The open door of my Advantium measures 35" from the floor. Here is a picture of my 8 year old son (2nd grade, 52.5" tall) reaching into the oven on tip-toes. He's not quite tall enough to safely use this oven. Here's a second picture with my son using a Rubbermaid stool that we keep handy in the pantry next to the ovens. He easily can use the oven while on the stool, although in reality he has never used the oven himself. Also, my bottom drawer is 6 1/8" (outside measurement) and 4 1/8" inside measurement. It would have been nicer if the inside were a bit deeper. My drawer can not quite accomodate a raised rack that came with the Advantium. I never have needed to use it, but if someone were going to use it regularly, they would need deeper storage to keep it handy.

HOLY COW BATMAN! If you can Miele ovens at that price I would never look back. Where did you find those prices? I am planning on buying the Miele so I can't give you an first hand advice since I don't have them installed yet. There are quite a few threads here about both of those brands and particular ovens. Check out the search function at the bottom and you'll find lots of info. Probably more than you want to take the time to read!! Buying appliances has been quite an education for me! There are owners of both here who will chime in, I am sure. I would appreciate your feedback as well. Thanks, Robin

Does anyone have any experience with the GE Monogram Convection Oven(ZET1SM)? How does it cook? Are temperatures accurate? I'm thinking about purchasing it with the GE Advantium Microwave.

Regarding reliability, I haven't heard anything much bad about any of the three (Miele, E'lux, Advantium). What I can tell you about the Advantium is not so much the tech (which I regularly forget), but the capacity. Mine is the really big 240 Pro (yes, one thing I chose for appearance was no black control panel). For oven mode: I have a big Pyrex baking dish that's more than 17" long including the handles. It fits in fine on the rack, with room for two or three 8-10" casseroles on the turntable. All heat evenly. The convection works fine in that regard. :) I haven't used it in there yet, but my 16" pizza pan also fits on the turntable. So far, I'm mot too impressed with the speed oven outcomes. They're okay. Can't beat the time. But they don't compare to what I can produce in a real oven. I'm no expert, and reluctant to use the speed feature unless I "have to" because why chance it on an experiment? The microwave works really well, including the first defrost setting I've had that really works on things like bagels without ruining them. The popcorn sensor is unnecessary, but it also works really well. Since it's my third oven, I don't use it for a lot of heavy cooking. As a holiday oven it's excellent. I don't know much about stacking ovens (my new kitchen has my first stack, and they were made to be stacked), but I'd think you should be able to stack two different makes of ovens if you have an inch or two of cabinet between. One piece of wisdom I learned here is to have a special, easy access place for the Advantium trays. I don't know if this applies to the other makes as well. My Advantium came with three metal trays (one with grill ridges), one glass, and one wire rack that spans the width of the oven. GE makes an accessory drawer, but it's expensive and I don't think it would even hold the rack. I had a shallow drawer made as part of my cabinetry that's right under my Advantium. It holds all the trays, the wire rack, a couple of MW dish covers, and some potholders. A section in a vertical tray cupboard would work fine as well. What doesn't seem to work, is a standard bottom, under-oven drawer, which is low, and usually has other things in it. What doesn't work is a tray cabinet in another part of the kitchen. What people say about the things that don't work is that they're so inconvenient the owners can't be bothered switching them. What I find most convenient, since I usually leave the glass tray in the Advantium, is to put it on my island across the aisle for the duration that one of the metal trays is in use. OTOH, it's pretty easy to take out a metal tray, leave the drawer open, switch the trays, close the door, and put the glass in the drawer. My tray drawer sits with its bottom at counter level, with my warming drawer just below that (at top drawer level), and the Advantium above. This puts the Advantium at perfect height for me (I'm 5'8"). I don't have to bend a lot to see in, but it's still low enough to be a good height for lifting things out (lifting things down is harder). You could do the same thing with your oven where I have my warming drawer. That would be about the standard height for a lower oven, right? And if you're tall, you could put the whole stack a few inches higher. Surely having a drawer between would be enough separation that you could put any oven you wanted under any speed oven you preferred?