Thanks for relating your experience. I will be in the market for a bottom-freezer refrigerator soon and will take a good look at the GE line. I notice that the 2 reviews on sears.com rate the PFSS6PKWSS pretty poorly. Your good experience will make me look at the frig again.

Thanks for the thorough review. This model is my #1 choice for the moment. Then I get online and start looking and getting overwhelmed again by all the choices. I have to keep reminding myself that dh would like ice and water in the door and that the fridge configuration made the most sense to me against all similar competitors!!

We looked at the PFSS6PKWSS's first cousin, the PFSF6PKWWW, but went with the Whirlpool GX5FHDXT instead, sacrificing some features to save money.

I admit I laughed at GE's picture gallery. Everyone's fridge should look that good.

Thanks so much for the review. That is the exact fridge I am going to be getting. I sure liked the way it looked in the store. How do you like the lighting in it? From what I could see, this GE and the Samsung model where the same except for the door handles and the lighting. GE has LED? lighting. It seemed a little bright but since I will have GE ovens right next to the refrigerator, I went with it. Thanks again.

It has LED lighting. The kids and I think it looks "cool". DW thinks it looks a little "blue" and harsh. The LED's will save some energy and reduce heat generation in the fridge area.

For some reason the freezer section has a regular appliance incandescent light bulb. Maybe the LED's can't stand the cold.

I agree about the pictures on the web site. Those trays with the olives in them were just too much! :)

I'm going to spread my review around the internet when I get a chance. Most people don't bother to post something unless they have a problem. There is always a chance of getting a lemon no matter who the manufacturer is.

That is really as great refrigerator. The LEDs are too cool. It actually is built by Samsung (RF267A). Here is an answer to your question about Climate Keeper 2 and why your model is only Climate Keeper. The only difference is GE's dual evaporators run independently of each other while Samsung's Twin Cooling does not. In the end, it still produces the same amazing fresh food life. There are going to lots of new models coming out very soon. I'll write a post on my site soon updating the new refrigerators, HE Laundry, and Dishwashers soon. (Tease: $400 Bosch Dishwasher soon). Stay tuned.

Thanks for the thorough, intelligent, and useful review of the frig. I am going wacko wacko trying to decide. So helpful. I know it was time consuming- much appreciated.Bev

Great review! I had to laugh when I read your Kenmore is leaving puddles on the floor. Ours is too. We go through about 5 kitchen towels a day. The cats actually sit under it waiting for the water. Can't wait to get a new bottom freezer.

Does your FD GE have an ice dispenser on the door, or is it inside? Ice thru the door is a must have for my DH. "appymy": The Samsung sales people I have spoken to have said their fridge does have two coolers, just like the GE, not one. I never know who to believe anymore. I don't feel like searching thru the specs manuals.

dedee,
Yes, it has ice and water through the door. That was a must for us too.

The ice maker is in the upper left hand corner of the fridge compartment. It is very compact.

I looked up the RF267A on the Samsung web site and it does have dual evaporators. They claim to have invented it in 1995. I think the difference is what appymy said: in the Samsung/GE version the evaporators have to run at the same time. With the ClimateKeeper2 technology (GE-only for their SxS refrigerators), they can run independently. I don't know how much difference it makes. It might be slightly more efficient to run them independently. But at $52/year to run the fridge we got, you can't really save that much more money. Besides, like I said in my review, I was tired of SxS refrigerators.

The big thing is that in either case, you arent sharing air between the fridge and the freezer. That keeps the humidity up in the fridge compartment and means you have to defrost less often.

Yep, you are right. Two different design that still provide the same benefit. GE just didn't want to admit it was the same technology. Updated the site to include new appliances. New Steam Washer coming, bigger refrigerators, more dishwashers.

We just received our $75 rebate check from Sears for delivery and haul-away. So it took about a month after entering it on their web site. Not bad as those things go.

We still really like the fridge. Everything is finding its best place to be and we are learning which french door to open to get what we want.

The spacious deli drawer and the two side-by-side produce drawers are a big improvement over the stacked produce and deli drawers in our old side-by-side model.

The freezer section is working well. You can overstuff the top pull out drawer (which we use for frozen baked goods mostly).

The ice maker is working fine and we enjoy having it in the door like in our old side-by-side. The water dispenser will dribble if you immediately pull your glass away. If you leave it there for one second it will catch the last drop.

Keeping the SS front looking nice is a little bit of a chore since I don't want to use something like Shelia Shine which has heavy duty petroleum products in it. I'm just not comfortable using something like that in the kitchen.

I spray Seventh Generation Glass and Surface cleaner (has surfactants in it) on a paper towel and polish the surface with that (it takes a little elbow grease). Our salesman told us to never spray a cleaning product directly on the SS.

We are slowly learning not to put our hands on the doors and to always use the handles. Mostly anyway... :)

We are glad that the sides of the fridge are steel (and exposed in our kitchen layout now and after the remodel) so we can use our magnets.

I purchased this refrigerator today. I NEVER make an appliance purchase without reading the posts on GW. With that said, I went to the appliance store prepared to purchase the KA bottom freezer and ended up liking the look and feel of the GE PFSS6PKWSS better. I wasn't planning on looking at the GE so I didn't research it. Boy am I relieved to read your positive experience! As a long time GW member, GE has been one of the least favored brands on the forum for many years.

Has anyone had any issues with dents on the PFSS6PKWSS model? Did they really fix the old issue?

I was in Frys and my just hardly hiting the door I created 2 visible dents. I then went to HD and noticed that the doors seemed thicker. I really want this fridge but can't pull the trigger if the doors dent/warp.

I also compared to other doors (even on other GEs) and didn't notice the same thing. They all seemed to be more tough.

One more thing.....while in HD the sales guy told me that this model is going away and will be replaced "in a week" by a new model. Anyone know anything about this?

foush,

We were looking at the PFSS6PKWSS as well however I know this model has been out for some time. I think the new model you are referring to is the GFSL6KKXLS and GFSL6KKXSS. I noticed it on the GE site around a week ago. Although I don't think they will hit the stores for another few weeks. The one big difference is the new model does NOT have the deli drawer. I'm wondering if they will come out with a deli drawer version soon after? But we need to buy one in the next week or so as we are moving into our new house. So we may go with the Samsung RF267ABRS, which is essentially the same fridge. However, it does not have the LED lighting inside like the GE version.

I have had the same refridgerator installed now for probably three months, I just love it!! After going through just about every product on the market for "stainless" cleaning, I have started using Pledge Original to keep the stainless bright and fingerprintless, it works like a CHARM without residue of any kind and has become only a weekly chore, as opposed to wiping the thing three times a day. (I also recently started just spraying the Pledge directly on the fridge, without any problems, I am just more careful by the water dispenser)

Good luck with your fridges, great post!

Anyone know if the PFSS5PJXSS french door is the new model, or the model that predated PFSS6PKWSS? So confused...

I really appreciate your review and 1 month update, I want to get this fridge but read some issues of ice maker problems and the ice maker being very noisy. I'd feel much better about going with this model if you are still happy and not experiencing these issues.

Also does anyone know the differences in the GSSL6KKXLS model?

Thanks,
Neal

I'm looking at the PFSF6PKXWW - which is the white version of the stainless steel that I believe is the newest model of the original reviewer's model. Hoping to hear that you still are loving your fridge. I really really like this model, but even one of the salesman who owns a small independent appliance store and also services the units, said that this GE has problems w/ the auto icemaker freezing and thawing and inconsistent refrigerator temperature. He said the GE engineers can't even tell hiim how to fix it. He did confirm that GE, Samsung, and LG were all made at the same factory in Korea and dh says all have repair issues. Dh's research on the REAPAIR forums that says Whirlpool or KA is the way to go. However, the Whirlpool's layout isn't as good and I really like the LED lighting in the GE. The KA version is coming by mid July he told me, but I bet it will be the same interior layout and only the fit and finish will be improved.

Oh, I should also say that a salesperson at a larger independent store, the one I'll probably buy from, told me she sells 2 of these GE models a month and has sold about 25 over the last year and no one has come back for repair issues and she said they usually call her to report a repair issue instead of the service dept first. I'm wondering about that one, I'd call the service dept. first. Anyway, she could easily sell me the KA model or Whirlpool, but she says the GE model is her "go to" model because it has everything. She also said she really likes it and that's probably why she sells them more than the others. I was wondering if GE had a better profit margin than Whirlpool or KA? Anyone know?

That's a great, detailed review. If I were still in the market for a fridge, I'd definitely check it out, LOL. We got a GE SxS last year; it was top-rated by CR. I had never had a GE fridge before, only Kenmores, and I was a bit nervous about it. But it has turned out to be a GREAT fridge in every way; I couldn't be happier.

YES, the Energy Star rating makes a difference in the electric bills! We saw a remarkable difference in our very next bill, though it was the hottest part of the summer and we were running the a/c 24/7. The only difference in the house was the new fridge. Enjoy it! :-)

kennethecoates...Glad to hear you're happy with your new fridge. We just ordered the GE PFSF2MJXWW. If all goes well we should have it delivered/installed in 2 weeks. We were limited to what would fit in our space and we only wanted external water dispenser with internal ice-maker. We hope we're happy with our unit too. Unfortunately ours doesn't meet the energy star rating, so we didn't qualify for rebates. It will cost a few dollars more a year for us to run, but it has to be better than our 19yr old GE. The new model is a 22.2cu and uses 583kwh/year while your 25.8cu uses 571kwh/year. Can't understand why a bigger fridge would use less energy, but hope we'll be happy. Hope you have many happy years with your new fridge.

Sorry, I gave up monitoring this review a few months ago. We've now had it seven months and we still love it.

Keeping the front of the fridge free of fingerprints is a pain, so we've kind of given up on it. I may try the Pledge suggestion.

Someone mentioned the ice maker. When it drops new cubes it makes a fairly loud noise, but it hasn't woke us up yet.

We haven't had any maintenance problems yet (crossed fingers). I get ice almost every day, so that may help things there.

We had to raise the temperature setting for the freezer. Our low fat ice cream was rock hard and impossible to scoop at the default setting (-4 degrees I think). We have it set at +4 degrees and the ice cream is barely scoopable. We keep the ice cream in the sliding drawer at the top of the freezer. In our old SxS, we used to keep the ice cream in the door and it was fine. I guess there was a lot of heat leaking in.

The Deli drawer is great; it would be a shame if they got rid of that. We have plenty of room for cheese and cold cuts as well as fresh meat (we use the moveable divider to separate them). The drawer comes way out so it is easy to access everything.

The two side-by-side produce drawers are also working well. They are plenty tall enough to handle large heads of lettuce. We keep vegetables on the right and fruit on the left. You can get most stuff out of them by only opening one door.

The gallon milk storage in the door is great for us with two growing kids who drink a lot of milk (along with me :) ).

We're happy with the amount of freezer space. You can overfill the slide-out drawer which is where we keep all our bread, tortillas, rolls, etc. The shelf attached to the front door of the freezer is great for frozen OJ and ice packs the kids use in their lunches.

We haven't run out of space in the fridge yet, so the ice maker in the upper left hand corner of the refrigerator compartment isn't hampering our use of that area.

As you can probably tell, we are really happy with this fridge. It is such an improvement over the Kenmore side by side model we had.

The GE Profile product is one of the best products I have owned. I was stupid the last time I bought a refrigerator and purchased a Samsung product. After 2 years the refrigerator no longer works and now I have to go buy another fridge. Whatever you do DON'T BUY A SAMSUNG REFRIGERATOR!!! Look at all of the reviews out there before buying. You will see what a horrible product Samsung is. I will now go buy a new GE Profile refrigerator like I should have done two years ago!

I had to replace the ice maker in the unit since it was only making about 2 cubes per day...now i have noticed that it's very loud almost like a high pitched rattling noise or humming noise. for $2500 this seems ridiculous. I have a garage fridge that I paid $400 for that is quiet as can be. Also, yes my doors have been dented dozens of times...and they look terrible now. anyone have any advice on the rattling or humming noise?

We were quite happy with this model until just recently. Purchased in 2007. Ran well 3 1/2 years. Suddenly, freezer warming up,front panel between freezer and fridge HOT to touch. After much internet searching turns out between 2005-06 recall for mainboards going bad. That causes cooling fan to go too slow and compressor will run all day and fridge and freezer will not cool down. Reading forum after forum seems to be an ongoing problem still today! GE will not do anything for you because it is past their 1 year covered warranty. So do your research and BUYER BEWARE!!!! To view copy of their concession letter go to this site:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13371507/GE-Refrigerator-Motherboard-Concession-Let

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This microwave is faulty/defective/dangerous! It caught fire on Christmas eve, Dec 24, 2011 filled our home with noxious smoke. Fire department came and remove the microwave from my home. Ge refers you to their insurance company Electric Insurance, then we got a call from their attorney asking what the monetary damages were, I had no idea at that point and still dont. Ge Tech came and verified it was the microwave internal part that caught fire! We were then informed this GE Profile Micrwave is mfg for GE by SAMSUNG! Then we were contacted by Samsungs insurance company Chubb who intentionally tried to FLOAT the claim and used delay tactics to avoid doing the restoration that was needed and would not even put us up in a hotel till my attorney sent them a letter! They are not acting in good faith. If this happens to you do not give them the microwave when they ask for it, it is your evidence! You will need it for your court case. Look up on line for the class action court case being put together for ge microwaves catching fire http://www.bringgoodthingstolife.org/