GE - 1.9 Cu. Ft. Over-the-Range Microwave with Steam Cleaning - Black Slate

Replaced my 25 year old GE with this one. It went out with a bang about a month ago. This one was missing the mouthing bracket and hardware out of the box. I called Best Buy and they said I had to box it back up and return it to the store it was purchased at. They would either supply the missing parts or take it back. But that wasn’t really an option as it was 75 miles away. It’s hard to find white appliances in stock anymore. I called GE and they had it shipped out same day. FedEx dropped the ball on the shipping, but that’s another long story. Parts arrived a week later and now it’s installed and working good. GE has always been good to work with. I’ve had a few customer service things that have alway been taken care of timely. Installation went alright. I wish it would have used the same mounting bracket and holes as the old one. I had some problems lining up the top holes even though I marked them with the template, and measured them 5 times. I think the mounting bracket could have been an 1/8” lower than what it called for, again measured several times. It seems to work, time will tell if it lasts 25 years like the old one did. I don’t have high hopes as anything made now never lasts. I wasn’t sure about the top venting recirculating vent, as my old one vented out the front. I was worried that it would vent onto my wooden cabinets. It does blow air on to the cabinets, but I haven’t cooked enough under it to see if it will blow steam onto them.

We bought this microwave in September 2023. Shortly after installation, the laminate on the keypad started bubbling up in several places, and now it appears the magnetron has failed. The keypad still works, the timer counts down, and the platter rotates but the oven never turns on to heat what we put inside. This is the second microwave of this model we have had. The keypad changed between the first and second, which may be related to why it deformed. The first lasted roughly ten years with no keypad issues, so we were hoping for the same this time. I guess we need to look for a different model now.

The price justifies the quality of the product. Easy to use and the sensor that identifies how big the object inside is works very well. I was surprised and pleased with the intensity of the 4 suction modes, although it is a little loud.

I recently purchased this microwave, and I’m extremely impressed! The price was unbeatable for the quality you’re getting. It’s very spacious, which makes heating larger dishes a breeze. Plus, the installation was super easy – I had it set up and ready to use in no time. The microwave works efficiently, heats evenly, and looks sleek in my kitchen. If you’re looking for a great, affordable microwave with plenty of room and easy setup, this is definitely the one to go for!

Everything you need in a very reasonably priced microwave (looks, space, functionality, efficiency). Looking forward to enjoying our daily microwave use for a long time.

This is a great microwave, it matches my kitchen set perfectly. The microwave is quiet and is user friendly.

Replaced my 14 yo microwave with another GE same specs. Easy to install has strong heat power and operates smoothly

This microwave looks beautiful and is SO quiet! My husband used to wake me up when he heated things in the morning with our old microwave despite the fact our bedroom is the opposite side of the house. This microwave you can barely hear. Installation was super easy even tho we’re not very handy. Food cooking wise seems very good tho I’ve only had a week so haven’t used extensively. But everything I have heated has come out perfectly.

We needed to replace our microwave and we were trying to match our stove (GE)...closest we could find was this microwave, and I was a little worried about the color matching...it says black (w/stainless) but the picture made it look more like a dark slate gray. I was so relieved once it was installed to see it was actually a perfect match (black) to our stove, and not the dark slate that appeared in the picture. Simple buttons-handful of specific buttons (popcorn, melt, etc), express times, but really all that’s needed unless you’re a gourmet microwave chef. Inside gray flecked enamel was a big plus over the white inside of our last microwave that started peeling within the 1st 2 years, and foresee it not showing every little thing like the last one that became my nemesis...a good weekly cleaning should suffice instead of a daily cleaning.