Did a fair amount of research on various makes/models but seriously overlooked how much the smudges would bother me. It's not as if we deliberately go out of our way to touch anything other than the handles but literally everything shows up as a smudge and makes the entire thing look dirty. Everything else is a major plus but it really is a bummer that the smudges are so unbelievably bad. As such, I would not recommend this model. I also had the install guy tell me that the water dispenser will quit working once the filter is expired...until it is replaced with another GE filter. If this ends up being the case, I will be so unbelievably disappointed. Just bad product development with a "bottom line" too much in focus for how to increase revenues vs. good customer experiences. Sad.