{"id":14146,"date":"2016-07-23T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T15:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/ge-gas18psjss-top-freezer-refrigerator-with-autofill-pitcher-review-cnet-2\/"},"modified":"2016-07-23T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T15:13:40","slug":"ge-gas18psjss-top-freezer-refrigerator-with-autofill-pitcher-review-cnet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/ge-gas18psjss-top-freezer-refrigerator-with-autofill-pitcher-review-cnet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GE GAS18PSJSS Top Freezer Refrigerator with Autofill Pitcher review &#8211; CNET"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As refrigerator categories go, top freezers are the least exciting. They&#8217;re safe, they&#8217;re simple and they typically miss out on the kinds of cool features and eye-catching designs you&#8217;d expect to find in fancier, French-door models.<\/p>\n<p>Enter GE, which saw an opportunity to stand out by giving the $  1,000 GAS18PSJSS top-freezer fridge an intriguing new feature that you won&#8217;t find anywhere else. It&#8217;s called the Autofill Pitcher, and it&#8217;s exactly what it sounds like: a pitcher that the fridge will automatically fill with fresh, filtered water whenever you dock it in place on the top shelf. It&#8217;s an admittedly cool feature that works well and makes a lot of sense, especially if you already like to keep a pitcher of filtered water on hand on the fridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Autofill Pitcher is appealing enough for this appliance to earn my approval, but it&#8217;s really all the GAS18PSJSS has going for it. It&#8217;s a smallish refrigerator for the price, it was fairly mediocre in our cooling tests and, like most top freezers, it isn&#8217;t anything special to look at. Autofill is worth it, but only if you can forgive this fridge&#8217;s shortcomings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode gallery size_small\" data-component=\"[&quot;ellipsis&quot;]\" section=\"shortcodeGallery\">\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fpictures%2Fges-autofill-pitcher-top-freezer-is-a-glass-half-full-kinda-fridge%2F\" data-component=\"imageGalleryModal\" data-image-gallery-modal-options=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\\\/pictures\\\/ges-autofill-pitcher-top-freezer-is-a-glass-half-full-kinda-fridge\\\/xhr\\\/&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:1}\"><span>GE&#8217;s Autofill Pitcher top freezer is a glass-half-full&#8230;<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"subHead\" href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fpictures%2Fges-autofill-pitcher-top-freezer-is-a-glass-half-full-kinda-fridge%2F\" data-component=\"imageGalleryModal\" data-image-gallery-modal-options=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\\\/pictures\\\/ges-autofill-pitcher-top-freezer-is-a-glass-half-full-kinda-fridge\\\/xhr\\\/&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:1}\">See full gallery<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"originalImage\" data-open=\"modal\" data-target=\"#ad9ded54-f807-4db5-b054-65e4849b9ad6\" data-component=\"modalEnlargeImage\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/19abd__pitcherfill.gif\" class=\"\" alt=\"pitcherfill.gif\" height=\"0\" width=\"370\"\/><\/span><a class=\"clickToEnlarge\"><button type=\"submit\" class=\"searchButton\" value=\"Search\"><a class=\"clickToEnlarge\"><span>Enlarge Image<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"caption\">As soon as you dock the pitcher in place, Autofill will begin filling it up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">Chris Monroe\/CNET<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A killer filler pitcher feature<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering why no one thought of an auto-filling water pitcher before now, you should know that this isn&#8217;t the first time we&#8217;ve seen it. The Autofill Pitcher was actually the very first project to come out of FirstBuild, which is essentially a collaborative, open-door R&amp;D department for GE. Back then, the Autofill Pitcher was a DIY retrofit kit that you could buy and incorporate into your existing GE fridge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hypothesized that people in the maker movement would be willing to take a refrigerator and drill a hole, tag on our electronics, and add this feature,&#8221; said GE director of Research and Development Natarajan &#8220;Venkat&#8221; Venkatakrishnan when I interviewed him for a piece in <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fcnet-magazine%2F\" target=\"_blank\">CNET Magazine<\/a>. &#8220;It didn&#8217;t go so well. We made about 15 and we sold about 4.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>GE didn&#8217;t give up on the idea, though &#8212; and it&#8217;s a good thing. The Autofill works like a charm, filling the pitcher to the brim in about 30 seconds. And don&#8217;t worry about overflowing: The dispenser shuts off automatically when the water level hits a clever floating sensor at the top of the pitcher. There&#8217;s also a timer at play, so if the water runs for longer than usual for some reason, it&#8217;ll shut off on its own before flooding your fridge. I&#8217;d advise patience, though &#8212; if you pull the pitcher out of place halfway through a fill-up, the dispenser dribbles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chartWrapper\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th\/>\n<th>GE GAS18PSJSS<\/th>\n<th>LG LTCS24223S<\/th>\n<th>Frigidaire FGHT1846QF<\/th>\n<th>Whirlpool WRT511SZDM<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Fridge capacity<\/th>\n<td>13.5 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>17.6 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>14.2 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>15.2 cubic feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Freezer capacity<\/th>\n<td>4.0 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>6.2 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>4.1 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>6.1 cubic feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Total capacity<\/th>\n<td>17.5 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>23.8 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>18.3 cubic feet<\/td>\n<td>21.3 cubic feet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Finish<\/th>\n<td>Stainless Steel<\/td>\n<td>Stainless Steel<\/td>\n<td>Stainless Steel<\/td>\n<td>Stainless Steel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Available in Black Stainless Steel<\/th>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Yes (+$  100)<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Energy Star Certified<\/th>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>Yes<\/td>\n<td>No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Yearly energy consumption (kilowatt hours)<\/th>\n<td>399 kWh<\/td>\n<td>501 kWh<\/td>\n<td>363 kWh<\/td>\n<td>443 kWh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Yearly energy cost ($  0.12 per kWh)<\/th>\n<td>$  48<\/td>\n<td>$  60<\/td>\n<td>$  44<\/td>\n<td>$  53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Energy efficiency (yearly cost per cubic foot)<\/th>\n<td>$  2.74<\/td>\n<td>$  2.52<\/td>\n<td>$  2.40<\/td>\n<td>$  2.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Suggested retail price<\/th>\n<td>$  1,000<\/td>\n<td>$  1,200<\/td>\n<td>$  1,100<\/td>\n<td>$  1,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Lowest retail price (as of 7\/19\/16)<\/th>\n<td>$  900<\/td>\n<td>$  1,075<\/td>\n<td>$  850<\/td>\n<td>$  900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s a great feature, and one that makes a lot of sense if you&#8217;re already used to storing a pitcher of water in the fridge. With Autofill, you&#8217;ll never need to nag your kids or your roommate to fill it back up after emptying it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/19abd__p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/cnet\/YIff\/~3\/6r51C5YS6VQ\/\">CNET Reviews &#8211; Most Recent Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As refrigerator categories go, top freezers are the least exciting. They&#8217;re safe, they&#8217;re simple and they typically miss out on the kinds of cool features and eye-catching designs you&#8217;d expect to find in fancier, French-door models. 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