Any thoughts anyone?

Awm03, thank you so much for sharing! I'm so happy to hear you've had a good experience with your current lineup. That's encouraging

I have family members that bought GE kitchen appliances including the Cafe line of ranges and fridges and they've had no issues. They seem to be high quality and well built.

I'm not sure about GE's washers and dryers though. Last time I saw their new front load line, the washer was made in China which turned me off. Their top load washers don't sound that high quality (I've never used them only seen videos on youtube). I have used GE front load washers prior to the Haier acquisition and was not at all impressed. The washer used a few drops of water to wash resulting in poor cleaning performance, it had trouble balancing and was terrible at rinsing. It also sounded like a freight train at full spin.

littlegreeny, thank you so much for sharing. It seems to me that GE has always excelled with their electric and gas ranges. But laundry was somewhat of a mixed bag. I never hear many people mention GE washers past or present on here very much.

I had a GE washer and Dryer in my old apartment and they worked well. I believe they were either 2012 or 2013 models. The washer was a top loader. I lived there from December 2013 to November 2019 and haven't had a single problem with them except one time the dryer didn't work but it was an easy fix. Honestly if they would've allowed me to take that set when I moved I would've done it in a heartbeat lol.

But again that was just my experience so I know it's only a small sample

Based on our range preferences we narrowed our selection down to the Cafe black matte single oven range and I was about to pull the trigger on buying one until I found out through further research that sadly GE sold out their appliance division to the Haier corporation in 2016. The Haier corporation is a Chinese owned company. Having learned this I was immediately disappointed and sadden that another American company has sold out to the Chinese. Although the appliances are still made in America, the profits are going to the Chinese government. So any time a Cafe branded appliance is purchased in the USA it is going towards the support of Chinas intellectual theft, human rights oppression and violations, cover up of the carona virus, which has not only devastated our country, but countries throughout the globe. The USA has got to stop putting all our eggs in Chinas basket.