After weeks of thinking about it way too much, we finally bought a microwave. Did you know Panasonic and LG are the only big brands that make their own? Everyone else outsources to one big company that mostly uses the same innards.

Also if you are one of the 0.001% of folks (like me) who adjust the cook power, inverter tech is actually value added. Yay!

@User47 My first microwave in my current home was a Panasonic with inverter tech. I thought it was important and paid extra to have it. But when it died less than 10 years later, I just bought one that fit in the same spot. It might be a GE, but I can't remember. I actually like it a lot more.