This fridge is a replacement for a 10 year old Samsung that was the same capacity, but the Samsung had the ice in the upper refrigerator section. The ice maker not only cut into the space but also was terrible at icing over and jamming. The GE has the ice in the freezer with a MASSIVE ice bin that seems to hold a never ending quantity of ice, even with the ice maker off.
The fridge and freezer keep everything colder than the Samsung, which is especially noticeable with drinks in the fridge and ice cream in the freezer. The Samsung left ice cream soft, even at -6F on the setting. With the GE at -5F for the freezer and convertible section, everything is frozen solid.
I'd say a small improvement would be the shelving configuration, because the way the shelves hang on the bracket, you are very limited in vertical placement. The half sliding shelf is nice and opens up extra space, but it would be good if the shelf brackets has a finer adjustment.
One last item that is surprisingly good is the auto fill pitcher for water. It's way easier to fill pots or large glasses instead of standing at the dispenser waiting for it to fill. You can also open the other side of the fridge while the pitcher fills. This is a much better design than a door dispenser that just gets water, ice and splashes everywhere. Plus there is a larger quantity of cold water available instead of just what is in the filter and line when you first start dispensing.
We'll see how long this one lasts, but so far this fridge seems much more solid than other brands.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is hands down the best and nicest fridge I’ve ever owned. It is very spacious with enough room for everything you need. The drawers fold in in case you want to store something large. The drawers are also soft close so they’re easy to operate and close quietly. The freezer section can be turned into additional fridge space, wine cooler or freezer. It’s so spacious that it’s perfect for a large family. I noticed it holds the temperature quite well and the temperature is easy to adjust. The fridge is super quiet, you do not hear it running at all. The labels do indicate that it’s ever efficient which I do appreciate. One negative is that in order to slide open the freezer drawers, the freezer doors need to be opened wide so if you don’t have the room to open the doors wide then that might be an issue, for me it’s not a problem thus I didn’t deduct a star for that. I would definitely recommend this fridge, it’s beautiful, quiet and very spacious. The extra bonus is the removable water pitcher which I love.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Refrigerator has plenty of space. I like that you can change one side of the freezer to more fridge space if necessary. I also like how easy it is to turn off the ice maker by pushing one button. The doors are also very large and can hold a lot.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Aesthetically this is a beautiful fridge. The freezer on the bottom is very nice. The drawer concept of the freezer is nice but it would be nice to have some shelves too. Additionally it was very hard to get pizzas in the drawers. The bottom compartment capability to change the space from chiller to refrigerator or freezer is amazing. I felt like having the water filtration and ice inside is nice to create a clean outside look with smooth lines, but it does come at the expense of lost storage areas. I do feel that having to open the fridge all the time for getting water or ice is not very energy friendly and did note this model fares worse than comparable models via the attached energy report. The filter change location is easily identifiable and in 40 years, I finally understand the slide on the fruit/vegetable drawer as I see changing the slide to fruit allows air flow. Genius. I never thought those slides even made a difference or did anything. I have been getting used to the refrigerator drawers having the pull from the bottom. That will make dirty hand prints not as noticeable but it took me weeks to remember to pull from the bottom to open those drawers.
It seems the LED back light is not a very good feature because opening the door it takes a while to brighten and you can really notice flickering when looking at the lighting through the camera of a phone. It is a pretty quiet fridge and I have received several compliments on it. My daughter was so thrilled that she had to do a video of filling it up with the items from our old fridge and showing the neat aspects of it. Overall I like it but it just doesn’t seem as big as it claims to be. Maybe it is something with the setup. I feel like it holds about the same as our smaller fridge/freezer. I feel that with some tweaking of this model through the above mentioned issues, it could stand as a leader with all the bells and whistles that accompany it.