r/ShittyDesign

I got a new LG microwave recently. In many ways, it's a big improvement over its predecessor, which died in great billows of evil-smelling smoke.

BUT, it's painted dark gray inside, and the window is darkened with mesh and tinted plastic, so you really have to peer inside to see if food is boiling over.

Why do this to people? It seems to be their idea of elegance. But for a workhorse appliance like a microwave that most people use every day, sacrificing basic functionality like being able to easily see food cooking for elegance seems like an attempt to make the product more attractive to the buyer up-front, without caring about the experience of actually using it.

I didn't want to peer inside for the next 10 years, straining to see what's happening to food. So I repainted it with white, WHITE microwave cavity spray paint.

Before and after pictures attached. The tinted window and the metal mesh darken the view a lot even after it was painted white, so imagine how dark inside it originally was, after that door was closed and it started cooking.

Original interior

Inside while cooking, after painting it white