"Cheri" wrote:
>"Steve Freides" wrote:
>
>> I think ours is 21 cubic feet. Old house, small kitchen, small
>> refrigerator nook.
>>
>> OTOH, I must observe that, now that we try to eat better, we don't have as
>> much in our refrigerator or freezer. The 'fridge here contains a lot of
>> leftovers, sometimes things we cook in big batches on purpose, e.g., we
>> usually buy sausage 3 lbs. at a time because they give you a $2/lb break
>> on the price at the local WF if you do that. But especially my freezer
>> doesn't have a whole lot in it these days.
>
>I don't have a big one either, old house, small refrigerator nook too, but
>if I had the choice I would choose a larger one, especially the freezer
>compartment because I like to stock up on sale too.
>
I found it more advantageous and costs less to have a 2nd refrigerator
freezer. With the two freezers I don't need a stand alone freezer and
just in case one unit goes on the fritz I don't need to worry about
being majorly inconvenienced. I have a large top of the line GE
Profile (23 cu ft) in the kitchen and a smaller (17 cu ft) no frills
used refrigerator freezer in the basement that cost $100 from a local
used appliance store, rarely opened so costs pennies to run and so far
hasn't had a problem in 11 years. The 2nd fridge space is very handy,
especially since I grow veggies. I would always recommend a second
refrigerator freezer rather than a gigantic pricy eye candy unit plus
seperate freezer. I had a 2nd refrigerator freezer at the last place
I lived... I did a lot more entertaining then, the 2nd unit was very
convenient. I think those ice machines, especially those through the
door gizmos greatly shorten the life of the unit. For two people I
don't need an ice machine, when I have company I stop by the local
convenience store for a big bag of Krystal Klear cubes for a couple
bucks. Using that through the door feature constantly cuts the life of
a unit at least by half, plus they make lousy stinky ice. If I needed
a lot of ice I'd buy one of those countertop ice machines, they are
very inexpensive and unlike refrigerator freezer ice machines they are
easy to keep clean, the ice they produce doesn't stink like from EVERY
refrigerator freezer ice machine. I fill my ice cube trays with RO
water or I buy Krystal Klear... the stinky ice from every residential
fridge has ruined my drink and made me want to gack... I don't accept
ice from fridge ice machines, it's worse than drinking water ladled
from their toilet.