GE Profile Refrigerator Review

I am reviewing the GE Profile Armoire-style refrigerator with two bottom freezer pull-out drawers.  It is Stainless Steel in color, and has a very nice, slightly rounded look to the whole thing and the long, rounded, brushed stainless steel handles are really attractive.

The refrigerator is really more like a piece of furniture and blends in great with my cabinetry and really helps to update my 10+ year old kitchen.  Now the good and the bad.  First, I really like the adjustable glass shelfs, some of which slide back to create more room for taller products such as soda bottles, large jars, etc.  The filtered water through the door is wonderful--very fresh and cold.  I see no reason to purchase bottled water again.  The LED lighting casts a blue-white bright light to the inside of the fridge, and many guests have commented on how much they like that.  The lighting is also compact and out of the way.  The "deli" drawer is great and can be adjusted to fit even a large platter, say for a party.  There are two veggie bins where you can adjust the humidity level.  The doors also hold a lot, and since the automatic icemaker is in the freezer drawer, it doesn't take up door room.  In addition, the electronic panel with all the controls on the front is very futuristic and attractive and actually has "pictures" that come on too.

 The freezer drawers, one on top of the other on the bottom of the refrigerator are really nice and easy to pull out and I don't have to crouch looking for things. 

Now my negative comments on the fridge.  Firstly, although I love the armoire styling, the doors really have to be "pushed" closed.  Sometimes you think it's closed and walk away and then the audible door open sensor will go on after two minutes (you can turn this off, but I have, many times, not closed the doors all the way and was glad it reminded me).  I wish the doors were more easily closed with just a gentle push.

Regarding the freezer bins on the bottom--although you can manage to put quite a bit of frozen product in, they really aren't as deep as they look as anything sticking up will get caught on the upper level when you slide the drawer closed.  I actually avoid purchasing too many items in larger boxes that need to be in the freezer. 

The worst problem I have experienced with GE model is that the icemaker does not shut off when it approaches full and tends to "pyramid" the ice and when you pull the drawer out to retrieve ice, it slides against the top and gets "raked out" and falls all over the place, back behind the bin and all over the kitchen floor.  I actually had service several times and wrote to the head of GE consumer products, but they just said, that's the way it's made; shut it off before it gets too full.  So, as the ice maker nears full, I have to reach in to a very inconvenient place and manually turn the ice maker off.  I also need to "level" the ice with my hand as the bin fills to avoid overflow upon pulling out the drawer.

 And my last negative comment is, although I do love the look of the stainless steel, and we don't have small children in the house, I find the finish to show marks and dirt easily.  I did purchase special stainless steel appliance cleaner, but it takes time to get it just perfect with no streaks, etc. 

All in all, I am happy with the refrigerator and did choose it for it's features and the great styling, but I think the designers and engineers could have been a bit more thoughtful on items such as the door closing and icemaker issues.