Russell Hobbs RHM2064B 20 Litre 800 W Black Digital Heritage Microwave with 5 Power Levels, Automatic Defrost, 8 Auto Cook Menus, Clock & Timer, Easy Clea
About your Russell Hobbs microwave
Microwave ovens do not generate any heat themselves but instead cause water molecules in food to vibrate. This vibration produces heat that cooks the food. This is why your food will come out of the microwave piping hot, when your utensils inside the microwave stay much cooler.
Microwaves cannot go through metal, so the inside of the appliance is lined with metal. The door is lined with a fine metal mesh which stops microwaves getting through.
Cleaning:
Avoid using scouring pads, steel wool or other abrasives. Warm soapy water and a sponge should get rid of all moisture and food spillages.
How to get the best cooking results
Reheat
With five microwave power levels to choose from, you can ensure all your food is cooked or re-heated to the optimum temperature.
Auto-Defrost
This microwave has automatic defrost settings, all you have to do is input the weight of the food and the microwave selects the ideal defrost time.
Auto Cook Menus
The RHM2064 also features pre-programmed auto cook menus such as pizza, fish and popcorn, allowing you to cook all your favourite food at the push of a button.
Avoiding Mishaps
To avoid any microwave mishaps it is recommended to take extra care with the following:
Low moisture foods (eg. cereals, bagels, dried pasta, pulses and chocolate)
– These must be cooked on a low power level for a very short length of time, or preferably not at all.
High sugar content foods (eg. jams, syrups)
– These foods can become easily ‘super-heated’ when cooked in a microwave oven.
Foods containing alcohol
– Foods with an alcohol content must not be cooked in a microwave as they could ignite.
Foods with a membrane or outer skin (eg. fruits, sausages, potatoes)
– Food with a sealed or none porous skin must be pierced to allow pressure and steam to escape.
| Weight: | 10.7 kg |
| Dimensions: | 43.9 x 34 x 25.7 cm; 10.7 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Russell Hobbs |
| Part: | RHM2064B |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Colour: | Black |
| Dimensions: | 43.9 x 34 x 25.7 cm; 10.7 Kilograms |
This microwave looks really nice and matches our other cream kitchen appliances. The mirrored front gets fingerprints on easily, but it’s not a big issue. There are a lot of functions I’ll never in all honesty use, but they may be useful to some people (e.g. weight/time defrost/cook, pre-sets, auto-cook by ingredient etc). I just press the 30 secs button the number of times I want something heated, and for that, it does the job brilliantly! If I had one quibble it’s the yellow light inside – I wish it were whiter, as it’s a bit odd. It’s also tricky to see inside when things are cooking, but I think most microwaves are. The red clock is quite bright and I wish it was perhaps a different colour (white or blue perhaps), but again, not a big deal.
Bought this item in 2021. Not even 3years old yet. Was using it to heat porridge for 2mins 30 secs and it BURST into flames!!
The circular ring with plastic wheel that the rotating plate sits on seems to have caught fire, melted itself AND MELTED THROUGH THE GLASS PLATE as per the photograph’s. Took hours for the smell to leave. Phoned RH. NO HELP “out of warranty. Take it up with your seller, Amazon”.
DO NOT RECOMMEND FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS. They (RH) had to do a product recall for similar reasons on their combo microwave/oven product a few years back so what does that say about the quality of their products and them only having a 1year guarantee? I registered this product the day I received it. What was the point? I WILL NEVER BUY RH AGAIN especially as the customer service was so bad. Not even an acknowledgment or apology for the stress and disruption this caused me!! DISGRACEFUL
use a microwave many times a day – last one just ‘died a death’ without warning – so now we will always have a spare – just in case of it happening again. & has same controls as current machine so no ‘learning’ required.
Nice, sleek, compact design. Much faster and more efficient at heating and cooking through than any previous microwave I’ve used. Only concern is that the door opening button feels weak.
Sleek and stylish looking, exactly what I was looking for . For the style and size of my kitchen fits in perfectly . Easy to use , haven’t used it for everything it do yet , but basic use absolutely perfect, cleans well. Only negative I can say about it if I’m being picky is the plate seems to clunk around a little when in use but it’s in place properly and won’t come off so absolutely fine , very good purchase overall and very happy.
I decided to replace my microwave because it had some external scratches. I went on Amazon to find it
as I wanted the same brand and colour to match my slow cooker,toaster, kettle and bread bin . I found the microwave and it told me I last purchased it in 2012 so it was 12 years old and I used it a lot. So no contest it was still working after 10 Years .
Our last microwave blew up when my daughter closed the door and put it on with nothing in it. We ordered this the day before Christmas Eve and it arrived the next day in time for Christmas. Amazon is amazing! This meecrowarvay has features to stop that happening again. It’s quick and reliable. Not too complicated. Just right!
I ordered my second microwave after mine eventually gave up.
But was handled roughly and had to replace two orders. But quality with Russell Hobbs is amazing- exceptionally pleased. And issue was sorted out.
Bought this to match the toaster & kettle, was a bit overwhelmed when it arrived I thought I’m not going to get the hang of this, but once I started using it it’s brilliant, love how you can defrost by weight or time. it looks great on the kitchen worktop, really pleased I kept trying it was worth it.
Excellent m/save matches toaster & kettle I had bought a couple years ago from Russel Hobbs. Easy to use turntable big enough for a dinner plate has a 30 second button very useful. The front is a mirror which I like (also 1 of my cats)
Looks very nice in my kitchen, works well, isn’t too loud. Very happy custome
Delivery was fast.
Unfortunately it was too big for my tight space.
No problem with returning it.
The door clangs a little when you close it, other than that it’s a great little microwave.
Love this microwave. It matches my kettle and toaster. Just noticed it has been reduced by 10 since I bought it on 5th January
Does the job for us as a couple however the clock on these runs a few mins faster.
After a month’s use the clock was 4min ahead of time. I know someone who has the same microwave with the same issue.
Not major but inconvenient when running late for work.
Revamped my kitchen recently. Great microwave lovely colour, so easy to use , pleased with it, I use it regularly, no problems as of now. GLR19.
It’s the same model as last one which we have had for a number of years
Product looks good. Bought for my in-laws who are really delighted with it.
Nothing too complicated here, stylish and controls are easy to use. Cooks well.
Simple, efficient, looks great. Bought as a replacement in an emergency but seems to be outperforming my old one! So far so good
This is the second one I have had and have always been satisfied
Love this microwave. I have a few Russell Hobbs items in my kitchen and my mocrowave died. So onto Amazon and got this one woth next day delivery. Great item really pleased and fairly easy to work. Does what it says so I am happy.
Has the same one for 5 years it’s a replacement as the previous one stopped working but it was used every day so I felt we’d had our moneys worth great microwave would definitely recommend
Looks lovely in my new fitted kitchen. Is small but takes a regular dinner plate. Does not take the bigger plates eg square plates. Takes a little getting used to how it works but overall very pleased.
The handbook that came with the microwave was extremely confusing, and I resorted to a trial and error method in order to use the microwave!!! The technical department needs to address this issue.
I have kept the microwave simply because of its cosmetic appearance which is pleasing and I was restricted to choice because I needed an oven in a cream colour.
I hope this review will help future purchasers.
I was looking for a replacement microwave ,and this one was just what I needed in my small kitchen. It works efficiently and does all I require, while not taking up a lot of space. It works so well my neighbour saw mine and got one too. We’re both delighted.
Very complicated to use and knob labelling is too faint.
Customer service certainly isn’t what it used to be with Amazon. The box looked like it had been kicked around the warehouse. I have had most boxes delivered crushed or opened latley, customer service has totally lost my confidence and in future when buying anything I will shop elsewhere. The microwave is a smaller than the ones I usually buy but all seems to work OK.
I’ve had it for over a year and the microwave works well, and hasn’t rusted, but the clock runs fast. There doesn’t seem to be any way to adjust the clock speed and I’m not willing to take the microwave apart to look further. I assume it’s a power supply issue – perhaps it was originally designed for a 110v system. Apart from that it’s fine. Looks nice, controls aren’t particularly intuitive but at the end of the day if you can put food inside and hit start, you don’t need much else.
This looks amazing in my kitchen A true cream colour Also can stand microwave rice upright inside Very happy with this
Finish quality could have been better and the paint lack the finesse for its price point. Functioned well and easy to use. Overall a good product.
Love this microwave.
Wanted something simple to use but with digital display so it’s easy to read. It’s very good. Looks nice too.
IT was really good value and the colour I wanted,really easy to use and clean.
Product compact and good looking. Powerful and spacious and easy to use. Excellent value for money.
Generic model branded as Russel Hobbs but works well and good finish and nice clean lines.
It very good product just one bad point to is the temperature goes up in 30 sec and you can not turn it lower then 30 sec.
Really love this microwave. Nice and compact and easy to clean.
Very pleased. Our old one was massive. This is compact and easy to use.
This was bought for my elderly father as his old one had broken after many years. He adapted to this one straight away and so it was a great buy. The only downfall I have is that you can not see through the door while your food is cooking as it has a mirror finish to the window area. This has been a bit of an issue when dad was cooking scrambled egg or warming milk as you can’t see the item rising so can cause a spillage.
The microwave is first class and I would highly recommend it. It is smart, easy to clean and simple to used. What more could one ask, a really good buy.
This microwave is stylish and easy to use. It matches my kitchen perfectly. Very pleased.
I am not a cook – Its a microwave- easy to use
Finally – a microwave that actually has the output written on the box!
Looks good! Good to have choices of power. Excellent price.
Was really pleased with this microwave, excellent for the price
Bought for my MIL when her 32yo microwave died. Easy to use, just big enough for Microwaveable dinners and small dinner plates. Ideal for the 89yo MIL. It does have 3 power settings. If it were me I would just have one and make it even simpler. A great buy.
Great microwave, you need to wipe it out every time you use it though with some kitchen roll or something as there is always a bit of water on the glass thing from steam residue
Used to this make of microwave in the past which prompted me to replace with same.
Great looking, Mircowave easy to use and would highly recommend this product for ease of use.
I like this product because it is compact and powerful . Love the colour.
Very happy with this product.
Good price as hot in sale, don’t know if I’d have paid full price. Smaller than I expected but does what it should do.
This is ideal for us, it is small but is good for us. The red is such a lovely colour and matches the rest of my kitchen.
it perfect suits as per my requirements, quick delivery also.
The previous one , just the same , lasted more years than we can remember. Simple, powerful enough, easy to clean and no great cost so we bought another.
Only thing to be aware of is that the door is mirrored which doesn’t show on the photos. Therefore cleaning messy fingernails is a pain! Apart from that little niggle the microwave is grea
Information easy to understand good value really easy to use
its a good oven but not tall enough for me to be efficient
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Inherited the older model of this microwave with new house, which eventually died, but liked it so much I just replaced it – very happy
Easy to use, quick set button for short cooking. Very happy with this microwave.
As with all appliances operating is slightly different. But its easy and looks good in my kitche
This item is compact, easy to use with clear uncomplicated instruction booklet. It’s easy to clean, it’s a lovely colour.
It’s good to look at, easy to clean and the mirrored door reflects light into the kitche
You can buy cheaper ones than this. But at this moment, it’s worth it. Easy to use and clean. That helps me, because I’m disabled
This is the second one of this type we’ve had because we were happy with the simplicity of it. Would recommend it to anyone.
This is a well designed and easy to operate microwave. Excellent value for money, easy to clean and efficient.
easy to use.like the colour..does its job great ,no problem
Box slightly damaged as bought on a warehouse deal. Goods inside were like new. Excellent value
Item arrived on time and was easy to install. The one issue I have and it is big issue for me is not being able to see inside at all when the door is shut. If I had know this before I purchased this particular model I would have purchased a different one because I find this extremely annoying.
I bought this for my Mother, arrived yesterday.
I have an identical one, it is now 2 years old and still looks brand new. Best microwave I have ever owned. Top marks
Good little unit. Plenty of internal space, even a wide dinner plate.
To cook by time you have to dial left then right for time increments. You get used to it.
Door very firm shut and hard not to make a noise. A handle on the outside of the door to slow close, would be a plus.
Lovely little microwave! Beautiful colour and cooks everything about a minute faster than my 700w old microwave
I love the microwave, easy to use and it is compact.
Is looking very stylish.
Excellent value for money
Lovely colour and external finish. Heats well and efficiently.
Smaller in size than I envisaged and mirror finish on door makes it difficult to see inside.
Very happy with this all round. Last microwave I had was so complicated. Came quicker than expected too.
Great little microwave. Replaced a twenty year old job. Far more efficient than the old one.
Looks good too. Bargain.
Item received in time stated thank you and is as described as shown. Very happy with purchase A++++
Great product , nice cream colour, looks nice design, easy to use , takes large plates, works well.
Bought this microwave to complete our collection of Russell Hobbs seems ok a lot more use required to leave proper review on item but the wife loves it so all good
It replaced a Daewoo microwave that rusted in the interior where the rotating plate goes. Hopefully this one will do bette
This microwave works as good as t looks its cream colour goes with all the other Russell Hobbs appliances in the Kitche
I wanted a more compact microwave for my kitchen. This one fits the bill. It is attractive to look at and easy to use.
We love this little microwave. We don’t use it for much other than heating up food or that cup of tea that went cold, but for us it’s perfect . Small and compact.
Excellen microwave. I bought this as slightly marked. When it arrived there was no mark to be seen. It’s easy to use and looks grea
I have been using the previous model for quite some time. I don’t need much functionality for microwaive. This is a relatively small size and simple one. I usually only use the quick 30 second start button.
Excellent microwave, looks nice and to say it’s 800 w cooks a lot quicker than my previous 800 w, my only gripe is it hasn’t got a handle to open and shut it but I knew that before I brought it, so overall I would recommend
The main advantage of this m oven is that it would not make any sound after finishing heating. That’s all I needed from the m oven
We don’t want somebody to know when we appear in a kitchen at 2am for a quick bite 😉
I had bought a Morphy Richards kettle & toaster set, then found they didn’t do a matching colour microwave. So this was really bought for the colour match. It is easy to use if you read the instructions first! Looks smart & is a pretty good match to my other items. I couldn’t believe how many different creams there were when I started my search.
I was a bit worried this would be a bit complicated but the instructions are clear and after just one or two uses I have got the hang of it. Does the job for which it was intended and looks very stylish in red.
We bought this as we have other dark red metallic appliances and utensils in our kitchen. This looked sleek and gorgeous and matched really well. It arrived when expected and works perfectly. We use it often in our house and still looks great.
very good quality
excellent price,
very easy to use
fits great in my cottage kitchen to
If your looking for a replacement, new , or a gift, BUY It!!
I purchased this microwave as part of the warehouse deals with Amazon to match a red Russel Hobbs Kettle and Toaster I had recently purchased. With the warehouse deals I got it for just over 40.00 and it was only the damaged box. It came with a microwave plate and the instructions. I think it is really easy to use. Mainly I use the top two buttons.. For normal microwave function you push power and select the power level, press start then turn the dial for the time and press start . I can warm up a a can of baked beans in 2 minutes on power setting 100. This is good as you can warm up something slower. I then use the weight time defrost button on the top right. This to me is sort of guess work. I turn it up to 1 or 2 and then it defrosts for a few minutes and it gives me the opportunity to check it. It is easy to clean – the front is mirrored which does get obviously marked, but again its easily cleaned. I think it is really simple to use and is really powerful. Really happy with my purchase and would highly recommend to someone looking for a microwave (worth looking to see if ones available on the warehouse deals as well as I got mine nearly 30 pounds off for the box being damaged (although sometimes they are returns etc so its touch and go what you will get.
I am very pleased with the efficiency and working of this microwave. It does everything a microwave cab be expected to do. I cannot see the value of the mirror door that can be seen thrrough but only with great difficulty in daylight and contrasting darkness when used later in the day. This imposes a certain frustration when you need to, for example, watch the milk does not boil over.
Came well packaged and on time as usual.
Stunning design with a very lovely mirror like touch on the door. Easy to use and not confusing at all. However the reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because the microwave is a lot smaller then we thought and so the dinner plates would not fit in the microwave. However because we like it so much we are just going to have to buy smaller dinner plates.
What can I say? It’s a microwave. It heats things up.
It’s easy to use and we haven’t had any problems so far (3 months?).
Perhaps most importantly, unlike our old microwave, it doesn’t interfere with my telly!!!! If I’d known that I’d have sabotaged the old one years ago!
OK, it’s a bit smaller than our old one and our (standard sized?) dinner plates only just about fit, but they do fit.
Amazingly this is the same model as i had previously but purchased from tesco.first one arrived dented on top and replaced but new one would leave alot of water at bottom after cooking so would have to wipe to dry hence paint work interior started to flake and rust after a year.i have ordered this same model via amazon and its like a totally different micro in operation,brilliant no water! Excellent value ,works as should and looks great in kitchen!
I bought the matching kettle and toaster to this and love the set as a whole. The colour is gorgeous and so far it has functioned perfectly. I like that the power output can be varied and the digital display. There are more usage options than with some microwaves and I have yet to utilise them all but I hope to do so. It looks sleek and modern yet has a retro edge which is fitting into the shabby chic deisgn that I am building in my kitchen. The mirror effect finish on the door has proven useful too!
Love this microwave. It is classy and stylish. A gorgeous red colour which mstches my other morphy richards appliances and accessories. Easy to set up and use. Good instruction booklet. Easy to clean. Good power setting and timers. My only criticism isnthst theninside dimentions are slightly smaller than other 20 litre ovens I have had and my rice steamer just barely fits inside making it fiddly to put in and out. If you have a containernyou use all the time I suggest you measure it and check it will fit (I didn’t ) or buy a smaller container. Ha.ha
Much cheaper than our existing one, which we are changing out, just because we have had it for eight years.
Fingers crossed that it is as good as initial experience.
I Purchased direct from Amazon at about two thirds of the 18.01.2015 advertised price, so my comments relate to that supplier and price!!!.
First one delivered didn’t work,but amazons great customer service picked it up and replaced it immediately. Lovely looking little unit that is almost Tardis like (fits in more than you’d think) super fast heating of food,quiet operation,nice on work top. Condensation on opening heated oven was odd,but simply putting a single piece of kitchen roll under the placate eliminates that. Simply put,it’s a brilliant microwave at a great price.