Hooray! All people really want is a refrigerator that works the way it's supposed to. I'm sure this will be a well-behaved fridge. Enjoy. BTW, my lettuce is still ice free -- another hooray.

Thanks Shawn/Eric! That was a terrific review. We are now waiting for Black Friday and see what HD is selling these units for then. I think we will make some purchases soon. :-)

Hooray is right Patti. Glad to hear the kit worked and the 950TT has taken it's rightful place in that beautiful kitchen of yours. I'm GREEN with it! LOL! I'll give it a week or two before I start jumping like a cheer-leder and screaming though. I just wanna make certain this dance I'm stuck in with HD is really over. Honestly speaking though,... I feel it is. You should have seen us,... you would have died laughing. When the store manager annonced that he would move us out of the LG and into the GE for only $199 ($218 after the additional taxes), Eric had the look on his face. A look I know mean he's about to bail. I had to pinch him on the back of his thigh to shock him into some sense. If it ain't got pistons, fat tires and a lot of gauges, it's tuff getting him to spend money,.. much less more money! Anyway, once he looked at the price difference between the two, he realized that an additional $200 for the GE was a way better deal than that the
$100 "We're sorry" Gift Card he was campaigning for.

jeri - I did hear that more price reductions were going to hit Friday. If you'll notice, the curret '10% off everything' is set to end on the 21st. One of the sales persons did say there's a shift scheduled to reduce all the prices Thursday night,.. while the store is closed. Sounds promising. I imagine the website will go through matching changes too. I agree,... keep an eye on these prices. Have you been eyeballing the different models over the last couple days? Which ones are grabbing you so far? Which it was more I could tell about the GE, but it's only been here a little more than a day! And I'd rely more on Patti for feedback on the LG. She seems pretty happy with hers and it's obvious by now my LG was prolly not the average. But good luck, and let us know how you landed!

We were sold on the LG 960TT until we saw the new LG 980. Then we saw the GE that you now have. I think we still prefer the 980 with the GE a close second. Sooooo it will probably depend on price :-)

I didn't think they did the 960 came in Titanium. I alwasys thought it was available in Stainless only. I know the 950 I had came in Titanium,... like Patti's. But you're right, the LG a gorgeous box. Check out Patti's kitchen pic,... it looks so good in her kitchen. Well it doesn't hurt that she's got an A+ kitchen as well,... so they kinda show each other off.

Yeah,... who wouldn't prefer the 980ST,... that is one fine box. But we just couldn't justify the cost, code for couldn't afford it! LOL! But I read earlier in here that the GE is a corporate twin to the well received Samsung unit. Some say Samsung makes a version for GE, and other says GE makes a version for Samsung,... I don't know, but I'm more inclined to believe the former. Check out the link

The GE and Samsung are identical twins. Considering that the Samsung was out months before the GE, one would assume that Samsung makes the GE. The GE / Samsung door closing bar on the left door looks like the door closing made by Amana that also appears on the KA, Maytag, Jenn-Air all owned by Whirlpool. We have an LG with an ice maker in the bottom freezer instead of the ice/water thru door. We like a lot and have had no problems.

chefbecky - Yeah,... I came to the same conclusion. Wasn't aware that the Samsung was first on the market, makes sense though given that they're the original manufacturer. Unfortunately, the way the corporatist have changed and muffled things up, it wouldn't surprise me at all that these models share at least some DNA with eath other. Sad.

Glad to hear that you've had zero problems with your LG. I've come to accept that I got a lemon my first time around with LG. If the 2nd attempt to deliver us an LG hadn't ended in a dropped unit, I'd prolly be here talking about zero problems too. But after all the drama we went through, we just felt uneasy trusting LG,... well at least the 950 series. Our mission was to land on the LG 960ST, supposedly a step up from the 950TT, but it only came dressed in a black case and black plastic trim. That would have stuck out like a sore thumb in our kitchen. The only other options dressed in gray at HD was the LG 980ST and the GE Profile, and price dis-qualified the 980ST. So we landed on the GE. But the Samsung lineage makes us feel better. I've read nothing but good stuff on this specific Samsung model,... not much out there on the GE version. Well at least I couldn't find much.

Hi,

Just came across your thread from a search. Are there any follow-ups you can provide since you've had your fridge for a little longer now? Also, would you recommend the extended warranty?

Have you had any issues with the doors warping?

Well,... let's see. We received delivery on the 21st, and we're quite pleased so far. I'm in love with all the storage space and options (2 crispers, a full-width deli draw, 2 fold under trays, and a 1/4 width flip tray in the fridge section. The freezer section also seems to sport more storage options and space. The little time we had with the LG got us used to not having a big box that makes ice sitting right where I might would want to sit a pot or a pan. I honestly thought I would not like GE's placing icemaker in the frige section. One of the things I liked about this LG series was that their icemaker was housed in a closed compartment attached to the inside left door, and didn't invade the fresh food area at all. But after some time with the GE, their approach wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Their icemaker is much smaller than other models with a similar approach, and like I said above, there's a 1/4 width shelf attached to it which flips up allowing storage of tall containers on the shelf under it. Nice.

The unit is extremely quite, the ice/water dispenser does a much better job of filling tall/large glasses and containers, and the cool blue LED lighting is also a nice touch. It may be just me, but I would swear that the blue lights makes the inside look larger,... then again, that could just be because the GE is almost a full cubic foot larger than the LG (24.7 cu.ft. vs 25.5 cu.ft.).

My ONLY concern with the GE is the poor workmanship into putting the doors together. For this model, there's just a stainless steel skin covering a regular door. They did a horrible job of wraping it with the stainless steel. There's substantial and 'in-your-face' warping in most of the door when these things leave the plant. Imagine looking into a fun house mirror,... or better yet, imagine someone bouncing a dodge ball off of the front of the regrige a couple times. After a few calls to GE, they revealed that the problem is known units being manufactured now will no longer have this problem. They have scheduled me for a repair visit where they will replace my doors with new ones. I learned that accepting a replacement frige, which is what they offered to do first, would probably result in my getting a new frige with the same problem, and that replacing the doors would have a higher probability of putting the warping door problem to sleep. Sounds like they have a stack of properly wrapped doors staged to handle this specific complaint.

So yeah,... we're very happy with our selection, especially knowning the ONLY problem I have with it is being properly handled. If you like, I'll update this thread on Dec th.

But the largest plus with the GE is having dual evaporators which allows the complete isolation of the fresh food and freezer sections,... they DO NOT share air between them. Few refrigerators in this price range and class can make that claim,... and the only one I know of that does, the Samsung RF267AARS/XAA, is a corporate twin to this GE model. In fact, I've read in this forum that the GE is made by Samsung.

Shawn

Thanks a ton for the follow up Shawn. It would be great if you would like to update.

I'm just curious, did you purchase the extended warranty? As this is my first fridge purchase, I would like to know what many veterans do in such a case.

Also, do the doors come out of the box warpped? I'm wondering because say my warranty is only 1 year and knowing my luck, it'll start warping on the 13th month *knock on wood*. Then I'm out of warranty and it's SOL. Would it be wise to see if I can press the skin in to "test" how hard it is to warp the doors and then call GE to replace them?

If you've received your replacement doors already, is there an apparent difference between the new design and the old? IE the buttons on the ice maker are different, etc...?

We had your fridge on order and then I saw this one on the GE website:
GE Profile 20.7 Cu. Ft. Refrigerator with Armoire Styling
Model#: PGCS1PJXSS

I couldn't resist. It has a bit smaller freezer, but a better system for ice. I ordered it without ice and water in the door. We have a filtered water spigot right near the fridge and I didn't like the look of the dispenser in the door. We won't put it in for a few weeks, but I did see it at my showroom. It wasn't supposed to come out until late January, but is out early.

Glad to hear you are loving your GE fridge.

minnt - you prolly won't have these issues. If I understood everything that was said to me, the problem is only with the models sporting through-the-door water and/or ice. Something about problems punching the holes in the door's shell and skin without causing the damage. That's not gospel,... just what I'm thinking after talking with a few of the GE people. Specifically the one who told me that GE was aware of the problem and has fielded a lot of complaints about it. Also,... it's ONLY with the stainless steel version, not the white, black and Clean Steel versions. Don't worry, I noticed the double 'S'. And yeah, we are loving it. Even my hubby keeps talking about it,... like it was a new car or something.

richardshome - my doors aren't schedule to arrive until the 9th of December. I will do an update, especially if things don't go as advertized. As far as an extended warranty, GE has enrolled me into their warranty program as a coutesy along with knocking off $150. Now I would have purchased one?,... well I'm not really sure. Some say it's a "Must Do", and others adhere to the conventional wisdom that extended warranties are nothing more than robbery. I've scratched my head on this all during this adventure, but with GE making it a gift,... well I stopped thinking about it.

UPDATE: I was to have our warpped doors replaced today with new ones. Just got a call from GE to say that the doors are on 'Back Order'. At first dissapointment,... then I thought, 'this very well might be a good thing'. At worst it could mean they are discovering the batch of replacements doors were just as warpped and problematic as the doors originally mated with the refrigerators. At best, it could signal that they ran out of the perfected replacement doors and are waiting for a new batch. I would imagine they're also pairing up these new doors with cases already in their inventory and headed out to the stores. At any rate, just wanted to update the thread with this new info.

I purchased this refrigerator in October and had it delivered mid-November. I too have noticed the warped door effect and thought that was strange. I may call GE about this. The most recent issue I ran into with this refrigerator is the ice maker. It started making knocking-clicking sounds every five minutes or so like the ice was either jammed or the icemaker is frozen. I cleaned out the storage bin but haven't been able to get the icemaker to make any ice. I may be giving GE a call in the next couple of days about this. I also noticed someone else had a similar issue with this based on their review at home depot.