We looked for a side by side that got some good reviews. We are very happy that we purchased this one. No problems so far. Other reviewers said Ice Machine was slow or noisy. We have not had any of those problems. Love the fingerprint free stainless. We had a 15 year old other brand that was great but finally broke and parts are no longer made. We used to have a GE in another home and loved it so gave it a chance again.