Ge Spacemaker Xl Microwave Oven By Jennifer Claerr on Feb 09, 2008 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

A GE SpacemakerXL microwave oven very much like this one came with my last house. So when selecting appliances for my new home, I decided to go with the tried and the true.

The GE SpacemakerXL model JVM1430 has a lot of excellent features, such as a popcorn button, a beverage button, reheat and defrost buttons, a delay start function, time cook, and one-button express cook functions up to six minutes. There are reusable grease filters on the underside of the oven, as well as a cooktop light with two settings; one for day and one for night. The glass turntable inside is very large and spacious. The vent fan takes a charcoal filter and can be run when things in the kitchen begin to smoke.

I have never had a moment's trouble with my oven. My only real complaint is that it didn't come with the charcoal filter. I called the store to see if they could give me one, and the saleslady who serviced my order said she was going to charge me for it. I was furious, of course, after all I'd paid and just never got around to getting the filter. Still, there are several functions which I don't use, so that's not such a bad thing. Overall, I am very happy with the oven and my only complaints are about Conn's poor quality customer service.