This dryer has not worked properly from the first time I used it. The lint screen/filter design is totally inadequate. Even when I do a small load of clothing the filter rapidly fills up and I have to take a hand held vacuum cleaner to the "well" under the filter. Also, the dryer door gets loaded with lint and needs to be vacuumed off. I am surprised that an excellent Quality Engineering Department at GE would approve a design such as this.
The washer and dryer we have are simple to use and seem reliable and sturdy. I don't need a washer/dryer that looks like a sleek modern sports car or operates like a computer. I need appliances that work. It seems while GE isn't wasting time on designing ergonomically pleasing dryer knobs that they may be spening a little more time on designing a dryer motor that won't burn out in a couple years. My grandmother has a dryer that is a GE...and it's so old it's that nasty rust/brown/orange color but it still works. Thats what I want; in 40 years for my grandkids to look in my laundry room and say, "man, Grandpa has one vintage dryer!" If its well built it'll last.