When searching for a good refrigerator, the associate in the appliance department explained to me that Hotpoint is a GE product. I was totally unfamiliar with Hotpoint products. But when learning Hotpoint it is made by GE, I had more confidence to go ahead and purchase the refrigerator as I have purchased GE products before and was very satisfied with them. I have been using the refrigerator for over two weeks now, and have been extremely satisfied with it. I also paid for a 5 year warranty on it.