Ratings & Reviews for GE 14.875-in White Built-in Trash Compactor

Very poor quality

Same issue as others have pointed out. The screw that attaches the foot pedal is tiny and wears through the very thin metal holding it in place, which then causes the foot pedal to detach. One would think that more thought would have gone into making such an important piece of the compactor (and the piece takes the most abuse) more resilient. It's actually laughable once you see it that anyone thought it would withstand hundreds of impacts from people stepping on the pedal.

Compactor

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Needs outer handle to pull open. Does not feel right just stepping on the bottom handle. My older GE compactor bottom handle kept getting disconnected.

Nice Compactor! Works Great!

Very quiet compactor. Works great. GE is a reliable brand.

Love

I have wanting a trash compactor for a long time. Very happy with my purchase

GE Trash Compacter

We like the look but the motor and mechanism is louder than our previous GE compacter we had for 18 years

Pedal difficult to push to open

It compacts well but the foot pedal is very hard to push to open. It is at an angle already so surface area is limited so takes a lot of effort to push. Also, takes a lt effort to close. I have to push with foot to get it to close fully. It also doesn't close flush even though measurements indicate that it should.

Definitely Not reliable

I had this trash compactor less than 3 years when it stopped working. I was able to repair it the first time and got another year out of it and then it failed again, this time it was not worth repairing. It seems to me something this expensive should have lasted a great deal longer. I felt I had to purchase another because it was the only unit that worked with the custom panel I had invested in. I hope I have better luck this time. I bought an extended warrenty just to be safe.

Great features.

Like the compactor but wish I would of got the black face instead of stainless steel.

Trash packer

Just what I needed to replace an old one

Poor quality& design of compacting foot pedal GE

GE compactor- In use for just over 2 1/2 years and the foot pedal/ lever piece attached to bottom metal rail has worn through. No real way to repair the hole that the pedal screw goes through as it’s integral to the whole main body part of the compactor. No way to open compactor or compact trash without foot pedal:( Our old compactor worked years and years with no such issues!! Very expensive GE compactor to last less than 2 1/2 years!!

Excellent appliance

Cuts down the trips to the trash bins, Perfect for our needs.

Built to fail

This is my second unit. I like a trash compactor but this unit has a construction flaw. After a short period of time the bolts on the foot pedal wear thru the thin metal barrier. I needed to weld a washer to the existing metal for a fix. Unfortunately there are not a lot of options for trash compactors

Poor design and quality

This is an inferior model to the one I had for 25 years. Compaction is no where near the old one. There are no bags that fit this. The only way to activate this is by foot control, which will not last very long. Foot pedal is plastic. Not a good design

Avoid hands free models

Foot pedal is basically working inconsistently from either design or use either of which is unacceptable. Will be ordering a model that not hands free as this was advertised. So disappointed.