GE PEB9159SFSS Profile 1.5 Cu. Ft. Stainless Steel Countertop Microwave - Convection

First off, this baby is BIG, I was replacing a countertop unit that started having issues. The plastic "roller" on the thing that allows for rotation kept falling off, hadn't cleaned it in ages so, the plug was showing signs of overheating (likely caused by the motor in it trying to force the platform to spin. (This was a Kenmore unit, and it served me for easily 8 years or so.).SO first thought, get another Kenmore, then I went off and read reviews of it, did a lot of shopping and found this baby.It looks to work just fine so far.Only issue, if you don't have the pamphlet, it could take you several minutes to figure out how to say "30 microwave 100 percent power).A ton of buttons, all the same size, non-intuitive interface.Granted I'm a simple person, confuse easily, so there's that.Still, a BIG red button (heck even silver or black) would have been nice.

This product is a defective mess which GE does not support or replace even though they know about its problems. The convection oven does not work properly. In fact it can not be used as an oven at all, as nothing heats in it. It is fine as a microwave but why pay over $500 when you can get a great microwave for under $ 200. In less than a year, it stopped working completely. GE's customer service is run by a computer with no one to talk to you. After 2 replacement parts failed to work, GE notified me that it was my problem as it was out of warranty. I had purchased it 13 months ago and the warranty was for 12 months.

This is a poorly built appliance. It worked fine for few days after that turn table started to act up, it wouldn't rotate freely, then it started to make loud noises as if its ready to take off.Cosmetic wise also it does not have that premier item feel, the door and the panel don't align perfectly like a good class appliance should. If i were to pay $100 then I wouldn't mind such cosmetic blemishes.

After reading some of the reviews I was not sure about this unit. But I decided to take the risk and I am so glad that I did. First of all: if you don't know what is a convection oven do a little research first before you buy it. That is just common sense. Yes, it takes some time to heat the oven when you are about to use the convection oven feature. But, instead of heating up the "main" oven that is 2800W to bake some pastries I just heat up the smaller and faster convection oven. The microwave feature is just a microwave. No better nor worst. I love the fact that I can use both features (convection and microwave combined) to prepare food "microwave fast" with oven color and crisp texture. I understand that the controls are a bit intimidating at first but I got used to it fast. In overall I am very satisfied with the product.

Great Counter Microwave, works well, breaks fast. I bought this microwave March 9 2015, it stopped working November 7th. Bummer. I have not had good luck with GE products, this is my 2nd GE product. The 1st one was an 800.00 over the stove microwave, worked really well, but it kept breaking, I was so disappointed. So how does this happen, the tech said the electronics was on the bottom so the heat rises from the stove and was burning an electronic part out ???. So I thought I'd get the similar features but get a counter model, same problem, broke again, It always occurs when the item is a little over it's warranty period. The 800.00 over the counter microwave GE repaired no charge, it had a 2yr warranty. it worked for a little over one year and broke again. I'm going to call them on this one and see what they say but I'm fed up with the GE microwaves. Their microwave products are great when they work, but the product quality is not that good.

I am totally in love with this unit. I had to make some adjustments as I didn't pay attention to the actual height and depth of the oven as it was a replacement for a previous microwave oven. I also, found that living in a pre-war building in NYC doesn't have electrical wiring adequate enough to cook using the convection oven without tripping a circuit breaker. I was able to preheat convection to 400ºF, then begin to cook cornbread for about 7 minutes before tripping circuit breaker. It looked like it was doing a great. I finished it in my regular oven. -- Microwave oven portion works wonderfully. I'm going to keep it. If and when I move, I know I'll have an amazing machine at my disposal.

Just like plsphd who posted on September 6, 2015-mine too was damaged on the right side-except it was crushed in!! It's a lot of work to pull this baby out of the box-only to have to repack it to ship it back. Very disappointed. Buyer Beware!

The door is misaligned and gouges the lower far corner. GE repair came and fixed the door. Within a month, the turntable started wobbling and after three repair visits, the motor was replaced and things were okay for a while. Today, Aug. 8, a grinding sound started on and off. GE said they will not replace but offer a discount instead for a new one. GE is not honoring their warranty and I am escalating the problem.