Excuse me: which is better, microwave oven or microwave oven? What is the difference? Thank you very much.

Optical wave furnace once set off a wave of hype in the microwave oven market; Now that the tide has receded, the microwave oven market is not calm. Facing the dazzling array of microwave oven products in the market, people can't help asking, what's the difference between microwave oven and microwave oven? What is the current market situation of microwave ovens?

The difference between the two

Light wave oven is also called light wave microwave oven. The biggest difference between it and ordinary microwave oven lies in the heating mode. In ordinary microwave ovens, copper tubes or quartz tubes are generally used as internal barbecue tubes. It is difficult to cool the copper tube after heating, which is easy to cause burns; The thermal efficiency of quartz tube is not too high.

The barbecue tube of light wave oven is changed from quartz tube or copper tube to halogen tube (i.e. light wave tube), which can quickly generate high temperature and high heat, with fast cooling speed, higher heating efficiency, no scorching and guarantee the color of food. In terms of cost, the cost of light wave tube is only a few dollars more than that of copper tube or quartz tube, so it is very common to use light wave tube in microwave oven technology now.

Essence: Light wave is an auxiliary function of microwave oven, which is only effective for barbecue. Without microwaves, a microwave oven is only equivalent to an ordinary oven. The optical wave furnaces in the market are all combined furnaces of light wave and microwave, which can be operated separately or in combination. In other words, the microwave oven is compatible with the functions of the microwave oven.

Product shelf

Midea flagship Ziweiguang microwave oven

Model: HC23B-AV Reference Price: 1988 Yuan Function Description: This product integrates 18 technologies such as Lagerstroemia indica, gourmet steamer and hot wheels. It has voice navigation and music cooking, and is called a talking microwave oven. Heating, sterilizing, steaming and baking with "purple light" is a tetrathlon.

Galanz digital lightwave "push-to-talk"

Model: G8023ETL-V8 Reference price: 1 198 yuan Function description: fully intelligent digital "push-to-talk", one-click cooking task, simple operation, fashion and convenience; 34 kinds of fully intelligent humanized menus; Spherical three-dimensional light wave, fast heating; Cooking, disinfection, barbecue, heating, cooking and other multi-functional integration.

LG "Steamed God Fried Overlord" Microwave Oven

Model: MG-5304DV Reference price: 865 yuan Function description: It adopts a circular liner which integrates the scientific and technological crystallization of microwave oven research and development institutions in China, the United States, Britain and Japan, and the heating speed is 30% higher than that of a square liner. The centralized heating method at the bottom makes "Steamed God Fried Pa" have the function of "frying" and can be easily used to fry food, such as fried eggs, fried fish slices and fried rice cakes. , and has the function of barbecue.

market conditions

Optical wave furnace dominates the market.

At present, optical wave tubes have been widely used in the manufacture of microwave ovens, and the prices of optical wave microwave ovens on the market are not much different from those of ordinary microwave ovens. In the global sales of18 million microwave ovens set by Galanz this year, optical wave ovens account for more than 90%. Because there is no industry standard for light wave technology, manufacturers have different understandings of light wave oven products at present. Many manufacturers think that light wave barbecue is just a function of microwave oven.

Domestic prices are hard to rise.

Walking into major shopping malls, low-priced microwave oven products of small and medium-sized brands ranging from 100 yuan to 300 yuan can be seen everywhere. It is understood that since the beginning of this year, with the rising prices of raw materials such as steel, copper and plastics, and the soaring export freight cost caused by the oil price approaching 60 US dollars/barrel, the export price of microwave ovens has shown an upward trend. However, in China, it is still difficult to raise the price of microwave ovens in a short time, especially those old models. Relevant data show that in February this year, the overall market price of microwave ovens was 543 yuan/set.

How to choose a microwave oven

Ordinary working-class families with children and the elderly can choose the simple mechanical type; Intellectuals, well-off families and small families of young couples should choose computer models with many functions and high prices. In terms of style, the computer model is more luxurious and beautiful than the mechanical model, so it is also suitable for young families who pay attention to style. Friends who like barbecue can choose microwave oven with barbecue function and stainless steel liner, which is not only luxurious, but also easy to clean.