On 9/22/2014 5:02 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> "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.

Sheldon, we use filtered water so the ice from this refrigerator tastes
just fine.

Becca