On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:41:28 -0500, Becca EmaNymton
> wrote:

>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.

Depends how water is filtered but I won't go into that here.

It's the ice sitting in the icemaker container picking up odors that I
find offensive... no one ever cleans those things, people think about
it but never actually do it... after two days in the freezer ice
stinks... with ice cube trays I can easily rotate my ice stock so I
always have only fresh ice. I see no big deal with filling a couple
of trays once a day, with two people how much ice can you use, and
when I have company I buy a bag of Krystal Klear for a couple bucks,
much nicer ice than any home freezer can make. I don't care for those
itty bitty cube those icemakers produce, they water down my drink.
Those in fridge ice makers also occupy a couple cu ft of freezer
space, not worth the loss of space to me. Also the automatic icemaker
places undue stress on the fridge that shortens its life... everytime
you operate tha tthrouhg th edoof gizmo teh compresssor comes on.
Those icemakers also have a way of dying a day after the warranty
expires. If my life style was such that I used a lot of ice I'd have
one of those portable ice makers, not any more expensive than the
fridge icemaker, makes more ice and faster than any ten people can
use, and doesn't pick up the stench of fridge odors... the freezer is
not isolated from the fridge, I don't like garlicky pasta sauce ice.
Only once did I buy a fridge with an icemaker, a very long time ago, I
hated that odiferous ice. This doesn't pick up fridge odors:
http://www.amazon.com/Avalon-Bay-AB-...ertop+icemaker