Customer Reviews for GE - 30" Built-In Single Electric Convection Wall Oven with No Preheat Air Fry - Slate
Customer Rating
5
Looks Great - Works Great!!
on March 21, 2020
Posted by: JDO48
from California
First time experience with an oven unit with all the bells and whistles -- so still on a learning curve -- but thus far everything has performed wonderfully. Always wondered whether a convection feature would be worth it and the answer is a resounding yes!! All of the features I have used thus far work easily and am very satisfied with this product. The aesthetic of the oven in stainless steel and black-out function panel is also very sleek and has updated my kitchen's appearance significantly. Even my neighbors say they wish they had chosen my new GE appliances when they did their remodels. I would recommend this product line wholeheartedly.
The oven seems to function well.....baking, etc. There are convenient features that weren't on our old oven. However, the wi-fi feature seems unnecessary and has caused the oven to "lock up" a few times. The remedy was to disconnect the power. Also, the chime is so soft that it is useless, even at the highest volume. A primary reason for picking this oven is that it fit our oven cabinet with no modifications.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
3
Performance
3
Quality
4
Value
4
Response from geappliances.comBy SHARONatGEA, GE_Appliances , March 24, 2020
Hello BibbyB - Thanks for posting a review on your wall oven. We're glad to hear it is performing well. We appreciate your feedback and will be glad to share your comments about the Wi-Fi feature and the chime volume with our engineering staff as we continually strive to improve our products. Thank you for choosing GE Appliances!
The oven heats up a little slowly but the easy clean design may have something to do with this. I'll take easy cleaning over the faster heating with exposed elements. Checked oven temperature with a very accurate thermometer and it is precise. Sliding enamel racks are a pleasure to use.
Great mix of solid quality and modern technology. Still has "old school" baking interface for those that are not high tech, however blend easy to use technology touch panel and setting for those who are comfortable with newer devices.
The oven bakes reliably, has many features, and would receive a better rating from me if there weren't one major design flaw: The notification sound signal for temperature reached and the timer, even when set to repeat and to "High" volume sounds like a weak little "Tinkerbell" and is not easily audible over normal kitchen background noise or conversation, much less from another room. This GE full-size oven signal is much softer than the signals from the small built-in microwave oven and the small Breville countertop oven.
The GE oven still has inadequate sound volume even after the firmware update installed through the GE app and web connection. This could possibly be resolved by a future firmware upgrade: GE should redesign the type of sound notification and increase its volume range choice. Otherwise, some people will have to carry around a separate timer to signal when baking time has expired.
Most showrooms do not have the ovens hooked up, so there is no way that a purchaser can know of this functional inadequacy until after the oven is purchased and installed, at which point GE says "that's the way they are". The oven specs should provide a decibel (dB) rating for the notification signal as compared with what is a standard dB notification rating in a range of kitchen equipment. I'm guessing this oven's signal is maximum about 30-40 dB, whereas the standard residential refrigerator is about 40-43 dB, typical living room 40 dB, background music 50 dB, microwave oven 55-59 dB, normal conversation 55-65 dB, and dishwasher 63-66 dB. A kitchen appliance notification signal should be able to be set as high as a standard alarm clock, which is at least 60 dB.
I recommend this oven only with the aforementioned caveat regarding the inadequate notification sound volume.