I was a little at first as I'm also generally an impatient person and have lots to do as the sole cook who makes meals from scratch daily. Now I've learned to plan to do something else while its opening. Take this morning for instance. After pushing the open button on the drawer, I poured some coconut milk in the bowl with the steel cut oats (I make them the night before and reheat because they take so long to cook) and stirred. Before I was done stirring, the drawer stood open ready to go to work. In the past with my crappy old OTR MW, I would pour and stir first before yanking the door open. It's simply a matter of rearranging your time and tasks usually. But sometimes when I'm rushing out the door and the only thing I need to do is warm my mocha a tad I do tell it to, "hurry up...hurry up!" The convenience of the under counter placement far overshadows this tiny inconvenience for me.

Wow. I guess I would be using that 1.5sec to work up a good yawn.

The Sharp model (latest one) has either auto open/close or manual open/close. I can tell you what we use! :-)

I don't have a microwave drawer, but a good friend has one and it bugs me on several fronts.
She must have an older model that does not have the 'manual open/close' feature and she is constantly correcting visitors 'dont use the handle you have to push the button or it will break"(they have had past problems).
On top of that there is the slooow opening process. Yes it drives me crazy. I am impatient, I am a control freak, I admit it.
I don't find it family friendly. I prefer my cheap countertop microwave that I stuck in my pantry and if it breaks I can buy another cheap one.

Maybe a switch to decaf is in order...;-)

Yes! How could such a small thing be so annoying but it is!
I love our drawer because it is a drawer and it is not on the counter but.....I preferred using my old $150 Costco microwave.

we don't even own a microwave.

Don't have a MW drawer, but DH wanted to look into one.
Reminds me of our DVD player. The slot where you load the disc s-l-o-w-l-y opens out. You slip the disc on and it s-l-o-w-l-y retracts. I wouldn't characterize myself as an impatient person, but that lag time in getting a disc in the player really bugs me. I'm afraid I would come to resent any MW that worked this way.

I find that it's not an issue. I give it a tug and if I'm using it two hands to pick something up, it comes out at a good enough clip that by the time I the casserole is picked up, the drawer is out and ready to go down.
What does surprise me sometimes is how far it comes out. I'm standing in front of it and want to just slide in a coffee cup and it scoots me out of the way when it opens a few inches farther than I'd expected.
You CAN push it all the way in and it will zip in as fast as you can push. Or you can give it a gentle nudge and it will take a couple of seconds to close. Or if you've got a sloshy liquid, you can push the button and let it smoooothly shut with no spilling.
I've had mine for about 6 weeks now and am loving it. Cooks evenly, is easy to clean, I like not having the turntable of my old microwave and is unobtrusive. And a bonus is that I can hang two dishtowels on the handle!

Just like Breezygirl, I got good at hitting the "open" button, then turning and stirring whatever was on the range, then turning back and putting whatever we needed in the micro. I love the lower level so would not have traded it for anything! When reheating a bev (I have to have it boiling hot at all times!), I would time it so I would walk by the micro, hit the open, then yell my kids to hurry up and get ready (LOL!), then come back and place my coffee in there, and by the time my kids were actually ready to head out the door, my coffee was done :)

It's all a matter of timing my dear!

P.S. I had a friend who complained about the same thing...those 1.5 seconds wasted! I told her to do two squats and work out her bum while she waited. We can multi-task :)

No. (And that from another impatient person). I love ours. Love the idea of a quick burst of exercise while you wait. You could probably crank out two pushups there too....

I lie! I just used ours to defrost a stick of butter. Pressed the 1 minute on button, let it run for 5 seconds. Pressed open, squeezed butter, nudged drawer shut, pressed start. Repeated add'l 5 times. As it opens, you are often doing something (checking temp), so that's not really a time waste.

(Pushups and squats did not cross my mind!)

I love the micro drawer for the ability to put it below the counter and the ability to look down into the food and stir without removing.

But it is slow. It would be SO much better if I could hit "minute plus" and walk away while the thing closed. But it has to be closed before you can press start, or else it won't start. Sharp, if you're listening, allow users to press start and then have the micro start when it finished closing! I'd buy a whole new drawer for that feature, I swear.

This thread is so funny. I find myself watching my soft close trash pull-out to make sure it closes. I don't need another distraction.

I've never thought to watch my soft close trash pullout shut. Hmmm....,