the microwave but it lives in a cupboard and only gets used a couple of times a year.
As the air fryer cools for a few seconds before it finishes I usually don't stop it early. I will often open it early to check on the food though.