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AIBU to ignore my friend's advice?

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Baileyscheesecake · 07/06/2021 18:01

Hi, I live alone and am downsizing to a 2 bedroom bungalow with a very small kitchen. I currently have a single and a double oven and a separate microwave on the worktop. But when I move I won't have the space for a microwave on the worktop. I'm having a new kitchen fitted at the bungalow and am not sure whether to go for a unit which fits a microwave/single/double oven in the same tower or whether to buy a single oven which also doubles up as a microwave with a double oven below. I mentioned my dilemma to a friend who has a double oven and a single oven that doubles up as a microwave. She said the microwave in a triple set up will be too high up and dangerous to use. The unit for microwave/single/double oven tower I'm looking at buying is 1310mm from floor to height of the shelf the microwave will sit on. This seems a reasonable height to me. Does anyone who already has a microwave/single/double oven combo find this a good combination? Is the microwave at a workable height? Do you find the double oven too low? I mainly use my single oven most of the time but find a double oven useful when having visitors so am not too worried about the double oven being lower down as I won't use it very often. Also do people with single/microwave oven combinations find them good? I'm worried that if the microwave breaks down it means the expense of replacing the oven and microwave but my friend who has had hers for 7 years reassures me that it is very reliable and less likely to break down than a worktop type microwave. The other issue is storage. With the microwave/single/double oven I will have a cupboard on top and a pan drawer below. This seems OK for what I need as I will also have a double pan drawer under the hob. My friend who was very insistent that I get the single oven/microwave combined says I will lose out on too much storage space by having three separate ovens but she has a family and uses a lot more pans than me. Also in the microwave/single oven there isn't a turntable. I thought the turntable in microwaves was to ensure even distribution of heat throughout. Has anyone with a microwave/oven combi had a problem with not having a turntable? All feedback from users of either set up would be appreciated. I'm tempted to ignore my friend's advice and go for the triple combination but would be interested to hear how others have found their combination of ovens - particularly if you are living alone like me and have a small kitchen with little worktop space. Many Thanks

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Herecomesanothernamechange · 07/06/2021 18:25

Have your kitchen how you would like to use it.
We have a separate microwave and little worktop space so have it mounted on the wall on microwave brackets like this
wallmountingbrackets so that things can be placed straight down onto the work top. It’s eye level height, we had the same set up in a previous house, perfectly safe and never had an accident. I like a separate microwave personally.

pickingdaisies · 07/06/2021 18:31

I had an eye level microwave, and will never again. I was fetching something out when it suddenly spat a few drops of boiling water out. One hit me just above my eye, how I didn't drop the dish I don't know. I've now got a little scar on my eyelid, and a counter top microwave.

TimeForTeaAndG · 07/06/2021 18:38

Our stand alone microwave sits on top of the oven unit which is single and double. So not integrated but at the same height. Do what works for you.

Catflapkitkat · 07/06/2021 20:29

We have a small microwave oven encased in a wall mounted cupboard on a shelf. It's great because you wouldn't even know it's there.

M0rT · 07/06/2021 20:57

I have a double oven, with a single oven and a microwave on top of that. Same storage space as you are talking about with pan drawer on the bottom and press on the top.
I'm not single but it is just me and DH, no kids.
It's fine for us.
The only thing I wish I had was the doors that slide up on the oven instead of pull down.
But the microwave is grand, although I am cautious with them anyway because I'm clumsy in general so need to be.
I'm 5" 1' by the way so not tall, I have a small step to reach the press on top of the microwave.

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