GE Appliances including Monogram (the supposedly top of the line models where a fridge can cost $10-20K) isn’t even owned by General Electric any longer. They’ve been owned by Haier—the Chinese conglomerate most famous for shitty dorm fridges—for over 5 years.

They used COVID as an excuse During COVID they took the opportunity to stop stocking spare parts for a lot of models that might have been BIFL. I learned this earlier this year when I needed a $50 part to fix a $2000 Monogram built-in microwave but there wasn’t a single one to be found in all of North America, even on eBay. They were happy to offer me a 10% discount on the $3000 model that replaced it, though.

Ironically, the part I needed was a piece of glass that broke when I accidentally smashed into it with the metal handle of my BIFL Miele canister vacuum during a vigorous cleaning session.

No! Find yourself a vintage one. The good ones have woodgrain handles and will outlive us all!

I’m an appliance technician with Mr Appliance, honest recommendation is KitchenAid or Jenn-Air. Both are owned by whirlpool and are best quality. Stay away from LG, Samsung, GE, and kenmore refrigerators. They are the most garbage ones today

I don't think any (many?) appliances are built very well compared to the models they replaced.

If you judge by the amount of emails GE sends trying to get you to buy an extended warranty, GE doesn't think much of their appliances. My experience is with a washer bought in 2021. I did buy an upright freezer in 2018 and the first one was DOA and the second one has been flawless. I'm not sure if I helped here.

No!

From what I've seen, No. The new ones have cheap plastic racks and bins that look like they'll break in the first month, plus they all have computer chips in them now which is another area prone to fail quickly. I hope my 1998 side-by-side model keeps on going.

I have a '14 side by side that has had zero problems if that helps

We've had our GE fridge since new in 2001 and it's never had a problem. I clean the coils every year or so and it's still as good as new.

I don't know, mine is still operating and its from 1997.

Nope. Absolutely not.

Don't buy GE fridges, they tear up within a year.

I've taken a couple of courses in refrigeration, and am a certified refrigerant handler.

My opinion is that, among the "cheaper" refrigerator brands, some of the GE/Haier units, made at their plant in Kentucky, in the United States, are about the best there is at that price point.

Are they well made? Not really. But they are light years better than Maytags, Whirlpools, Amanas, and Hotpoints, which are utter shit and tend to fail entirely two days after the warranty expires. At least one gets a few years from the Kentucky-built GE units.

Few working people can afford good refrigerators any more. Keep it simple. The less "bells and whistles" (water dispensers, external ice dispensers, internet) the less there is to fail.

jh

If you google for this topic and tag Reddit at the end of your search you’ll find a fair amount of other threads on refrigerators… From what I recall GE took a huge quality hit once the company sold. The old ones were BIFL and the new ones are cheapened and inconsistent. I remember deep diving into this topic back in 2020 and opting for a Whirlpool.

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Energy efficiency says no.

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I mean... isn't it obvious from the fact that new GE fridges are made mostly from plastics that they aren't as high quality as the old metal ones they used to make?